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YES, young adults need wills too! Young adults often think there is no point in them making a will because they think they have not accumulated enough assets to worry. However, many young adults have a job, and they have a superannuation fund. When they become a member of a superannuation fund they usually take
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Australia does not have a registration system for copyright protection. Copyright protection applies automatically when material is created. Works do not need to be published to be afforded copyright protection. The copyright notice (in Australia this is the © symbol) can be displayed on the works, but this is not required to afford protection. The
An application to admit an informal will to probate was granted in the recent case of Re Logan [2021] VSC 131. The deceased made handwritten changes to an unexecuted copy of his previous will. He signed the informal wall in the absence of any witnesses, and not in accordance with the formal requirements set out
The general principal is that a person has the right to dispose of their estate as they wish. However, the Court has the power to override the deceased’s wishes if the Court determines that this right has been abused because the deceased has breached his or her moral duty to provide proper maintenance and support
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Amendments to the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) that came into effect in late 2020 delivered changes to time frames and requirements for the provision of proposed lease and disclosure documents and refund of security deposits to tenants, and introduced an early market rent review process for tenants. During negotiations for a new lease and
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Paper Certificates of Title still exist! Whilst Land Use Victoria (Land Titles Office) has carried out bulk conversions of paper certificates of title to electronic certificates of title, starting with paper certificates of title where any of the four major banks are registered on title as the first mortgagee and progressing to other financial institutions,
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The Australian Consumer Law has prohibited unfair contract terms in standard form contracts entered into (or existing contracts that are varied or renewed) between businesses where at least one party to the contract is a small business since November 2016. The law applies to standard form contracts for the supply of both goods and services
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In Victoria, General Law Land is land that has not been brought under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act (TLA). General Law Land is also known as Old Law Land or “NUA” Land (Not under the TLA). The title to General Law Land consists of a series of deeds and documents evidencing dealings
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What is adverse possession? The registered proprietor of land will lose the right to reclaim possession of their title land after it has been exclusively and continuously possessed for a period of 15 years. Section 8 of the Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Victoria) provides that no action shall be brought by any person to
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