Alison James

Admitted to Practice : 4 September 1994

Signed Bar Roll : 30 July 2020

Qualifications : Accredited Specialist in Family Law, LLB BA(Jur) MBA Grad Cert Mediation (Family) NMAS FDRP

Professional Memberships :
- Law Soc
- Law Council of Australia Family Law Section
- Australian Institute of Family Law and Mediation (AIFLAM)
- Resolution Institute (formerly LEADR and IAMA)
- Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body (RMAB): Law Soc of SA
- FDRP Registration : R1004982
- SA Representative - Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia

Alison’s family law experience spans 30 years now. She is a barrister, Advanced Family Law Arbitrator, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, and Accredited mediator.

Alison appears regularly as counsel in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) and handles briefs in property and parenting trials and appeals as well as interim defended hearings. She has a particular interest in a diverse range of property settlement cases involving trusts and equity, as well as family businesses.  In parenting matters, Alison works with families affected by violence, mental ill health, addiction and substance abuse to final resolution.

Alison is a member of the South Australian Bar Association, the Resolution Institute and the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM).

Principal Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate - Family Law
  • Child Support
  • Children's Issues
  • Commercial
  • Defacto Relationships
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Family Law
  • Family Dispute Resolution (FDR)
  • Family Law Mediation and Arbitration
  • Immigration and Administrative Law
  • Parenting Orders
  • Personal Injury
  • Property Settlement
  • Superannuation Splitting
  • Surrogacy