Miranda Kaye is an Associate Professor whose area of expertise lies in family law. Her research is interdisciplinary, drawing on socio-legal research methods to investigate real world impacts of family law principles and procedures.

Miranda has a proven track-record in using qualitative research methods to make recommendations for improved access to justice. For example, with UTS colleagues Jane Wangmann and Tracey Booth, Miranda recently completed a study of the effects of self-representation in the Family Law Court in matters involving allegations of family violence. Funded by the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) the research made a series of recommendations to improve the experiences and safety of self-represented litigants in such proceedings. The final report won an Australian Legal Research Award for a Non-Traditional Output in 2022.

Miranda also contributes to public policy and debate on family law issues. Her research on the proposal to merge the Family Law and Federal Courts was featured in the Conversation and on ABC radio’s The Signal. Miranda has also made multiple submissions to government inquiries, including a recent consultation by the Attorney-General’s Department on family law and property matters.

Miranda’s recent research has focused on binding financial agreements entered into prior to marriage or commencing a de facto relationship - colloquially known as prenuptial agreements. She is also investigating the issue of financial abuse as it relates to property division in the family courts as well as Hague Abduction matters involving domestic or family violence. Miranda attended and spoke at the HCCH Forum on Domestic Violence and the Hague Abduction Convention. A report of that Forum, written with Merle Weiner and Adrienne Barnett, has been published in the International Journal of Law Policy and the Family and can be read in full here.

Prior to joining the Law Faculty at UTS, Miranda studied law at Cambridge and Oxford and was a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. She also brings to the faculty her experience in the public service (Law Commission of England and Wales) and as a practicing solicitor (family law in the United Kingdom).