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My invoice remains unpaid after Default Judgement. What can I do?

12-June-2024 Commercial Disputes By Angelika Turner

Picture this: You’ve provided services to a customer and they have not paid your final invoice. Your invoice is for $12,000 and you’re out of pocket. You file a Statement of Claim and no Defence is filed by your customer. After 28 days, you obtain...

Extensive changes to Independent Children’s Lawyers in May 2024 – Part 2

4-June-2024 Family Law By Angelika Turner

Welcome to Part 2 of our series relating to the recent Family Law Amendments. In Part 1, we discussed how the Court considers what is in the best interests of the child and how the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility has changed. In...

Help! I’m concerned that my loved one has a lack of Testamentary Capacity – what can I do?l May 2024

28-May-2024 Estates By Tamara Stevanovic

Help! I’m concerned that my loved one has a lack of Testamentary Capacity – what can I do? Are you concerned your loved one suffered doesn’t have the capacity to make a valid will? Read on to find out what is necessary to challenge the...

Extensive changes to parenting orders and Independent Children’s Lawyers starting in May 2024 | Part 2

6-May-2024 Family Law By Angelika Turner

On 6 November 2023, the Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) (“Family Law Amendment”) received Royal Assent, which will result in extensive changes to the parenting framework and parenting orders, as well as the role of Independent Children’s...

Extensive changes to parenting orders and Independent Children’s Lawyers starting in May 2024 | Part 1

1-May-2024 Family Law By Angelika Turner

On 6 November 2023, the Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) (“Family Law Amendment”) received Royal Assent, which will result in extensive changes to the parenting framework and parenting orders, as well as the role of Independent Children’s...

What will Easter mean for our parenting arrangement?

16-March-2024 Family Law By Angelika Turner

Easter is fast approaching but my ex-partner and I both want to spend time with the kids over the Easter long weekend. What do we do? The key to surviving the Easter period is communication and forward planning, especially if you do not have a parenting...

Locating a Missing Beneficiary

Contested Wills,Estates By Tamara Stevanovic

Missing Beneficiaries and Benjamin Orders Everything you need to know about locating missing beneficiaries and finalising the distribution of the Estate. As an executor your role is three-fold: a) reduce the assets of the Estate into possession; b)...