Lawyers for Business

A lot goes into starting and running a business. Our experienced lawyers can help you succeed by providing priceless advice on the development and sales of your business. We can also establish the right structure, product or services as well as some of the very fundamental issues like registering for taxes and obtaining licenses.

What our lawyers will help you with:

1. Registration and structure: There is a lot more to registering your business than just filling up a form and providing your details. Our lawyers will be able to explain the differences between structures and types to you and advise you on which is your best option. We will also help you to fill registration forms correctly.
2. Permits and licenses: Different businesses have different requirements to operate. A restaurant, for example, will need to meet specific criteria before being granted a permit and a license to operate. Failing to meet those criteria could cause the rejection of your application, and you could get served with a legal notice for operating without a license.
3. Contracts: Businesses can no longer function in isolation. Whether you are hiring a delivery service for your products or cloud service for data storage, you need to collaborate with vendors. It is essential that every vendor you associate with signs an airtight contract to protect the interests of you and your client.
4. Liabilities: Hiring a lawyer after the fact of being sued might not be the ideal situation. If we are familiar with your company, we can be an adequate defence.

Buying or Selling a House

At first, it might seem that all you need is a real estate agent – but because there are legal contracts involved, it is better to have a lawyer present.

When you are investing such a large amount of money, you need to make sure that nothing goes wrong and that you have understood all the fine print in a contract. If you are not familiar with legal jargon, property laws, and the other processes involved in buying a house you could find yourself in the middle of a bad deal with no legal recourse.

How a lawyer can make a difference:

1. Represent you during settlement: A real estate agent facilitates the sale but does not necessarily represent you or your interests. 
   
2. Review and assess the sales contract: The seller of the home would most likely have agreed with a real estate agent. Your lawyer can review the agreement to protect your interests during the processes. All legal issues regarding the house need to be covered in the contract so that you are not left to deal with them later.
3. Prepare the mortgage agreement: Once you have agreed to buy the house, you will need to prepare a mortgage agreement. Your lawyer should be involved in drawing up the purchase agreement to ensure that you are getting a fair deal.
4. Arrange payments such as deposit and stamp duties: Settlement day can be stressful enough, with the logistics of having to move your family’s entire life, furniture and belongings into a new home – but e-conveyancing can make it significantly less stressful and allow you to settle in more quickly.
5. Arrange change of title: Our lawyer will meet with the vendor’s legal representative and both parties bank representatives on settlement day to exchange cheques and officially transfer the property over to you. And once this is done, the property legally belongs to you!

Family Wills and Estate

Family law is a sensitive area of practice, as it concerns people’s most valuable and vital assets during stressful times of their life and can also involve even more distressing conflicts involving the custody and care of children.

The range of potential outcomes can impact profoundly on the lives of all concerned.

Advice needs to be obtained and acted upon promptly as failing to deal with family breakdown and conflict properly can lead to worse outcomes in the future.

Why use our lawyers for managing family assets?

• We’ve helped families through challenging situations such as divorce for decades and have a lot of legal expertise and practical experience to share.
• We regard minimisation of expense and a practical and caring approach to conflict resolution as providing the preferred method to conflict resolution.
• Where matters cannot be resolved we ensure that our detailed preparation and knowledge of the law is applied to provide the best outcome at Court.