We'd like to congratulate our newest Law Graduate, Benjamin Feather, on his admission to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and welcome him to OHL in the Commercial and Litigation team! Ben graduated from the Macquarie University with a…
Feel like you’ve been unfairly excluded or not adequately provided for in a Will? Challenging a Will is possible if you believe it is not legally valid under certain grounds for contention, or the financial needs of a dependent have…
Inadequate provision for proper maintenance, education or advancement in life By Johanna Woodland There was a time when it seemed like all a person had to do to successfully contest a Will and obtain a family provision order, was show…
Legal Update - Security of Payments Act & Residential Building Contracts By Johanna Woodland. From 1 March 2021, the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payments Act) 1999 (NSW) (SOPA) now applies to owner occupied residential building contracts. For a…
Successes & failures: recent family provision claim cases in NSW By Johanna Woodland Although the Court encourages settlement, many family provision claim cases still go to final hearing. Below are a few recent family provision claims cases in NSW which…
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way. By Johanna Woodland It seems that lately everyone has a friend of a friend whose great uncle Harry's Will was challenged. However, simply not agreeing with the terms is not a valid reason…
Are you the director of a company? Is your company unable to pay its debts due to Covid-19? Are you considering placing the company into liquidation after the Jobkeeper payments and other stimulus measures cease in 2021? If you have…
New Code of Conduct for Short Term Rental Accommodation - Party Houses could be a thing of the past! By Leah Thorpe & Hamish Thomson. The NSW Code of Conduct for Short-Term Rental Accommodation Industry (the Code) is due to…
By Johanna Woodland and Hamish Thomson New South Wales Court of Appeal Victory for Pet Owners Cooper v The Owners — Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA 250 “Cooper” The NSW Court of Appeal has recently handed down its decision…
By Tony Burke and Hamish Thomson The breakdown of a marriage or de facto relationship inevitably creates the need for assets to be divided among the separating parties. If an agreement cannot be reached on how to divide the assets,…
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