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Buying a Home? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Conveyancing Process in Queensland

31/03/2025 General, Conveyancing & Property Law

  Purchasing a property in Queensland is one of the most significant financial decisions most people make in their lifetime. While it’s a significant milestone, the legal and administrative process…

Business Owners and Sudden Death: What to Do if the Sole Owner Dies?

09/11/2024 General, Business & Commercial Law, Wills & Estates

  When the sole owner of a business passes away unexpectedly, the immediate aftermath can be an unsettling and uncertain time. For business owners, planning for this scenario can ensure…

Securing Your Legacy – How To Protect Your Family Trust

31/10/2024 General, Wills & Estates

  A Family Trust can be an effective long-term solution for safeguarding assets, managing investments, and minimising taxes. But what happens when control of the Trust passes to someone else…

Sale by Statutory Trustee

29/05/2023 Conveyancing & Property Law

Dangers of acquiring property as Tenants in Common without a formal written agreement between ownersFor many, purchasing a property is becoming increasingly difficult due to inflated property prices and higher…

Queensland Land Tax Liability to Consider

06/10/2022 Business & Commercial Law

Land tax laws have recently been announced and then withdrawn. The proposed changes were so that the value of any interstate land owned by an entity would be considered when…

Fiduciary Duties When Investing Trust Funds – Your Rights and Responsibilities as Trustee

12/09/2022 Wills & Estates

Trustees hold a general duty to preserve the trust fund. Those who fail to satisfy this duty may find themselves personally liable for losses caused by their breach. But what…

5 Points to Consider when Appointing an Executor

23/08/2022 Wills & Estates

There are several factors a person needs to consider when deciding whom to appoint as the executor of their will. The decision should not be made hastily. An ill-fitting appointment…

Leases: Exercising Options to Renew – What to Consider

18/07/2022 Conveyancing & Property Law

Options to renew are common in both retail and commercial leases, to provide the Landlord and the tenant  with the opportunity to extend the term  of the lease without the…

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

15/06/2022 General

Although this is an issue we should be talking about every day, we can start a conversation about this today. Abuse within our elderly community is very much prevalent and…

Testamentary Trusts – What powers of the trustee are required?

06/06/2022 Wills & Estates

Every person has different circumstances whether it be their family members, the assets they own or control and the wishes they have for the future should they pass away. Like…

Rights to access a Will – Can I obtain a copy of a Will?

30/05/2022 Wills & Estates

The numerous films about estates have people believe that when someone dies, the family will be summoned to a meeting with a lawyer for the ‘reading of the Will’.  There…

Succession Planning for Blended Families

23/05/2022 Wills & Estates

The historical view of an “average” family  comprised of a husband and wife (one marriage only) and their natural born children (more commonly!). However, as society evolves, so too does…