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Making Your Will Count – Healthy Will Checklist

Making a will is important for everyone over the age of 18, to ensure their wishes are followed and their assets are distributed correctly after they die. If you don’t have a will your assets will be divided according to how the law dictates in the rules of intestacy. A will is also the place… Read More

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Important Things to Consider When Buying a Business

If you are considering buying a business there are many steps involved and getting the right advice from the start is important. The structure of and issues involved in the sale are quite different if you are buying the business assets only, compared with the shares in the company that owns the business. Making sure… Read More

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Swimming Pool Registration

Homeowners are required to attach a certificate of compliance or non-compliance to the contract of sale when they sell their property. The owner of a property must register their swimming pool and/or spa on the NSW Swimming Pool Register. In this blog we review how to register a swimming pool and what the requirements are…. Read More

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Have You Been Left Out of a Will?

The loss of a family member is always a difficult time, and it can be distressing to learn that you have not been included in the family member’s will. Generally, a person may leave their assets to whomever they wish. However, the law recognises that there are may be people who have relied on the… Read More

Defects Liability Periods

What are Defects and How Do Defects Liability Periods Work?

It is important to understand exactly what is meant by the term ‘defect’, how a contractual ‘defects liability period’ works in practical terms and also whether there is any right to claim damages for covering the costs of rectifying a defect.