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Arbitration: The Flavour of the Month

Introduction The Australian family law system is currently undergoing many changes, leading to a highly politicised and uncertain environment that has only exacerbated issues with..

How to use the PPSA in your favour

What is the PPSA? The PPSA is a regime established by the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) and the Personal Property Security Regulations 2010 (Cth).

A creditors game: secured or unsecured?

The Australian Law Reform Commission in 1988 in its General Insolvency Inquiry set out the range of purposes for insolvency law in Australia which largely revolved around the..

How to safely leave a violent relationship

We all would like to live in a world where there is no fighting or violence, but the truth is that in Australia currently, at least one woman dies from domestic violence a week...

Failing to update your address may cost you your business

Setting up a company is relatively easy these days. If you fill out the right form and pay the right fee, you can have a company before the week is out. However, one of the more..

Shutting Down a Company: Deregistration or Members Voluntary Winding Up? Simple can be risky

Quite often we have clients referred to us to sell their business. The sale can be for a variety of reasons. They may be retiring, unwell, looking to downsize operations or may..

Spousal Maintenance in Family Law

Spousal maintenance is ongoing financial support paid by a party of a marriage to their former partner in circumstances where the former partner is unable to support themselves...

The consequences of sharing about your Family Law proceedings

It is not uncommon in family law proceedings for a party to post on social media about their separation. It is so common in fact, that many may think that venting on social media,..

What is the Family Court Merger?

For the first time in over 40 years an inquiry has been made into the family court system. The Family Court system has been criticised as ‘painstakingly slow’ and ‘prohibitively..

Psychiatric Harm in the Police Force

Claims for psychiatric harm are becoming more common due to social change and awareness. There has been an influx of claims being made against employers for not protecting their..