Legal Resources
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Update on Changes to the Workers' Compensation Act
The Amendments to the Workers Compensation Act on 19 June 2012 have left many injured workers uncertain as to whether or not they can claim additional lump sum compensation if their condition deterior...
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Property Settlement After Separation
Following a separation, there will often be issues to work out concerning the property settlement which may include assets such as the family home, any investment properties, shares, cars, furnishings...
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Increases to Family Court and Federal Circuit Court Filing Fees
There has been significant media attention recently about the increase to the filing fees in the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court. However proposed changes which were due to be implemented on 1...
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Filing a Notice of Risk in all Parenting Matters
In January 2015, the Federal Circuit Court introduced the requirement that all Initiating Applications and Responses to Initiating Applications seeking parenting orders be filed with a Notice of Risk...
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Delays in the Family Court
In most legal matters, where negotiations have broken down between parties and issues remain in dispute, the only body with the power to resolve the matter is a Court.
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Superannuation Splitting in a Family Law Property Settlement: The Basics
Superannuation is now often the most significant asset of many families, after the family home. How is it treated in a property settlement?
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Workers Compensation Changes to Payment of Workers Treatment Expenses.
It is now in excess of 18 months since the Premier of this State announced on 19 June 2012 that his Government intended to make significant changes to the New South Wales Workers Compensation scheme....
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You're not the Parent of the Child? You may still have Rights.
When most people think about family law parenting matters, they imagine a mother and a father in dispute about the care and welfare of their child or children. But if you are someone who is concerned...
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INJURED ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE CASE
The difficulties that arise in relation to claiming compensation when a person suffers an injury in a building case have been highlighted in a Decision of the NSW Supreme Court in the matter of Sharp...
Read More 01-08-2016 | Resource | Arthur Fogarty