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Conveyancing Commercial & Residential |
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Commercial Leasing |
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Wills, Powers of Attorney and Estate Planning
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Employment Law |
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Debt Recovery |
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Disputes and Litigation |
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Business Advice |
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Family Law |
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Traffic Matters |
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Water Allocations and Licensing |
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Insurance and Negligence Claims |
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injury/property claims |
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We are able to assist you with all aspects of
property dealings and conveyancing transactions.
From representing developers in land subdivisions
and reconfiguration, preparation of easements, all
dealings with Land Titles, buying or selling the
family home or an investment property, commercial
real estate or business purchases, buying or selling
water, transactions involving buying or selling of
Hotels, or rural properties.
Our Solicitors have a wide range of expertise and a
wealth of experience in rural and residential
property matters.
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The preparation of commercial leases is becoming an
increasingly complex area, with the particular
impact of the Retail Shop Leases legislation. We
are able to assist with all aspects of commercial
leasing enquiries including advice, preparation of
legally compliant leasing documents and attending to
maintenance of existing leases including renewals,
variations of terms, extensions and registration
issues
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It is very important that everyone over the age of
18 years has a current Will. There are many traps
for the unwary in the preparation of a Will and how
the contents of a Will are worded. Our firm has
extensive experience, backed up by regular updates
in contemporary estate issues, to ensure that we can
give you the best advice and assistance in preparing
your Will.
Increasingly, taxation and superannuation issues are
impacting on how Wills are drafted. Also, the
existence of business structures, eg. companies,
family trusts, etc. must be taken into account. Our
firm has an association with specialist Taxation and
Superannuation Lawyers so that detailed, specific
advice tailored to your circumstances is available.
Speak to Peter Apel regarding your estate planning
matters, for piece of mind for yourself and your
family.
An Enduring Powers of Attorney is a vitally
important document for anyone over the age of 18
years. Whilst your Will is an important document, it
does not have any legal effect until you die. If at
any time you are injured, ill or otherwise incapable
of managing your own affairs, it is not automatic
that anyone else has the right to step in and look
after your personal affairs for you. If you were
incapable of managing your own affairs, who would
attend to paying the bills?
An Enduring Powers of Attorney is a document where
you appoint a person or people whom you trust to be
able to step in and look after your personal affairs
for you, for your benefit and on your behalf until
such time as you are in a position to resume control
of your affairs yourself. It is important to give
careful consideration as to how an Enduring Powers
of Attorney should be set up to suit your particular
circumstances. Please speak to one of our
experienced Solicitors about this important document
which can protect your family and your property
An Advance Health Directive is a document where you
can give a direction to your health care providers
as to what treatment you do or do not wish to
receive, if you are severely injured or terminally
ill. An Advance Health Directive gives you control
over the treatment that you may receive, and also
serves to relieve your family and loved ones of what
can be an extremely difficult decision at a time of
crisis.
Please discuss your Advance Health Directive with
our experienced Solicitors to ensure that your
wishes are properly recorded and safeguarded for
you.
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We can provide you with advice you need in relation
to employment and contractor rights and obligations.
If you are an employer or employee, we can explain
your legal rights and obligations to you, and
identify what action if any, you may need to take to
protect your interests.
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It is an unfortunate fact of life and business that
some people do not pay their bills and debts.
Whether arising out of a business or personal
relationship, we can represent you and take what
steps are legally available to you to recover what
is owed to you. Often in business it is possible to
be too close to your customers to feel comfortable
about demanding payment. Allow us to undertake this
for you in a courteous, professional but firm
approach to those who have not paid their bills when
they are due.
Contact us and we can outline to you a debt recovery
program that is tailored to your requirements –
whether that might be a “gentle” initial approach or
proceeding directly to legal action to enforce your
rights. Discuss your situation with us so that we
can help you.
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Dispute resolution is an important part of our
business. Whether a dispute arises out of a personal
or business relationship, it is important that
efforts to resolve the dispute are conducted
efficiently and with careful consideration of the
result you wish to achieve.
In any dispute, it is vitally important that a close
watch is kept on the cost of resolving the dispute
in the light of what financial or other benefit may
come to you out of its resolution. We can provide
you with the information you need to make an
informed decision as to how and how far your dispute
resolution process should go.
We can represent you in commercial/contractual
disputes, estate disputes, partnership or any other
dispute in which you find yourself involved. Please
speak to our experienced Solicitors and we can
detail for you what procedures and approaches are
available, including mediation and any other dispute
resolution process, including taking your case to
Court.
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We can provide you with sound legal advice on a wide
range of business matters. We do not and cannot
take the place of your Accountant, and we strongly
recommend that you seek proper accounting advice.
Indeed it is often highly beneficial for us to work
in consultation with your Accountant to ensure that
appropriate and in all respects legally compliant
business arrangements are in place for you.
We can advise you on business structures, eg.
partnerships, companies or trusts, and how those
structures may impact on other areas of your life –
stamp duty or transfer costs if assets are moved
from one structure to another, impact upon your Will
or estate planning arrangements, business succession
planning, etc.
Please speak to us about the detail of your
situation so that we can provide you with the best
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Daniela Parlapiano has many years experience in
handling Family Law Matters. Daniela can provide you
with general advice as to your rights and
responsibilities and what legal avenues are open to
you to protect your interests. We can also represent
you in child residence or contact matters, family
property disputes and divorces. Call Daniela to
discuss your problem.
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Whether it is a drink driving charge, appeals on
loss of licence, accumulation of demerit points or a
threatening letter from the Department of Transport,
we can help you. We have extensive experience
appearing for our clients in the Magistrates Court
in relation to traffic offence matters, appeals
against licence disqualification and applications
for a work licence. Please contact us so that we can
help you..
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As pioneers in the trading
of water allocations in the Mareeba/Dimbulah
Irrigation Area, our firm has the experience and
knowledge necessary to help you in your water
transactions. We can assist with transfer
and subdivision applications, advice as to
rights and obligations associated with your
water allocation or supply agreements, and can
also help you with the sale and purchase of
water allocations.
In association with Water
Transfer Services we are able to assist in
the brokerage of water transactions.
We are here to help you
with the management of your water entitlements. |
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Whether it is a slip and
fall, a motor vehicle accident or a work related
injury, we can assist you with your claim.
It is important that you
seek our advice as soon as possible as
strict time limits apply to the commencement of
your claim.
We can provide you with
the information you need to make an informed
decision about whether you wish to make a claim,
the prospects of success and whether making a
claim would be likely to be viable for you.
We can represent you in
all aspects of the claim process from the
initial notification, investigation of the
factual and medical background, arrangements and
conduct of mediation and if necessary as a last
resort, appearance in Court on the prosecution
of your claim.
Alternatively, we are able
to represent your interests if a claim is made
against you. Again, strict time limits may
apply and therefore seeking advice from us as
early as possible is in your own interest.
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If you have been
injured at work, in an accident or at home, or
if you have had your car or property damaged
and it was not your fault, we can advise and
assist you with obtaining compensation.
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