Temporary relief for financially distressed businesses
Here is a link to a flyer which you may have seen, click HERE. In summary: Creditors Statutory Demands (CSDs): The temporary increase in the threshold from $2K to $20K and the increase in the time period in which to respond, from 21 days to 6 months, for CSDs. This means that they will not […]
I was at a Supreme Court mediation yesterday trying to resolve a long-running dispute. I’m afraid that the enemy just wasted our time. This was a third attempt. On the first attempt we thought we had a resolution to the dispute with my client agreeing to pay a 6 figure amount to go away. Unfortunately, […]
IT Clients
We deal with various IT clients. One client provides software for the Aged Care sector. That client has received 2 rather unusual requests from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, which required some legal advice, because the Commission was considering ordering my client to produce various documents. I advised my client that one request, which […]
Tiny House Dispute
We seem to be attracting building disputes at the moment. I am helping one lady who bought a couple of “tiny houses”, one to live in and one to rent out. She recently went to sell them, but the buyer had an inspection carried out. It transpired that they were built in accordance with the […]
Lots of Litigation
We are flat out at the moment with: A major Supreme Court matter with a hearing next week; A district court and a magistrates court hearing tomorrow; and 2 arbitrations with relatively short time tables, … all running at once! We like keeping busy 🙂
Buying & Selling Businesses
Do you want to buy the shares in an existing company and run the risk of taking on skeletons that may be lurking in the closet, such as debts to the ATO and other creditors? Do you wish to incorporate a new company and buy the business from other company, leaving any baggage behind? What […]
Building Arbitration
We have two building arbitration’s running at the moment which are keeping us very busy. We get a skewed view on life as lawyers, since we see a lot of building non-compliance issues and failure to comply with the National Construction Code and various Australian Standards. Foe help with building disputes, contact Michael Paterson & […]
Wills with Tax Benefits
We have been finalising wills for a couple with a large combined estate, however, the wife will not have much in her estate if she pre-deceases her husband, because most of her assets are in super. We have worded her will such that, if her husband survives her, even by 5 minutes, all of her […]
Help with a Deceased Estate
This week we received a referral from another lawyer to prepare the paperwork necessary to effect a transfer of one third of a property from a deceased estate to one beneficiary, in specie, i.e by direct transfer, and for the that person to buy the other two thirds from the estate, with the other 2 […]
Family Provision Disputes
I went to a 4 hour seminar on Family Provision actions on Tuesday, in which relatives of the deceased claim to have special need that was not adequately provided for by the deceased. It covered recent decisions, superannuation and life insurance implications, preparation for hearings and arguments about equitable estoppel and constructive and resulting trusts […]