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Credit Control Debt Collection

February 17, 2012

If a business has proper credit control then this can limit the number of bad debts the business will have. Our advice to clients when we take on their debt collection work is that the most important thing they can…

Riding an Unregistered Motorcycle Costs $1M Plus

February 15, 2012

Macrossan & Amiet

In an unusual case decided in November this year by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, an owner of an unregistered motorcycle was ordered to pay over $1M to the Nominal Defendant (the State of Queensland). The…

Statutory Guarantees – Know Your Rights

February 2, 2012

Tanya Whalley

Tanya Whalley, Your Rights

How often do we hear the saying – “they don’t make them like they use to”? Have you recently purchased a product only to be disappointed by its quality or durability. In this article, we take a look at the…

Applications to Extend Limitation Period

December 18, 2011

Gene Paterson

In Queensland the various Acts that govern the rights of individuals to sue for damages for personal injuries suffered in motor vehicle accidents, work related incidents or public liability incidents provide that if a claim is not lodged pursuant to…

An “Issue” to Have a Legal Fight About

December 18, 2011

Darren Sekac

Our clients who receive our newsletter will by now gather the importance we place on proper estate planning with a carefully drafted Will and Enduring Power of Attorney. There is more and more litigation by dissatisfied children and dependants not…

Estates

August 2, 2010

John Formosa

What Do I Own? We quite often experience a situation when taking instructions from clients in the preparation of their Wills that they do not clearly understand their business structures. As a result of this it is sometimes difficult to…

My Uncle Marc

August 2, 2010

Andrew Telford

My great uncle Marc O’Donnell was the quintessential country farming gentleman. Marcus O’Donnell and his wife Kathleen lived on a farm near Bloomsbury and had seven children. Uncle Marc never swore, had a strong Catholic faith, loved his wife and…

Executors

August 2, 2010

Macrossan & Amiet

If you attend a Solicitor to make a Will, one of the first questions you will be asked is “Who will you appoint as your Executor or Executors?” An executor is the person appointed by a Will to administer your…

Does your son have a Will?

August 2, 2010

Andrew Telford

Before I married and had children, my mother asked me “Andrew, I assume that you have a Will? I do not want you leaving a mess behind for me if you die!” My response to my mother was “Don’t be…

“Genuine Redundancy” or just bad luck?

June 2, 2010

Macrossan & Amiet

By Anderea Green The idea behind redundancy pay is to help former employees financially bridge the gap until they find a new job. This is only fair considering that the employee would have lost their job through no fault of…

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