I received instructions to chase a supplier for damages relating to over $150k worth of interlocking tiles which are unfit for purpose and not of merchantable quality because the majority have cupped badly at the edges. The expert report states that the likely cause is the difference in tensile strength between the top surface and […]
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I’ve been trying to get back money for a client who was convinced to part with money on an offer to purchase shares which was too good to be true. The con-artist is now bankrupt, so he is not worth chasing. However, a substantial part of the money was deposited into a lawyer’s trust account,
I am helping a client who paid most of the cost of the construction of a granny flat at his daughter and son-in-law’s house, using his $50k life’s savings. He also did a lot of the cooking, cleaning, washing, folding, ironing, lawn-mowing and taxiing of children. On sale, the plan was to buy 2 unit,
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An old client contacted me the other week. His accountant has told him that one of his clients had died leaving behind multiple companies of which he was the director and no Will. The companies will now languish until one or more administrators are appointed by the Supreme Court. Even with a will, the companies
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I helped revise an old Software Integration Agreement and an incorporated Software Licence Agreement so that it applied to the new way in which the software was being provided: in the cloud, with the licence changing to a monthly subscription model. This is where my computer science degree comes in handy. For help with legal
I have just helped set up a charitable Foundation. It is to help under-privileged kids participate in tennis, which can be a very expensive sport to get into. Last week it obtained Deductible Gift Recipient status in Category 1, the best category to be in. This means the all donations made to the Foundation are
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I’ve been recovering from the stress of a 3 day trial , where I was the barrister. The Magistrate reserved her decision. The outcome is line-ball and could go either way. My clients are broke and this was a pro bono matter, so I do not get paid for all the work we did unless
I had a query from an accountant seeking assurance that the transfer of a business from an individual to a company, the shares which were owned by a trust, of which the individual was the only beneficiary, on the basis that there was no change in beneficial ownership. Unfortunately, the rule is not as cut
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We recently had a query about a mother who wishes to transfer a farm to her daughter. There are transfer duty exemptions for transfers of farming property to relations, including trusts of which relations are beneficiaries, as long as no one other than family members are the beneficiaries. The exemption is not available if the
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We are helping some long-term clients with the exit of the main business partner via a buy out from the more junior partners. The principle documents will be a share sale agreement and a new shareholder agreement. However, we are in a tricky situation because of the potential for conflict. We need to decide who
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