Posts by Websters Lawyers
FAMILY LAW: HOW CAN I STOP MY EX FROM WASTING OUR ASSETS?
Wastage. It’s a huge issue in family law property cases. If your former partner decides to start recklessly spending money or wasting assets, what can you do? How can it be stopped and how do you recover the money or the value of the assets? This was the situation in a recent Family Court case.…
Read MoreNEW EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL SYSTEM PROMISES GREATER EFFICIENCY
A new streamlined system for the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET) will be introduced from 1 July 2017. It will increase the spectrum of employment related cases that can be heard by SAET. The current set-up The Fair Work Commission, which oversees the national workplace relations system, can hear cases that concern employment in the…
Read MoreFAMILY LAW: COURSES AND INFORMATION SESSIONS
Family law issues can be really stressful. If you’re separating or divorcing, there are property issues to settle. There are also parenting issues to agree, living arrangements to sort out, and let’s not get started on who gets to keep the pets. Even if you and your ex-partner can agree on most things, the experience…
Read MoreCAR ACCIDENT: “IT WASN’T MY FAULT, SO WHY AM I LIABLE?”
If my car is rear-ended in a chain collision, how can it be my fault? If I hit a car that pulls out in front of me when they were supposed to give way isn’t it their fault? The question of who is responsible for a car accident is not always straightforward. This was shown…
Read MoreWHAT CAN YOU DO IF AN EXECUTOR ISN’T DOING THEIR JOB? – PART II
In the first instalment of our series on duties of executors, we looked at the circumstances in which a single executor of a deceased estate could be removed. In this article, we discuss a case that dealt with an estate with two executors. When one executor frustrated the probate process, the Court was required to…
Read MoreINTERVENTION ORDERS: WHEN CAN THEY BE MADE?
When a man successfully appealed against a final intervention order, it raised some important questions about the rights of defendants to oppose intervention orders. Background The man was having an affair with a woman who was married with two children. On a number of occasions, he had questioned her about whether she was still involved…
Read MoreFAMILY LAW: JUDGE UNIMPRESSED OVER CLAIM FOR $10 MONA LISA
A Federal Court Judge was unimpressed when a divorcing couple made competing claims for household possessions including a $10 print of the Mona Lisa. This case is a good reminder to parties involved in family law property disputes to think carefully about the items that they wish to contest. Background The husband and wife had…
Read MoreUNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES: THAT’S NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION!
A group of Qantas employees took legal action for underpayment of wages after they were routinely asked to perform tasks that were outside the scope of their usual duties. Whilst it’s true that employees can occasionally be asked to do something in addition to their usual tasks, it’s not fair if this kind of thing…
Read MoreWHAT CAN YOU DO IF AN EXECUTOR ISN’T DOING THEIR JOB?
When a man refused to comply with a court order about the division of a deceased estate, legal action was taken to have him removed as executor. This type of scenario can be a huge issue for beneficiaries of deceased estates, especially when an executor isn’t doing the right thing. It can really help to…
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