by aslaumbe | May 12, 2023 | Ligitations News, News
Last year I was approached by a resident of a local retirement village about the management’s refusal of his request to allow him to keep two budgerigars in a cage in his unit for some company. This was on the basis that a Village Rule prohibited the keeping of...
by aslaumbe | Feb 21, 2023 | Commercial Agreement & Disputes News, Ligitations News, News
For some time now under the Australian Consumer Law, where a term of a standard form consumer contract (i.e. one where an individual is acquiring a financial product or service under the contract wholly or predominantly for personal, domestic or household use or...
by aslaumbe | Dec 22, 2022 | Conveyancing News, News
If you are a first home buyer then you should be made aware of a recent announcement by the NSW State Goverment which will apply to properties purchased up to $1.5m from 16 January 2023. As from that date, qualifying purchasers will be able to opt into a scheme to pay...
by aslaumbe | Aug 8, 2022 | News, Wills & Deceased Estates News
In the NSW Supreme Court case of Lim v Lim [2022] NSWSC 454 the Court held that a 89 year old woman’s last will was invalid because she lacked testamentary capacity i.e. the mental ability to make a will and, therefore, did not know or approve the contents of...
by aslaumbe | Mar 21, 2022 | Contesting an Unfair Will News, Ligitations News, News, Wills & Deceased Estates News
A common situation is one where a parent with children re-marries another parent with their own children creating a blended family. It is not then unusual for each parent to enter into an agreement to make mutual wills which are in reciprocal terms leaving their...
by aslaumbe | Feb 16, 2022 | Ligitations News, News
Here is a stark warning to anyone, including businesses, who operates a social media platform and allows third parties to post comments. You or your business can be held liable for another person’s defamatory comments even if you are unaware of them. In the...