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In the first in a series of articles focusing on shareholders’ remedies, we look at potential changes to shareholders’ remedies in NSW which may involve an expansion of potential claims.   The law in NSW…

Beneficiaries of trusts have limited rights when they are not shareholders of the trustee company.  The law in Victoria grants such shareholders more rights and it may well be that the Victoria parliament will enact…

Travelling overseas with a child can be quite difficult in itself without the added complexity of trying to arrange overseas travel when there are Family Law proceedings before the Courts in relation to parenting matters….

Approximately half of Australians do not have a Will, according to the NSW Trustee & Guardian.  This figure is almost certainly an underestimation.  A more realistic figure is that 70% of Australians do not have…

If you are involved in a motor accident and suffer any injury (or even think you may have suffered an injury), a claim form should be lodged.   There are time deadlines that need to…

Sadly, there are circumstances where there may be doubt as to who the biological father of a child is.   In these circumstances, the law applies a presumption in respect of parentage and evidence that…

  A contract can be ‘illegal’ because it is prohibited by legislation or it infringes a rule of public policy.   Prohibited by Legislation In order for a contract to be ‘illegal’ because it is…

There are many ways to challenge the validity of a Will.  If a Will is successfully challenged, a Will can, in effect, be set aside or varied. The main ways of challenging a Will are…

In simple terms, proportionate liability is a system which limits some types of civil liability. By way of illustration, if a manufacturer and a distributor are both responsible for faulty software, a system of proportionate…