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COVID-19 Impact on Commercial Dealings
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to manifest themselves in our economy, the legal landscape continues to change ...
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COVID-19 Personal & Corporate Insolvency during Coronavirus
If you are currently experiencing financial distress contact us on (07) 5526 0157 to arrange an appointment to ...
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COVID-19 Are you a Landlord or Tenant feeling the economic effects of Coronavirus?
No two leases are the same and everyone’s situation is different. Our experienced team of property and commercial ...
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COVID-19 Shut Down, Stand Downs, Pay Cuts and more
Managing your Employees during COVID-19 Pandemic
Properly managing your workforce during this difficult time will ...
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COVID-19 Is your Estate Plan ready to combat Coronavirus?
Do not wait until it is too late! To ensure that your hard-earned assets are, to the fullest extent possible, ...
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Promotion of Mark Steele to Special Counsel
We are very pleased to announce that Mark Steele has been promoted to the role of Special Counsel at Marino ...
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Supreme Court rejects builder’s payment claim for not supplying sufficient detail
In KDV Sport Pty Ltd v Muggeridge Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] QSC 178 (“KDV”), the Queensland Supreme ...
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Disputes between Landlords and Tenants when exercising options
In Queensland, it is common for leases to contain an option to renew, whereby upon expiry of the initial lease ...
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Parenting Coordination in Australia – how can it help high conflict families?
Parenting disputes, like any family law dispute, often involves high levels of entrenched conflict which can have ...
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Why you need a Migration Lawyer
Migration has continued to be a topical issue within the political sphere of Western countries. Managing and ...
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Recent Developments in Casual Employment
Following on from our article of last year titled ‘The Essence of Casual Employment’, there have been some ...
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Buying or selling a property affected by bushfire – what is your legal position?
At Marino Law, our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been tragically affected by the bushfires ...
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Marino Law’s 12 tips for family law bliss this Christmas
According to statistics, as reported on the Today Show on Channel 9 and the Sydney Morning Herald, December 11 is ...
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High Court clarifies remedies available to builders following an owner’s repudiation
In Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 (“Mann”), the High Court has clarified the remedies ...
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A Sparkling Milestone for Marino Law
The modern gift for reaching your tenth anniversary is a diamond and after 10 years of successful growth, Marino ...
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Unfair Contract Terms: ACCC investigation of Uber Eats
Recently, Uber Eats was the subject of an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...
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Hardship pursuant to s90K(1)(d) of the Family Law Act – How and when may the Court set aside a Binding Financial agreement on this ground?
Binding Financial Agreements (BFA) are entered into with the clear intention of giving parties certainty and ...
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Forthcoming Changes to Skilled Regional Visas
Earlier this year, the Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations (‘Regulations’) 2019 was ...
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Federal Court Clarifies Liquidator’s Powers to Deal with Assets of Trading Trusts
In Cremin, in the matter of Brimson Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2019] FCA 1023 (“Cremin”), the Federal Court ...
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Not all assets are automatically captured by your Will!
Not all of a person’s assets are automatically captured and dealt with by the terms of a Will.
The below are ...
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Family law mediation has failed. What next?
While there are limited exceptions, Mediation in family law disputes is compulsory prior to seeking relief from ...
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Queensland property law developments in 2019
First home loan deposit scheme, land tax changes, combustible cladding extensions and paper certificates of title ...
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Recent amendments to building cladding laws in Queensland
On 1 October 2018, the Government passed the Building and Other Legislation (Cladding) Amendment Regulation 2018 ...
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Short relationship results in no property adjustment for wife Husband regrets not getting that Pre-Nup
In 2012 the High Court of Australia published the much-lauded case of Stanford v Stanford. The issues arising ...