KEY TAKE OUTS: Superannuation does not automatically form part of your estate. A Binding Death Benefit Nomination (BDBN) is an important tool to ensure that… Read More »How Superannuation Works with Your Will: What You Need to Know
CO-AUTHOR: Brooklyn Younger KEY INSIGHTS: You may be eligible to make a Public Liability claim if you have sustained an injury due to the failure… Read More »When to Make a Public Liability Claim
Co-Author: Kyna Gella What are warnings? How do I know I have been given a warning? Can I be fired without a warning? What are… Read More »Warnings: What are they? And can I be fired without one?
KEY TAKE OUTS: • Bullying and Harassment in the workplace can take a number of forms and is defined as the consistent and continuing unwanted… Read More »Responding to Workplace Bullying and Harassment: A Guide for Employees
KEY TAKE OUTS: • Sporting organisations do owe a duty of care to their participants, but this duty is limited, especially concerning risks inherent to… Read More »Retired NRL Player Loses Claim for Personal Injury Compensation
KEY TAKE OUTS: What is Vacant Possession? What is Subject to Existing Tenancies? Understanding the importance of how your Contract should be marked when selling.… Read More »Vacant possession vs subject to existing tenancies
KEY TAKE OUTS: Selecting the right personal injury lawyer can significantly alleviate emotional strain during a personal injury claim, ensuring effective advocacy for your rights… Read More »How to Choose the Right Personal Injury Lawyer
Adriana Care, Coutts Lawyers & Conveyancers principal solicitor and Your Law Society Team Country Member candidate in the Law Society of NSW council election, has… Read More »Advancement of women in the legal profession
Australia is the land of franchising – there are more franchised systems here than anywhere else in the world! Recently two high-profile franchising disputes have… Read More »Conflict between Franchisors and Franchisees
What does it do? Similar to a Power of Attorney, an appointment of Enduring Guardianship allows another person or persons to make decisions on your… Read More »What is an Appointment of Enduring Guardian?
Generally, when a person’s home is being broken into, they automatically assume that they have the right to fight the intruder and/or assault the intruder… Read More »4 Do’s and Don’ts when your house is being broken into.
What is in a name? Getting your name right on a Contract for Sale of Land is important. When buying property it is important to… Read More »What is in a name? – Contract for Sale of Land
What is an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO)? An AVO is an Order made by a court against a person for the following reasons: That person… Read More »Your guide to Apprehended Violence Orders (AVO) in NSW
If you are going through a separation, and own property together (whether you are married or a de facto couple), you will need to decide… Read More »10 things to think about when Separating – Property
In Australia today around 1 in 3 marriages can be expected to end in divorce. With 77% of Australian couples also living together before getting… Read More »6 steps to recover financially from a Separation or Divorce
As a family lawyer, I see people going through separation every day. Many people ask me “Is Separation hard to do?”, Separation is becoming more… Read More »Is Separation hard to do?
What is a Will? A Will is a written record about how you would like your possessions and property to be distributed when you die,… Read More »What is a Will?
Revised Debt collection guideline released The ACCC and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission today released an updated version of their joint Debt collection guideline:… Read More »Debt Collection Guideline
You can protect your secured property by registering your interest on the Australian Government’s Personal Property Security Register (the PPSA). If you don’t register your… Read More »Do you provide goods on credit, consignment or under a lease? Is your interest in those goods protected in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency?
Thinking about the worst is not something that any of us like to do. But unfortunately, life doesn’t always turn out the way we had… Read More »Will you sleep tonight? Without a Will, your assets are at risk.