Business structures – companies, partnerships and trusts
Contracts – buying and selling
Leases – commercial and retail
Put and Call options
Franchising Agreements
Tax considerations
Family Law
Divorce
Financial agreements
Property settlements
Spousal maintenance
Domestic and family violence and apprehended violence orders (AVOs)
Family Mediation
Child support and enforcement of payments
Parenting plans for child custody and visitation
Parental rights, father’s rights and grandparent’s rights
Guardianship of children
Adoption
Wills & Estates
Advising in regard to estate and probate laws
Drafting a will that maximises the inheritance for your family
Setting up family and testamentary trusts
Advising in regard to choosing executors and guardians
Minimising the chance that your will is contested and subject to litigation
Advising in regard to estate tax (including capital gains) and financial concerns
Safely storing your will and other important legal documents
Drafting Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship documents
Applying for Probate of the Will
Applying for Letters of Administration (if the Will is deemed invalid or is absent)
Property Law
Purchase and sale contracts involving residential property, commercial property, vacant land, strata, community title, rural land and purchases ‘off the plan’ at public auction/private treaty
Building contracts
Subdivisions and property developments
Neighbourhood disputes including dividing fence disputes
Easements and covenants
Litigation
Advising clients of action plans
Calculating damages & costing litigation matters
Initiating actions and the filing and serving process
Responding to actions
Obtaining/managing evidence
Court case management
Negotiating settlements and terms
Drafting affidavits and orders
Acting on default judgments
Acting in interlocutory proceeding
Enforcing judgments and orders
Dispute resolutions
Insurance Law
Motor vehicle accident compensation (including cars, motorbikes, boats, trains etc.)
Public liability (e.g. injury suffered at a public event)
Product liability (e.g. injury from defective products)
Occupiers Liability (e.g. injury sustained from a defective property)
Medical negligence (e.g. injury sustained due to treatment provided by a medical professional)
Professional Negligence (e.g. injury suffered from poor craftsmanship)
Victims’ compensation (for disadvantaged family members of the victim)
