ARBITRATION

• The non-judgmental settlement of a dispute by means of a hearing before an impartial umpire or tribunal.

BUSINESS LAW

• Purchase & sale agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Registering business names
• Company Law
• Advising on financial and business agreements
• Leases

BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION

• Contracts
• Disputes
• Compliance with local government and building regulations

CIVIL & GENERAL LITIGATION (DISPUTE)

• Appearance in all courts
• Commercial and contract disputes
• Trade practices and consumer advice
• Civil matters
• Neighbour disputes
• Debt recovery

CONVEYANCING & PROPERTY LAW

• Buying and selling land, commercial industrial
  and residential properties,
• Strata and community title advice.
• Mortgage advice
• Leasing of residential or commercial properties
• Land development & subdivision
• Resumptions (property recovery)
• Problems relating to easements, covenants and
  property transfer

CRIMINAL LAW & POLICE MATTERS

• Criminal offences and charges
• Rights in relation to being connected to a criminal matter
• Local, District and Supreme Court hearings
• Defending charges and entering pleas
• Prohibited drug offences
• Drink-driving and traffic offences
• Licence appeals
• Motor vehicle charges
• Sexual assault
• Federal offences

EXPERT DETERMINATION

• Resolve disputes without the need to go to court.
• A process in which parties to a dispute engage the services of a neutral third party, who is expert in the subject matter of the dispute to determine an outcome and resolution. Service available in Building & Construction matters.

FAMILY LAW

• Divorce
• Spouse maintenance
• Residence (custody), contact (access) and child maintenance
• Counselling referrals
• Separation advice
Property settlement applications
• Injunctions
• Domestic violence orders
• De facto and other relationships
• Pre nuptial agreements
• Binding financial and co-habitation agreements

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

• Development Approvals
• Compulsory purchase
• Lost potential for subdivision and other land uses
• Planning applications
• Disputes with councils, RTA, landowners etc
• Assistance for developers to ensure development complies with all environmental laws

LIQUOR LICENSING

• New licences for hotels, bottle shops, restaurants and clubs
• Transfer of licences
• Complaint hearings and conferences
• Court hearings and appeals

PERSONAL INJURY LAW - ACCREDITED SPECIALIST

• Michael Laurence is a an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

• To enable the person appointed to deal in your affairs

WILLS, PROBATE, DISPUTES & ESTATE MANAGEMENT

• Preparation of Wills
• Claims against Wills and estates
• Estate planning
• Family and unit trusts and family companies
• Probate and administration

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