Seminar – 26 May 2015 McAuley Hawach Lawyers has the pleasure of inviting you to the following seminar in our 2015 seminar series. Presented by Steve McAuley, Accredited Specialist – Commercial Litigation McAuley Hawach Lawyers…
The High Court on 4 March 2015 handed down a unanimous judgment in the case of Korda v Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited. The case is important because it highlights the various factors that a…
Parties to a relationship may have differing views as to what stage their relationship is at and the level of commitment each party has towards their relationship. One party to a relationship may be content…
An important part of running Court cases is maximising the chances of your opponent paying your legal costs. Recovery of legal costs A successful party to litigation, in NSW, generally only recovers, at best, 60%…
A man who won an inheritance from a Supreme Court of NSW judge has had the same inheritance taken away from him by the NSW Court of Appeal. Robert Wilcox was left out of his…
The general principle adopted by a Court exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act (the Act) when finalising property matters between parties to a marriage is that an order made pursuant to s.79 of the…
The recent High Court of Australia case of Sidhu v Van Dyke [2014] HCA 19 deals with the issue of who carries the onus of proof in assessing whether reliance was made on representations to…
You have just hung up the phone after speaking with your former wife/husband about an issue concerning the children. You may have said some things that were inappropriate during that telephone conversation. The telephone conversation…
The NSW government has introduced into parliament new laws in response to lethal punches which have taken place in Sydney’s CBD and King’s Cross areas, in an attempt to curb drug and alcohol fuelled violence….
When obtaining legal advice from your lawyer, the general rule is that communications between a client and their lawyer are the subject of legal professional privilege (Privilege) and are protected from any obligation of disclosure….