How Family Law Cases Can Be Sped Up The Family Law court system is known to be slow and can take up to 2 years to resolve a dispute. That is why a participant in the proceedings needs to be organised, instruct their solicitor fully and frankly at all stages, be on time with information …
Legal Challenges to the Will (Estate) and their Legal Costs What is a challenge? Here we talk about legal challenges to the estate of a deceased by disgruntled beneficiaries or people who feel that they should not have been left out of the will. These challenges should be instigated promptly by the challengers, after the …
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Probate Explained What is Probate: Probate of wills, granted by the Supreme Court, is required where there are assets in the estate, such as non-joint tenancy real estate and other assets (cash, shares, property etc) to be transferred to beneficiaries. The executors of the deceased’s estate instruct solicitors to apply for Probate, which cannot occur until …
Do Insurance Companies Cover you for the Wrong Advice from Non-Lawyers? Increasingly, I am encountering cases where some accountants establish companies and trusts for their clients. They fill in forms and send them to online provides of legal documents who say they produce ‘tailored’ company and trust documents applicable to the client’s individual requirements. The …
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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property Assets Australians are an inventive and creative people. Whether it is coming up with inventions that are patentable; designs that are registrable; or trademarks that are, likewise, registerable, Australians are at the top of the list worldwide. These new inventions, designs, and trademarks, along with copyright (publications and music …
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Changes to .au Domain Rules and Impact on Trademarks .au Domain Administration Limited (the administrator of .au domain names) is introducing a new set of rules for those who wish to hold, or continue to hold, a .au domain name. The new rules come into effect on 12 April 2021. Under the new rules, a …
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Can I be forced to get the COVID-19 Vaccine by my employer or the law? The Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Australia and is in full swing of being administered, with a second vaccine not far behind for those in Phase 2. While the first groups to have the vaccination include those in the top …
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