Unfortunately, from time to time people are confronted with litigating a dispute. Whether you choose to act for yourself as a self-represented litigant or instruct lawyers to act for you, it helps to have an understanding of the process. Let’s take a simple debt scenario and step through the process. If you are owed say…
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Contesting a Will – Who Pays for the Fight & How Much?
In June this year, His Honour Judge McGill SC of the District Court, Brisbane delivered a decision concerning costs of a Family Provision Application involving a small deceased estate (Baker v Baker (No.2) [2019] QDC 140). The Applicants in that case, the surviving spouse and adult son, achieved an order in their favour on the…
Beware of mixing your career with too many Christmas drinks
Christmas is a great time is to celebrate with your colleagues after a year of hard word and success. However your conduct at Christmas drinks, whether an office party or a carry over of festivities to another venue could cause you to loose your job. Despite the fact that this occurs after work hours or…