New South Wales Law Reform Commission
To the Honourable D P Landa, LLB, MP
Attorney General for New South Wales.
REPORT ON DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS
We make this Report under our reference from your predecessor, the Honourable F J Walker, QC, MP, to inquire into and review the law relating to family and domestic relationships, with particular reference to de facto relationships.
Professor Ronald Sackville
(Chairman)
Bettina Cass
(Commissioner)
Denis Gressier
(Commissioner)
The Honourable Mr Justice P E Nygh
(Commissioner)
June 1983
New South Wales Law Reform Commission
The Law Reform Commission is constituted by the Law Reform Commission Act, 1967. The Commissioners are:
Chairman
Professor Ronald Sackville
Deputy Chairman
Full-time Commissioners
Mr Denis Gressier
Mr James Wood, QC
Part-time Commissioners
Mr I Mc G Barker, QC
Mrs Bettina Cass
Mr Julian Disney
The Hon Mr Justice P E Nygh
The Hon Mr Justice Adrian Roden
The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Rogers
Ms Philippa Smith
Mr H D Sperling, QC
This Report has been prepared by a Division of the Commission. The members of the Division are listed in the Preface.
The Commission’s Director of Research is Ms Marcia Neave. Members of the research staff are: Ms Ruth Jones, Ms Helen Mills, Mr Ian Ramsay and Ms Fiona Tito.
The Secretary of the Commission is Mariella Lizier. The offices are at 16th Level Goodsell Building, 8-12 Chifley Square, Sydney, NSW, 2000 (telephone (02) 238 7213).
This is the thirty- sixth Report of the Commission. Its short citation is LRC 36.
