We had a new matter this week involving a contract for the sale of land. Our client is a company that owns a villa. The directors are a husband and wife. The husband thought the wife wished to sell, so he put the house on the market, an offer was made, and he signed the […]
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I am working on a sale and purchase of a business. The buyer and seller are business partners. The seller wishes to slow down and act as consultant only for a few years and then retire altogether. They wanted me to act for both parties, but the conflict of interest is too much of a
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Here’s a sad story. We learnt of a young chap last week who is on life support, but more than likely brain dead, so his step-father and partner were going to have to consult with the doctors about turning off the machine. The Guardianship and Administration Act sets out the priority of person who need
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Michael saw an old client this week. He’s had his builder’s ticket for 4 years and is about to start his own building company. He owns a property with his 2 brothers. They are not interested in funding a development, so he is going to finance the demolition of the old house and the construction
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This week we saw a new client regarding some Facebook and Copyright issues. She had obtained permission to use images from the US manufacturer’s website, but there was nothing very formal. It raises the issues of what can and cannot be copied. We have another client who took his own photos of various spare parts
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We saw 2 clients two weeks ago to prepare some wills. Both were divorced some 20 years ago. Both were unaware that the wills that they executed early in their marriages and which left everything to their ex-husbands were still valid! The Wills Act 1970 was only amended such that the end of a marriage
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A client of mine sent me an e-mail yesterday worried about a contract for the purchase of a property. She and her husband have faced delays obtaining finance approval and the seller had sent her an e-mail with a veiled threat that the seller would terminate the contract. I sent a note back – DO
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This week I met a new client who had been in partnership with a bit of a rogue. It seems the ex-partner was planning to exit, had misled various clients into thinking that he was the sole owner of the business and took a few of them when he left. He altered a cheque and
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I got some instructions from an old client that I had to sue a couple of years ago to recover some fees. Her father wishes to lend money for 6 months to a heavily geared individual at a rather high interest rate due to the risk involved. We are being instructed to prepare: A loan
This week we had some fun with some last minute negotiations. Our client believes he was oppressed by the majority shareholder of a company and was not paid adequate employment entitlements. The dispute has been going on for some time. We had prepared and were just about to lodge an application in Fair Work Australia
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