What can landlords do when tenants break their lease?
04/12/2020
The reasons for a tenant to break their fixed term tenancy agreement can vary, from purchasing a home to financial difficulties.
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The ins and outs of purchasing a home - Conveyancing with Bennett Carroll
24/11/2020
The process of purchasing a home beyond these initial steps can be tricky, especially when purchasing a home for the first time.
We have prepared the following list of immediate and crucial steps after signing a contract.
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Queensland’s Modernised Body Corporate Regulations
06/11/2020
The Queensland Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D’Ath has announced new body corporate Regulations set to commence on 1 March 2021. These new Regulations are designed to ‘streamline and modernise body corporate procedures, reduce body corporate costs and enhance protections for unit owners’.
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The Importance of Family Provision Applications- Will & Estate Dispute
13/10/2020
Family provision applications are not concerned with achieving fairness or equality. Instead, the statutory purpose of these applications is to adequately provide for an eligible person (including a spouse, child or dependent).
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How to provide for a family pet after your death- Estate Planning
06/10/2020
The thought of leaving an entire estate to the loyal family pet can cross one’s mind, particularly when your loved ones are fighting or being difficult.
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Recent Changes to the Blue Card System: Is Your Blue Card Still Valid?
02/10/2020
On 31 August 2020, a raft of changes to the Blue Card system was introduced, aimed at bolstering security and safety for children.
The changes were implemented through the commencement of the remaining provisions of the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019.
The changes affect organisations, paid workers and volunteers
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FIVE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN SELECTING AN EXECUTOR TO YOUR WILL/ESTATE
25/09/2020
Selecting an executor of your will is not a decision that should be taken lightly.
Executors bear the responsibility of administering your estate after you die. It is generally a thankless position with tremendous legal duties attaching.
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Neighbour on downside has rotting retaining wall (not on my side)- who is respon
08/09/2020
Legal Questions & Answers with Lawyer; Guy Gibbons
**Advice given is of a general nature.
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Reestablishment of boundary/wall, where is actual boundary? Survey?
08/09/2020
Legal Questions & Answers with Lawyer; Guy Gibbons
**Advice given is of a general nature.
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The risky business of buying ‘off-the-plan’
18/08/2020
It makes sense why prospective buyers are drawn to purchasing a property ‘off-the-plan’.
The possibility of having creative input into the design of your forever home, while saving money in the process, makes ‘off-the-plan’ properties particularly desirable.
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