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Wills, Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directives QLD

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Wills, Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directives

DECEMBER 
  • New Commentary on Challenging the validity of a will
    • Challenging a will questions its validity. Contesting a will questions the fairness of its provisions. The circumstances and processes when challenging a will are similar across all the states in legislation and in the common law principles that govern this interesting area of the law. This addition to commentary covers helpful tips for practitioners if they are faced with a client wishing to challenge the validity of a will.
OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
JUNE
  • Added new precedent – Individual will creating multiple testamentary discretionary trusts
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
MARCH
  • Powers of Attorney – Commentary enriched to include a new section ‘What an attorney can’t do’. Commentary also enriched to include Instruments made in other states.
FEBRUARY
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Criminal Magistrates’ Court QLD

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OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements – Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
SEPTEMBER
  • New commentary added on making an application for a protection order.

Estates QLD

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Estates

OCTOBER
  • Commentaries updated regarding deceased estates and foreign resident capital gains withholding payments.
  • Costs Agreements – Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
SEPTEMBER
  • Addition to commentaries regarding whether cause of death might give rise to any compensation or damages.
  • To do list – two new precedents summarising activities to be undertaken in a Probate or Administration matter.

MAY

  • New Precedent – Initial letter to administrator with duties when small estate and we are not acting
  • New Precedent – Initial letter to creditor confirming account
  • Letters of Administration Commentary – Update to Administrator commission content re Professional administrators.

APRIL

  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.

FEBRUARY

  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Workers Compensation QLD

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Workers Compensation

OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
AUGUST
  • Commentary updated to comply with the National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016. The purpose of the Act is to ensure that anyone who sustains serious personal injuries in a motor vehicle accident in Queensland, may be eligible to receive necessary and reasonable lifetime treatment care and support under the National Injury Insurance Scheme.
  • Reference to National Injury Insurance Scheme added to the following precedents: Initial letter to applicant client all claims with costs disclosures, Retainer instructions, Initial letter to applicant client lump sum claims with costs disclosures, and Letter to plaintiff with enclosures.
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
FEBRUARY 
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.
  • Recent changes to common law threshold – Summary of the recent legislative changes brought in by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2015 included in the Workers Compensation QLD publication commentary.

Conveyancing QLD

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Conveyancing

OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
    • Clause on recovery of fees added when purchaser not proceeding.
AUGUST
  • Purchase and Sale of Real Property commentaries – further content on Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Payments added.
  • Sale of Real Property – commentary updated to include discussion of how co-ownership may be brought to an end via partitioning.
JUNE
  • Update First Home Owners’ Grants for 1 July 2016 changes.
MAY
  • Foreign resident capital gains withholding payments amendments made to Commentaries and Retainer instructions.
  • Include foreign resident capital gains withholding payments when over $2 million to all necessary precedents and to do lists.
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
MARCH
  • New section included in the commentary on powers of attorney for land transactions to accompany power of attorney precedents.
FEBRUARY 
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Motor Vehicle Accident QLD

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Motor Vehicle Accident

OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements – Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
AUGUST
  • Added commentary on the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland
  • Initial letter to client and Retainer Instructions – information added concerning eligibility for the NIIS scheme after award of damages.
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
FEBRUARY
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Personal Injury QLD

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Personal Injury 

August 
  • Additional commentary added on NIIS – updated to ensure compliance with the National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016. The act applies to individuals who may eligible to receive necessary and reasonable lifetime treatment care and support for a serious personal injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident.
  • LINKS TO – National Injury Insurance Scheme (QLD) – Notification form
    LINKS TO – National Injury Insurance Scheme (QLD) – Application form – Interim participation
    LINKS TO – National Injury Insurance Scheme (QLD) – Application form – Insurer
April 
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
February 
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Business and Franchise QLD

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Business and Franchise

OCTOBER 
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
    • Clause on recovery of fees added when purchaser not proceeding.

April 

  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.

  • New precedent added – Enclosure – Applying for Trade Marks

February 

  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

Mortgages QLD

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Mortgages

OCTOBER 
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.

April 

  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.

  • Mortgages Commentary added on verification of identity requirements.

February 

  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

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