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Conveyancing Update: Buying A Property Through A Company Or A Trust
We often see contracts where the buyer’s details have been incorrectly stated. This article will explain how to ensure that the buyer’s details are correctly stated. Buying a property through a company If a buyer is a company and is buying a property in its own right...
Mediation: How Are The Views Of Children Taken Into Account?
Family mediation It is not uncommon for parents to have a fixed view that the only fair parenting order or agreement is for children to spend equal time with each parent. These expectations can hinder achieving agreement at mediation, particularly when such views do...
Retirement Villages Operators & Residents: The 18 Month Rule
There is concern within the retirement village industry that changes to Queensland’s Retirement Villages Act 1999 regarding “buybacks” are contributing to financial stress that could impact not only retirement village operators but also the residents within the...
Everyone Is Entitled To A Fair Trial, From Fair Judges
Everyone before the courts is entitled to a fair trial. Judges are expected to be fair in their demeanour and treat those appearing before the judges with respect. In one extraordinary case before the family court (Federal Circuit Court), a father and his legal...
The Police Want To Speak To Me: What Should I Do?
Nothing causes your stomach to drop quite like hearing that the local police wish to speak to you. Whether that be coming home to a calling card left at your front door or a phone call from the police officer themselves. “Mr Smith, we would like to speak to you about...
SMSF Trustees: Trustee Discretion, Good Faith and Payment of SMSF Death Benefits (Wareham v Marsella (2020) VSCA 92)
SMSF Death Benefit Decision On February 2019, in the Victorian Supreme Court decision of Re Marsella; Marsella v Wareham (No 2) [2019] VSC 65, the court set aside the trustee’s decision to pay the death benefit to herself, and the trustee was removed as a trustee of...
We Are Hiring! Family Lawyer 3 Years PAE- Brisbane or Beenleigh
Ryan Murdoch O'Regan Lawyers are hiring. Ryan Murdoch O'Regan is a long-established legal practice with five offices throughout South-East Queensland. We are looking for a Family Lawyer with a minimum of 3 years PAE to join the RMO team.
We Are Hiring! Property & Business Lawyer 3+ Years Experience
Ryan Murdoch O'Regan Lawyers are hiring. Ryan Murdoch O'Regan is a long-established legal practice with five offices throughout South-East Queensland. We are looking for a property & business lawyer with 3+ years experience to join the RMO Team.
Equitable Estoppel
We recently have received various enquiries where they have put money and work into a property, owned by a family member, where their contributions have not been protected by noting their interest on the Title of the property. Often, people do not formally protect...
