If you have been nominated as an executor under a will, you need to understand the most common type of “challenge” to a Will – a family provision application. Having... read more →
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Spouses (including de factos) and children (including step children) and a limited range of others, can bring these applications, but they must act quickly. In Queensland you only have 6... read more →
Dying without a will can complicate an already stressful situation for your family and be more time consuming and costly, it also means that you are not in control of... read more →
We're often asked about residents keeping pets in strata title properties or properties managed by a body corporate, such as apartments and townhouses which may have common property. There often... read more →
1 July 2019 saw the beginning of a new financial year – something which inevitably triggers the preparation and lodging of tax returns. While the calculation of deductions under most... read more →
In November 2018 the multifactor test, which is used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, returned to the spotlight following the Fair Work Commission’s... read more →
Bullying in the workplace. What protections are there for employees under the Fair Work Act? Are employers liable where there is cyberbullying by other workers? What can employers do to... read more →
Flexible work arrangements. What are they? Who is entitled to request them? On what grounds can they be refused? Between the mid-1970s and the early 1990s, Australia saw the introduction... read more →
Deeds of Release for wage claims. What are they? Why use a deed of release to settle pay disputes? Are they effective? In February 2019 it was announced that the... read more →
It's a common question when purchasing a property. Should you take out insurance on the property before settlement? Well, there are sound legal reasons for this, so keep watching as... read more →