Dispute Resolution
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 no...
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Last week I settled a dispute between an owner and a project manager. We acted for the owner. A project manager for a major renovation sough...
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Kellie has been working on a breach of confidentiality and trade restraint case this week. With the help of Steve Edwards, we have found evi...
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This week I’ve been dealing with a case of elder abuse. Am 82 year old widow client of mine is being harassed by her 60 year old son. Sinc...
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This week we received an enquiry about a breach of copyright. Our client claims to own the copyright in several documentaries which have b...
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I received a call during the week from the daughter of a gentleman who has taken out his own summons in the Magistrates Court, chasing over ...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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As a lawyer with a computer science degree, I like to write the occasional bit of software, often in Microsoft WordBasic. We recently change...
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An old client came to us last week seeking independent advice on loan contract, guarantees and mortgages being given as security for a loan....
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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...
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We started dealing with another company dispute this week. Our client has been left to run the business on his own for over a year without a...
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I have been preparing documents for a client who wishes to sell some businesses. The buyer pulled out, but my client is now offering to sell...
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I had a lengthy discussion with a client who is selling his interest in 5 businesses to his business associates for $1.15 million, on 90% ve...
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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...
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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...
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A lot of businesses extend credit to their customers. We recommend businesses require their customers to make credit application, which inco...
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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.
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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-decea...
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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...
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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 no...
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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...
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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: “...
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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...
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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...
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I was reading a recent case yesterday about a lady whose husband passed away with no will, a small estate, $500k in super and no binding dea...
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A South African lady was referred to me this week. Her husband passed away leaving a bank account in Perth and the NAB will not release the ...
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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...
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