Laura Gibson, corporate lawyer, appears to have it all - until one fine day her life starts a downward spiral - her son, Rupert, gets expelled, she almost kills the family cat, her husband goes to gaol for fraud, she loses out on the partnership, and her sister Trudi has been having an affair with Laura's husband. Deciding it is time for a change, Laura accepts a friend's offer for a job as a magistrate. With her children Rupert and Miranda, Laura moves to the small seaside town of Pearl Bay to start a new life. Meeting the charming but strange "Diver" Dan, the Pearl Bay encyclopaedia Meredith and the scheming real estate agent Bob, the Gibsons discover their house isn't all it was cracked up to be. (thetvdb.com)