Your ex-partner, Antonio, contacts you late Wednesday afternoon asking you to act for him in relation to selling a shop down the main street of the small coastal town you live in. You are thrilled to receive the call. You parted on reasonably good terms but...

Snapshot Options are always tricky. What applies to GST does not necessarily apply to CGT. Assumptions can be very dangerous. Options and hidden tax stings  Tony comes to see you about a ‘too good to refuse’ offer he has received from a developer...

Charlie and Chloe are old clients – and now they’re back. Some years ago they bought their dream home with a large block of land they couldn’t afford to live in and had to rent it out until they could. Eventually they did move in but later decided to...

This article was published in this month’s edition of the Law Society Journal of NSW. Three lawyers walk into a bar. Allan, Barry and Charlie. It’s Friday, they’re good mates, they’ve all had a bad week, and they want to share the pain.Allan goes...