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A Heavy-Handed Section 69 Notice – Fair Trading Act August 22, 2019 5:29 am

Michael met with a lady who had recently sold some vacant land. The buyer was not happy about the sewer line on which she could not build a...

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Case Summary of Porter -v- Steinberg [2019] WASC 291 August 16, 2019 12:53 am

In this case, the Applicant lived in a lower floor unit in a Strata development. The Respondents living in the unit immediately above the Ap...

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Potentially Fraudulent Promises August 15, 2019 5:03 am

One of our client’s has been strung along for some months with promises of payment and extra work. The promises have all been broken, ...

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Lease Dispute Arbitration August 1, 2019 2:14 am

This week we finalised an agreement to send numerous disputes regarding a lease to arbitration. One dispute related to whether the lessee or...

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Family Provision Dispute June 23, 2019 1:35 am

This week we received an e-mail from a lady whose step-son has served a Family Provision claim on her and his half-brother, his father havin...

Dispute Resolution

$1.8 Million Claim – District Court Mediation June 13, 2019 7:56 am

Michael attended a District Court mediation last week. We represented one elderly defendant. The plaintiff had a somewhat ambit claim seekin...

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Know who you are contracting with May 9, 2019 8:48 am

Kellie was in Midland last week seeking summary judgment in case we are working on. The Claimant first of all tried to sue our client’s co...

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Disputes Between Business Associates November 8, 2018 3:15 am

This week we’ve been helping an old client with a business venture that has been running for nine years. They run a hospitality business. ...

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Building Disputes November 1, 2018 3:14 am

This week we went through a strategy for a client who is building a house and has some issues with his builder, including: Variations not be...

Dispute Resolution

Fighting Telstra October 25, 2018 3:13 am

This week we settled some submissions to Telstra on behalf of a client who has been badly stuffed around by Telstra: The client bought a bus...

Business Law

Heritage Commercial Property Sub-Lease September 12, 2019 11:08 am

This week I’ve been helping a client negotiate a sub-lease of a heritage-listed commercial property. I am a bit concerned because the land...

Business Law

Macro to Change the Fonts in Practically Every Part a Document – It only misses Watermarks, that I know of … September 5, 2019 11:52 am

As a lawyer with a computer science degree, I like to write the occasional bit of software, often in Microsoft WordBasic. We recently change...

Business Law

Speedy Settlement August 29, 2019 8:30 am

An old client came to us last week seeking independent advice on loan contract, guarantees and mortgages being given as security for a loan....

Business Law

IP Issues for IT Client July 7, 2019 6:19 am

We received an e-mail from an old IT client who had a trade mark issue. A cruise company wanted to register a trade mark in relation to some...

Business Law

Merging Businesses September 27, 2018 3:48 am

We spoke to an old colleague of Michael’s this week who is merging his business with the business of another old colleague. He needs a sha...

Business Law

Sale Agreement Improvement September 20, 2018 3:31 am

We’ve been helping a client with documentation to buy a café this week. A real estate agent who is acting for the seller put together a r...

Business Law

Businesses Extending Credit to Customers July 26, 2018 3:30 am

A lot of businesses extend credit to their customers. We recommend businesses require their customers to make credit application, which inco...

Business Law

Business Agreements May 10, 2018 3:26 am

People are starting to do business again. This week we received some instructions to: prepare a sale agreement for the sale of 20% of the un...

Business Law

IT-related Legal Work April 19, 2018 3:26 am

We’ve been doing quite a bit of IT-related legal work this week – a copyright assignment deed in relation to a computer program, a head ...

Business Law

More Business Deals April 17, 2018 3:27 am

More people are starting to do business again. This week we received some instructions from one new to: help restructure a group of companie...

Notarisation of Documents

Notarisation of Overseas Documents November 23, 2017 6:11 am

One of our clients needs some documents notarised and sent to the US, as part of the process of winding up her late husband’s estate.

Estate Planning

Guardianship and Administration Order September 4, 2019 3:06 am

What to do when a loved one has Alzheimer’s and is incapable of looking after themselves or making decisions: You would need to obtain a G...

Estate Planning

Case Summary of Walsh v Adrian Cory Sloan as Executor of The Estate of The Late Laurette Dorothy Keddie [2019] WASCA 107 August 7, 2019 7:24 am

This case is an appeal regarding a Will bequeathing a house as a gift to a friend. On the face of it, the clause was straight forward: “...

Estate Planning

Probate of Will with Informal Codicil July 25, 2019 4:00 am

This week Michael met with an accountant to receive some instructions to apply for probate on a Will that we drafted about 10 years ago. The...

Estate Planning

Family Provision Dispute June 23, 2019 1:35 am

This week we received an e-mail from a lady whose step-son has served a Family Provision claim on her and his half-brother, his father havin...

Estate Planning

Longest Mediation Session Ever! March 8, 2018 3:05 am

Last week we attended the longest day’s mediation we’ve ever been involved with. We did not get out until after 7.00pm. We almost fi...

Estate Planning

Multiple Court Actions March 1, 2018 3:00 am

Today Michael will be in Court most of the day attending a mediation in which he will be trying to settle six related Court actions. One is ...

Estate Planning

Red Cross Will Special June 5, 2013 3:28 pm

Yesterday Jarred and Irene spent half a day each interviewing clients as part of a fund raiser for the Red Cross. The clients paid the Red...

Estate Planning

Documents for a Proposed Development and a Visit from Constable Care! May 13, 2013 1:10 pm

We are working on a set of documents for a proposed development: A trust deed making it clear that the trustees are purchasing the land on t...

Estate Planning

The Importance of Joint Tenancy May 5, 2013 6:10 am

Our client’s recently ex-husband died. The house was in joint names, so it automatically went to her and did not form part of his estate. ...

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