We are exprts in a lot of legal areas
Practice Areas
Business & Commercial Law
Are you thinking about starting or buying a business? Choosing an appropriate corporate structure can offer significant benefits and protections. However, it can be difficult and expensive to change your structure later - so it's important to get good advice, as early as possible. Each legal business structure has positive and negative implications to consider. Many businesses start out as a'sole trader', which is a simple structure. However, setting up as a 'company can offer unlimited liability and limited tax liability - which offer advantages for protecting personal assets and can allow your business to enjoy a certain degree...
Buying & Selling of Businesses
Buying or selling a business is a complicated process. Issues of business structure, taxation and liability are all critical matters to be addressed before a contract is entered into. Do you realize that as a seller of a business you may be better off financially selling the company that owns it. Do you realize that buying a business in your own name could put your other assets such as your family home at risk. You need to understand the risks and benefits of the decisions you make to ensure that you sell your business in the safest and most financially...
Consumer & Competition Law
Consumer law provisions offer protection to a consumer beyond the principle of normal contracts law where you purchase a product or service that isn't delivered at the standard promised. Those remedies may apply to provide you with compensation even though the retailer that sold the product no longer exists or where the written warranty given by the retailer or manufacturer may have expired. Businesses and business owners can also benefit from consumer law provisions, as they prevent their competitors from engaging in activities such as misleading or deceptive conduct, cartel behaviour, predatory pricing and other prescribed activities that give them...
Conveyancing, House Sales & Purchases
Conveyancing is buying or selling of real estate. They are two of the most significant legal transactions a person ever makes. It is critical that you use an expert advisor(s) to ensure that you do not make the wrong decision and regret the financial devastation for years. If you're buying a house and would like the reassurance and security of knowing your contract has been scrutinised by a legal professional; or are selling and want to be confident that your contract is valid, then you should seek the services of a professional conveyancer.
Criminal Law & Police Matters
If you're ever arrested and/or accused of a crime, questioned by police, or asked to attend court, it's important to gain high-quality legal advice to ensure the best possible outcome. Criminal law cases have a range of potential outcomes, many of which can affect your ability to find employment and travel to certain countries for the rest of your life. Securing the most desirable outcome possible could impact your life and future opportunities considerably.
Debt Recovery
Debt recovery is a process you undertake if someone owes you or your business money in return for something (e.g. : goods and services) We can advise on a range of potential strategies for debt recovery of funds owed to you; taking court proceedings on your behalf if necessary. We also advise as to the likely cost involved, so you can make an informed decision on whether to pursue recovery. For example, we have recover a debt of $45k that had been incurred in litigation, which the debtor was reluctant to pay. We also successfully recovered a small debts of...
Family Law
Family law is a sensitive area of practice, as it concerns people's most valuable and important assets during stressful times of their life and can also involve even more distressing conflicts involving the custody and care of children. The range of potential outcomes can impact heavily on the lives of all concerned. Advice needs to be obtained and acted upon in a timely manner as failing to properly deal with family breakdown and conflict can lead to worse outcomes in the future. Practical resolutions wherever possible avoid unnecessary stress and expense. Ensuring parenting arrangements in the best interests of the...
Franchising
Do you want to buy and operate, or sell a franchise? If so, you should seek expert legal advice to ensure you understand the risks, benefits and challenges of such a business structure.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Litigation is the formal method of dispute resolution that involves taking a dispute to court, usually when matters are regarded as being incapable of alternative resolution. Litigation is often regarded as the last port-of-call for resolving a dispute (alternatives include mediation, arbitration, or simple negotiation) - although in some cases it's appropriate to go straight to litigation. You might find yourself as the defendant of a litigation case arising out of a contract dispute, or alleged damage caused by your actions or failure to meet certain obligations. Alternatively, you might wish to sue someone for moneys that are due to...
Notary Public
You might require a Notary Public to witness a document, administer an oath, or perform other administrative functions. Potential documents a Notary Public might be required to sign include powers of attorney, wills, deeds, contracts and other legal documents - both for use in Australia and overseas countries.
Power of Attorney
Powers of attorney can allow a trusted, responsible person to make decisions about your property, financial affairs and assets while you're overseas, sick, or lacking capacity to make decisions for yourself. Having a power of attorney appointed to manage your affairs can protect your assets from being dissipated into the costs of the management of your affairs by the NSW Trustee and Guardian.
Retail & Commercial Leases
Retail and commercial leases are critical for businesses as security of title and exclusive possession of the premises is vital to any commercial enterprise. As a business proprietor you need a valid enforceable lease and to be aware of your rights and obligations under the Lease. As the owner of retail or commercial premises you need to be confident that the terms of any lease are binding on a tenant and that you have adequate security safeguarding you against loss in the event of non performance or other breaches of the lease.Retail and commercial leases include a range...
Wills & Estate Planning
Wills are an essential protection for families. To ensure your wishes and funds are made easily available for family members and friends upon in the event of your death. Making wills is widely understood to be important, but many people don't realise the full range of implications that can be caused by having either no will, or a will that's carelessly written. If you die without a will, the law of the state will decide how to split your assets. Aside from the potential for insufficient long-term provision to be made for your loved ones to pay bills and living...