Domestic Violence Law Reform and Women’s Experience in Court: Th ...

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my particular gratitude to the survivors of violence, support workers, and lawyers who generously gave me their time to be interviewed for this study. I would also like to record my thanks to those who facilitated my research, including Susan Blashki M. (Supervising Magistrate, Family Law Division, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria), Ann McDonald M. (Supervising Magistrate, Crimes Compensation Tribunal, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria), Robert Kumar M., Brian Wynn-McKenzie M., Justice Frederico (Judge Administrator [Southern Region], Family Court of Australia), Bruce Norris (Melbourne Registry Manager, Family Court of Australia), David Dillon (Operations Manager, Melbourne Registry, Family Court of Australia), Paul Rennison (List Clerk, Melbourne Registry, Family Court of Australia), the various administrative staff of the Family Court who retrieved files for me, the judges’ associates who provided me with copies of judgments in the cases I observed, Leanne Abela, Carol Adams, Renata Alexander, Hana Assafiri, Maria Dimopoulos, Cath McCarthy, Thérèse McCarthy, Zoe Rathus, Helen Rhoades, Donna Stuart, and Maggie Troup.