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What Happens If You Break A Lease Early?
What Happens If You Break A Lease Early? People sometimes come to me when they are a tenant under a commercial or retail Lease and have decided to leave early for for whatever reason. Perhaps they cannot afford the rent or some other premises might better suit their...
What To Do If Somebody Owes You Money
What To Do If Somebody Owes You Money Let's suppose someone owes you money and despite many attempts you just can't get them to pay you back. They keep promising to do so but nothing happens. What is the next step? An often effective opening move is to get a lawyer to...
Director Liability For Company Trading While Insolvent
Director Liability For Company Trading While Insolvent Many people operate their business by using a company as the trading entity so that they cannot become personally liable for the debts of the business since a company is a separate legal entity. However,...
What is NCAT?
What is NCAT? The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal commenced operation on 1 February 2014 as a "super tribunal" bringing together the work of 22 former tribunals into one. It deals with a wide range of matters including: * reviewing administrative...
Strata Disputes
Strata Disputes For those of you who live in a strata unit (and it appears that more and more of us will be in the future if the NSW Government has its way) one of the most common issues that arises is excessive noise made by neighbours. So, what do you do if you've...