Senior Associate: Family Law
Why Join Us?Step into a role at McCarthy Durie Lawyers – a leading, progressive law firm that has been at the forefront of legal excellence since 1978. With our vibrant offices in Brisbane City, Redlands City, and Caloundra, we’re more than just a firm – we’re a family. Here, your ideas shape our future and […]
Everything you need to know about Buy-Sell Agreements
By Chris Andary Insurance-Funded Buy-Sell Agreements: Protecting Your Business and Ensuring Smooth Ownership Transitions Tragedy can strike at any time, and it’s crucial for business owners to plan for unforeseen circumstances that may impact the ownership of their company. Buy-Sell Agreements, often referred to as Business Wills, offer a solution to address these concerns. In […]
Proposed Rental Law Changes – what you need to know
By Madeleine Harling With more rental law reform incoming, it’s important that both tenants and landlords are familiar with their rights and obligations. Rent increase – once per year Importantly, on 28 March 2023, the Premier announced the Queensland Government is limiting the frequency of rent increases to once every 12 months from 1 July […]
Queensland Proposed Changes to Body Corporate Legislation 2023
By Jamie Felstead The Palaszczuk Government has recently announced reforms to body corporate legislation in Queensland following the October 2022 Housing Summit. The reforms aim to make it easier to sell and redevelop ageing or rundown community titles schemes. According to Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman, stakeholders at the Queensland Housing Summit highlighted that scheme termination was […]
Feeling Squeezed as a Mezzanine Lender? There Is Hope!
Article by Nathan Hardman The equitable doctrine of marshalling is a legal principle that is commonly overlooked. It allows a mezzanine lender to require a senior lender to satisfy their debt from another asset that the Senior Lender has security over instead of the asset secured by the junior lender. Essentially, the doctrine of marshalling […]
Important Changes to the Fair Work Act
By Ben Schefe On 6 December 2022, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 became law in Australia. You may also be aware that on 12 December 2022 the Anti‑Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 became law in Australia. This legislation has made a significant change […]
Unfair Preferences Demystified
by Olivia Roberts If you operate a business, it is important to be aware of what can happen if you receive a payment from a customer who subsequently goes into liquidation or bankruptcy, and a liquidator or bankruptcy trustee tries to ‘claw back’ the payment on the basis that it is an ‘unfair preference payment’. […]
MDL help Redlands locals sell family business
by Octavia Bird and Stephen Gibson A Redlands family, known for flying the Australian flag in front of their self-storage facility business, recently sold the commercial enterprise for a substantial amount. The long-time, Redlands residents built the self-storage facility from the ground up, after their previous family business was tragically destroyed in a fire. These […]
Default Judgments – Your Rights
Article by Ben Schefe, Michael Mapp and Conor Harvey A default judgment is an order made by the Court against the defendant without having the need for a hearing/trial in court. This primarily occurs when the defendant does not take the appropriate steps to respond to the service of a claim and statement of claim. […]
Land Tax Changes Cancelled
By Stephen Gibson We have recently written about changes proposed by the Queensland Government, to the way in which land tax was to be calculated and charged in Queensland. On 30 September 2022 Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk announced that the Queensland Government would be abandoning those changes. The abandoned changes Under the land tax changes […]
