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Coutts welcomes the opportunity to help you start a business, purchase a business, or sell a business in Australia.
Coutts Commercial and Business team takes pride in providing comprehensive legal services to businesses of all sizes.
At Coutts, our legal team offer the best service in a time where you feel at odds with the law.
At Coutts, we understand the devastating impact personal injuries can have, not only in a physical capacity, but also your emotional, mental and financial well-being also.
Coutts provide expert legal advice in all employment related matters for both employers and employees including, but not limited to the following key areas.
Coutts provide legal advice in all areas of family law including; property settlements, divorce settlements, all types of parenting matters and the drafting of binding financial agreements and binding child support agreements.
The important role conveyancers plays when people are buying and selling of property.
Have you been called as a witness by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability? If so, you may be eligible to receive government funded legal representation.
A will is a legal document that specifies how you wish your assets and liabilities to be distributed following your death.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: Understand what you’re buying: With a company title, you generally purchase shares in the company that owns the building, rather than owning an apartment as an individual strata lot. Do your due diligence: Review the company’s constitution, financial position, rules, proposed works, leasing and renovation restrictions, and share-transfer requirements before committing Check finance… Read More »Company Title Property: What Prospective Purchaser Need to Know
Not sure what paperwork you actually need to provide? Here’s a clear breakdown of what buyers and sellers supply, and what your conveyancer handles, in a NSW property transaction.
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Executors have significant responsibilities in administering an estate, including acting in the best interests of the estate and properly collecting, managing and distributing estate assets. Executors also have important rights, including the potential to claim commission for their work and to be reimbursed for reasonable and properly incurred expenses in administering the estate.… Read More »Rights and Obligations of Executors in Administering an Estate
Co-Authored by Vishaal Kudupudi & Zachary Rowswell KEY TAKEAWAYS: Dishonesty can provide a valid basis for dismissal, but the circumstances of the conduct and the employer’s reasons for considering it serious will be important. Employers should not act on allegations of serious misconduct without first investigating them. Employees should be told what is alleged and… Read More »When Does Dishonesty at Work Cross the Line?
KEY TAKE-OUTS: Cooling-off periods don’t work both ways Get your Conveyancer involved early The highest offer isn’t always the best offer A late settlement doesn’t mean you can immediately cancel. Myth: I can always get out during cooling-off If you are the Vendor (seller), you do not have the same right as the Purchaser to… Read More »Myth Busters … The Sale of Property Edition.
Co-Authored by Daniel De Maria KEY TAKEAWAYS: A specific pecuniary gift is a type of legacy which gives a particular sum of money to a desired beneficiary These types of gifts are fixed into your Will meaning they will come from your estate before accounting for liabilities or residual beneficiaries If an estate does not… Read More »Specific Pecuniary Legacies: Understanding it’s Strengths and Weaknesses