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Commercial Law
The contracts every Victorian business should have
The written agreements that prevent commercial disputes: terms of trade, employment contracts, shareholder agreements, leases, supplier terms, privacy policies and personal guarantees.
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Family Law
How is property divided after separation?
How Australian courts divide property after separation: the four-step framework, contributions and future needs, superannuation splitting, time limits, and consent orders that bind.
Wills & Estates
What happens if you die without a will in Victoria?
Dying without a valid will leaves your estate to a fixed legal formula, not your wishes. Here is how intestacy works in Victoria, who inherits, and why a simple will is the easiest way to protect the people you love.
Family Law
Intervention orders in Victoria: protection, process and your options
How family violence intervention orders work in Victoria: police and private applications, interim orders, conditions, breaches, responding to an order, and links to family law.
Commercial Law
Recovering unpaid debts in Victoria: from letter of demand to statutory demand
A practical guide to debt recovery in Victoria: letters of demand, which court to sue in, default judgment, enforcement warrants and garnishees, statutory demands and bankruptcy notices.
Wills & Estates
Contesting a will in Victoria: your rights and the time limits
Left out of a will or treated unfairly? Who can bring a Part IV family provision claim in Victoria, what the court weighs, the strict six-month deadline, costs, and defending an estate.
Wills & Estates
Superannuation death benefits: why your super does not follow your will
Who receives your superannuation when you die: binding death benefit nominations, SIS dependants, tax on adult children, SMSF risks, and how to align super with your estate plan.
Commercial Law
Retail leases in Victoria: what tenants must check before signing
Victoria's Retail Leases Act gives tenants real protections: disclosure statements, the five-year minimum, land tax bans, outgoings rules, options, make-good and VSBC dispute resolution.
Wills & Estates
Testamentary trusts: protecting an inheritance in Victoria
How testamentary trusts work in wills: asset protection from bankruptcy and relationship breakdown, tax-effective income for children, blended families, and when the cost is worth it.
Family Law
De facto separation in Victoria: your property and parenting rights
De facto couples in Victoria have near-identical rights to married couples: the two-year threshold, registered relationships, the two-year time limit, super splitting and parenting.
Commercial Law
Shareholder agreements: the document that saves business partnerships
What a shareholder agreement covers and why co-owned companies need one: decisions, deadlock, exits and valuation, drag and tag rights, restraints, and the cost of not having one.
Wills & Estates
An executor's duties in Victoria: the complete checklist
What an executor must actually do in Victoria: securing assets, probate, debts and tax, the six-month rule, estate accounts, personal liability, and when to renounce or get help.
Family Law
Binding financial agreements in Australia: prenups that actually hold
How binding financial agreements work: before, during or after a relationship, the independent legal advice rules, when courts set them aside, and how BFAs compare with consent orders.
Wills & Estates
Enduring powers of attorney in Victoria: who needs one and how they work
How enduring powers of attorney work in Victoria: financial and personal matters, choosing an attorney, witnessing rules, medical treatment decision makers, and VCAT safeguards.
Family Law
Parenting arrangements after separation: how the law decides what is best
How parenting works after separation under Australia's updated framework: the best-interests factors, parenting plans versus consent orders, mediation requirements, and urgent cases.
Commercial Law
Choosing a business structure in Victoria: sole trader, partnership, company or trust
How to choose between sole trader, partnership, company and trust in Victoria: liability, tax, asset protection, investors and sale — and how to restructure as the business grows.
Wills & Estates
Probate in Victoria: a step-by-step guide for executors and families
What probate is, when a grant is required in Victoria, the steps from advertising to distribution, how long it takes, the costs, and what executors are personally responsible for.
Family Law
Getting divorced in Victoria: the process, the 12-month rule and what happens next
How divorce works for Victorians: the 12-month separation rule, separation under one roof, sole and joint applications, costs, children requirements, and the property deadline after divorce.
Wills & Estates
How to make a valid will in Victoria: requirements, witnesses and common mistakes
What makes a will legally valid in Victoria: the signing and witnessing rules, who can make one, what a will can and cannot control, and the mistakes that cause disputes.
Family Law
The 2025 family law property reforms: what separating couples need to know
The Family Law Amendment Act 2024 changed property settlements from June 2025: a codified four-step framework, family violence recognised economically, pets, wastage and disclosure duties.
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