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Tips and Traps of Buying a Property at Auction

Buying a property can be stressful at the best of times but buying a property at auction can often multiply the stress as it takes the control of the process away from you as the buyer, and leaves you with an inflexible timetable. Added to that is the uncertainty about what you do not know […]

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Separation and Parenting Orders: The Benefits of Mediation, Particularly Relating to Children

I’ve separated from my partner. Should I attend mediation regarding my children and how do I prepare for mediation? When parents separate, one of the key areas they need to consider is what arrangements should be put in place for the children.  This can include time the children spend with each parent, where and how handover […]

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Does Your Face Belong To You?

Does Your Face Belong To You? What To Do When Someone Uses Your Photo Without Permission The ubiquitous nature of the digital age allows anyone to use, adapt or duplicate content on the internet. But what do you do if that content belongs to you? Or even worse, what do you do if that content […]

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New Residential Tenancy Laws Making it Easier

New Residential Tenancy Laws Make It Easier & Cheaper for Tenants to Break a Fixed Term Rental Agreement Before the End of the Term Mandatory fees now apply to all fixed-term agreements of three years or less, when a tenant ends the agreement early. This applies to agreements that are entered into from 23 March […]

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Are Prenuptial Agreements Valid?

The short answer is “A properly drafted prenuptial agreement is valid”. Prenuptial agreements or financial agreements, as they are also referred to in Australia, are generally valid and married spouses or de facto spouses are free to enter them at any point in a relationship as a means of clarifying or resolving financial issues between […]

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Trustees of Self-Managed Super Funds are Obliged to Exercise Their Discretion in Good Faith Upon Real and Genuine Consideration

The recent Court of Appeal case of Wareham v Marsella (2020) VSCA 92 was a timely reminder of the “good faith” obligations. These are the relevant facts. Helen Swanson set up a self-managed super fund for herself in 2003. The trustees of the fund were Helen Swanson and her daughter, Carol Wareham, a child from […]

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