Insights

The Directors are pleased to announce that Rebekah Little has joined the firm as a Senior Associate.

Rebekah has experience in a range of parenting and financial matters including divorce, property settlement and parenting matters, and deals in both simple and complex cases. Read More

Paterson & Dowding are proud to have again been included in the Doyle’s Guide for 2022 as one of the Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms in Western Australia. Read More

They represent a much faster, cheaper and more empowering process to help resolve disputes, because decisions are made by the parties themselves. Read More

Paterson & Dowding Family Lawyers and Mediators has been listed in Doyles since 2012 when the first Doyles List of Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms in Western Australia was published. Read More

Q&A with co-director Lucy Thomas on the eve of her 30^th work anniversary at leading Western Australian Family Law firm Paterson & Dowding

Lucy grew up on a farm near Waroona and is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, Independent Children’s Lawyer (ICL) and sought after Mediator. Read More

This is a question frequently asked of our family lawyers.

Movies and media often suggest that if your partner is unfaithful you will be entitled to a bigger share of the assets or more access to the children, this is not the case. Read More