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Posted on 15 Jul 2020COVID-19 Legal implications
In these uncertain and unprecedented times, everyone will be impacted not only in the short term but potentially into the medium and long term. Businesses and individuals will face critical periods and will, more…
Posted on 4 Jun 2020Challenges to a Will by Adult Children
How relevant is the concept of achieving equality between children? It is not uncommon when a person seeks to challenge the provisions of a Will for those responsible for administering the estate, and for…
Posted on 3 Jun 2020COVID-19 – New Regulations to enable witnessing of legal documents
The Victorian Government has enacted regulations to overcome the problems encountered in signing legal documents during the Coronavirus. Prior to the regulations formal requirements for executing Wills and Powers of Attorney required the client,…
Posted on 2 Jun 2020Insolvency
Among the many legislative changes introduced as a consequence of COVID-19 and its impact on individuals and businesses new legislation passed by the Federal Parliament has made significant changes to Corporations Law and Bankruptcy…
Posted on 22 May 2020Industrial Manslaughter Laws
The Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) as the name suggests, contains extensive provisions aimed at ensuring the health and safety of the workplace. On 1 July 2020, amendments to the…
Posted on 21 May 2020New Coronavirus Regulations for Commercial Leases & Licences
The Victorian Government has published the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Commercial Leases and Licences) Regulations 2020. The Regulations reflect some but not all of the leasing principles in the National Cabinet Mandatory Code of…
Posted on 18 May 2020Death of a spouse or De Facto partner – Final distribution of property
When married couples or de facto couples separate typically the question of distributing property between them arises. In some cases parties can reach agreement about such distribution but failing agreement parties are likely to…
Posted on 14 May 2020Deceased Estates – Guide for Executors/Administrators
We have prepared a guide to assist executors (or administrators) as to their responsibilities when acting in the estate of a deceased parent. Click here to view the full guide
Posted on 9 Apr 2020Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leases During the Coronavirus
Last week the National Cabinet issued a statement confirming that it had met and agreed: That “states and territories would implement the attached mandatory Code of Conduct (the Code), including via legislation or regulation…
Posted on 27 Mar 2020Effect of Coronavirus Measures on Retail Leases
Aside from the health and safety fears and concerns about the economic impact generally of the coronavirus, landlords and tenants will also be deeply concerned about its effect on business and the effect of…