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Wills, Powers of Attorney & Advance Care Directives SA

12 December 2016 by By Lawyers

Wills, Powers of Attorney & Advance Care 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.
SEPTEMBER
  • Powers of Attorney and Advance Care Directives – Update  paragraph on South Australian Civil and Administrative Authority.
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.
  • The Advance Care Directives Kit produced by the South Australian government has been included in the guide. The kit is useful for practitioners who may wish to pass on additional information to their clients. The kit includes:
    • Advance Care Directive Form
    • Information Statement
    • Substitute Decision-Maker Guidelines
    • Information for Witnesses
    • Information for Interpreters

Filed Under: Publication Updates, South Australia, Wills and Estates Tagged With: advance care directives, powers, powers of attorney, updates, Wills

Workers Compensation NSW

12 December 2016 by By Lawyers

DECEMBER 2016

New precedents were added including an Application for review of work capacity decision and a Work compensation referral sheet

OCTOBER 2016

The commentary and the retainer instructions were updated to reflect the new monetary amounts.

The Costs Agreements were updated to reference the time limit for bringing costs assessment included total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.

The Disputes section was improved, with 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.

A new precedent was included Application for merit review by SIRA.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Amendments were made to precedents and commentaries to reflect new Workers Compensation Regulation 2016 and updated links to the regulation.

Filed Under: New South Wales, Personal injury, Publication Updates Tagged With: workers compensation

Wills, Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directives QLD

11 December 2016 by By Lawyers

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.

Filed Under: Publication Updates, Queensland, Wills and Estates Tagged With: advance health directives, powers, powers of attorney, updates, Wills

Wills, Powers of Attorney, Guardianship & Advance Health Directives WA

11 December 2016 by By Lawyers

Wills, Powers of Attorney, Guardianship & 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.
    • Amended to include reference to scale costs.
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
  • 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.

Filed Under: Publication Updates, Western Australia, Wills and Estates Tagged With: advance health directives, enduring guardianship, powers, powers of attorney, updates, Wills

Wills, Powers of Attorney & Enduring Guardianships TAS

11 December 2016 by By Lawyers

Wills, Powers of Attorney & Enduring Guardianships

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.

Filed Under: Publication Updates, Tasmania, Wills and Estates

Motor Vehicle Accident NSW

1 December 2016 by By Lawyers

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NOVEMBER 
  • New commentary added on recent amendments to maximum costs recoverable by practitioners – Amendments by Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment (Claims) Regulation 2016
OCTOBER 
  • Retainer instructions – Motor accident claim – Updated references to indexed maximum amounts of damages.
  • Costs Agreements – Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment, total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables, and authority to receive money into trust.

Filed Under: New South Wales, Personal injury, Publication Updates Tagged With: Motor vehicle accident

Personal Injury NSW

1 December 2016 by By Lawyers

NOVEMBER 
  • Commentary – Updated link to clause 3 of CIVIL LIABILITY (NON-ECONOMIC LOSS) ORDER 2010 regarding maximum amount of damages for non-economic loss.
OCTOBER 
  • Retainer instructions – Updated reference to index amount for maximum non-economic loss.
  • Costs Agreements
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment, total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables, and authority to receive money into trust.
    • 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.

Filed Under: New South Wales, Personal injury, Publication Updates Tagged With: personal injury

Mortgages NSW

1 December 2016 by By Lawyers

NOVEMBER 
  • Letter to owners corporation section 22 notice – Update for commencement of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 and their accompanying regulations on 30 November 2016.

Filed Under: Conveyancing and Property, New South Wales, Publication Updates Tagged With: mortgages

District Court Civil NSW

1 December 2016 by By Lawyers

NOVEMBER
  •  Brand new guide added – ‘Reference Manual – 101 Subpoena Answers for NSW’
OCTOBER
  • Acting for the Defendant and Acting for the Plaintiff Guides
    • Commentaries added on service outside of Australia
    • Commentaries added on list of exhibits
  • Costs Agreement
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment included total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
    • 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.

 

Filed Under: Litigation, New South Wales, Publication Updates Tagged With: civil, District Court

Local Court Civil NSW

1 December 2016 by By Lawyers

NOVEMBER
  • Brand new guide added- ‘Reference Manual – 101 Subpoena Answers for NSW’
OCTOBER
  • Updated commentaries with respect to amendments to Local Court Practice Note No. 1 of 2015.
  • Costs Agreements
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment, total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
    • 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.

 

Filed Under: Litigation, New South Wales, Publication Updates Tagged With: civil, Local Court

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