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• Divorce
• Published Date: August 31, 2009
• Budget breaks put the trust back in testamentary trusts
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• In the recent 2006-07 Federal Budget, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello announced the Government would exclude certain income beneficiaries of testamentary trusts from the “franking credit” holding period rules, with effect from 1 July 2002...
  
• Carer inherits to the detriment of children of deceased
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Commercial Contract Disputes: Getting the Right Advice
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Commercial contracts are the basis of doing business. Much of the law covering the sale of goods, agency, negotiable instruments, insurance, partnerships and franchise licenses is based in the law of contract.
  
• Dangerous and negligent driving: what does it mean to you?
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• You or someone you know may have been charged with dangerous or negligent driving. But you may ask yourself: "what do these offences mean and what are the consequences?"
  
• Deceased gives cheque but cashed after death
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Disputing Wills
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Figures count with loss of points, double demerits and licence suspension
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Since 2000, the NSW road toll has been steadily dropping. The state ended 2007 with 443 fatalities, down 10% from last year.
  
• Intellectual Property
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Lost will
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Make Sure Your 'Off-The-Plan' Purchase Goes According To Plan
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• When buying a property, a purchaser will need to inspect, scrutinise and understand intimately the property they are planning to invest their money (not to mention their dreams) in. Knowing the full nature of the property being purchased is, of course, an essential step in the conveyancing process.
  
• No Will - father died intestate & claim by girlfriend to be de facto spouse
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Property Settlements
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Property Settlement is the legal phrase for the end result, in monetary and proprietary terms, of your divorce or separation. Participants in this process are often reported as being overwhelmed by technicalities, or outraged by the outcome. But with the help of Heckenberg & Associates and the proper preparation you can avoid undue legal problems.
  
• Recently we were able to protect our clients share in a deceased estate where they were provided for by their grandmother.
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• School zones: penalties and flashing lights increasing
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Did you know certain driving and parking offences attract an extra demerit point if committed in an operating school zone? Did you know committing a school zone offence on a provisional licence would attract another demerit point? You could risk losing your licence in one offence.
  
  
• Son Who Was Left Out of Mother's Will Obtains His Inheritance
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Testamentary Promises and the Family Provision Act
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Frequently people are promised they will be provided for in a will only to find that promise challenged after the deceased's death. This often results in the will being disputed...
  
  
• What are my rights if I am made redundant?
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• Redundancy is a term, which over the last decade, has become a familiar part of Australian corporate culture. Basically, it’s a situation that results when an employer decides a job no longer needs to be performed – by anyone in the company.
  
• When can a Grandchild make a claim on their Grandparents deceased estate?
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• The Family Provision Act provides legal remedies for people to claim against deceased estates in situations where they feel they have not received their inheritance or been properly provided for by the deceased.
  
• Wills & power of attorney case
• Published Date: August 30, 2009
• In a recent case the Supreme Court ordered a son who had power of attorney for his elderly father to reconvey the family home and money which the son had transferred to himself to the exclusion of his 3 brothers and sisters.