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Separation agreement set aside; date of separation fixed at March 2014 on objective factors.
In this focused family law trial, the court determined the validity of a purported separation agreement and the date of separation.
The applicant sought to set aside the agreement and claimed separation occurred in 2021; the respondent claimed separation in 2008/2009.
The court found the agreement invalid due to lack of financial disclosure, legal advice, and accurate factual recitals, having been signed under duress.
The court determined the date of separation and valuation date as March 3, 2014, when the respondent moved to Thailand with their son, finding no reasonable prospect of reconciliation thereafter.
The Court of Appeal upheld a 20-year sex offender registry order following a police sting operation.
The appellant, Randall Thring, appealed the imposition of a 20-year SOIRA order following his guilty plea to communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18.
The Court of Appeal found that the trial judge erred in treating the SOIRA order as mandatory, but held that the order was still appropriate in the circumstances.
The appeal was dismissed, and the request for anonymization of the appellant's name was also denied.
