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Consulting a Lawyer Before Signing a Commercial Lease

Whether you are looking to move your small business to its first commercial property or if you need a larger premises to accommodate for an expanding company, whatever your needs, if you are looking t...

Understanding Caveats

Caveats can be applied to properties of all kinds and they affect dealings with the property and how the property is used. While not affecting the ownership of a property, the caveat system allows thi...

Debt Collection – Deciding Whether to Take Legal Action

It’s never a good situation to be owed money, especially when you’re a business owner and have outlaid time and money for products or services that have gone unpaid. If you have a debtor that has ...

Property Settlements in an Uncertain Time

With the current Coronavirus pandemic causing chaos on a global scale, separated parties across Australia are now facing the question of how to proceed with their property settlement. COVID-19 has aff...

What Are My Legal Rights in a Breakdown of a De Facto Relationship?

In Australia, when a de facto couple splits, they generally have the same rights and responsibilities as a married couple when it comes to maintenance and the division of property. Just as married cou...

Child Protection – The Importance of Having a Great Lawyer

As a parent, there would be nothing more distressing than having the Department of Child Safety removing or threatening to remove your children from your care. In such circumstances, child protection ...

The 5 Benefits of Choosing a Local Lawyer

You only need to have the television or radio on for a few minutes to hear the advertisements of many large legal corporations, so it can sometimes be easy to let a recognisable name handle your affai...

Key Questions to Ask When Hiring a Divorce Lawyer

Divorce is a huge decision, and how it's handled can have lasting impacts on the rest of your life. Before hiring a divorce lawyer, you need to do your homework and go into the conversation with poten...

Family Lawyers – The Common Reasons You May Need to Hire One

There are many different types of families in Australia - families with and without children, single parents, blended families, heterosexual and same-sex de facto couples, separated, divorced and wido...

Smart Ways to Protect Yourself Financially in a Relationship

Around 80% of Australian couples live together before they get married. While these days it is a common and practical situation, the reality is, it can come with dire financial consequences if things ...

Conveyancing – What is the Role of the Solicitor?

Buying a house goes hand in hand with mountains of paperwork, this is simply part of the deal. From title documents and contracts of sale to valuations, property appraisals and more, the amount of doc...

Property Settlement Vs Divorce – What is the Difference?

Divorce and property settlement are two different and separate family law processes, but they are commonly confused as one single matter. At Robert Wood and Associates, our expert solicitors have more...