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The Law Society of NSW

Rockliffs
Solicitors & IP Lawyers
Level 5, 50 King Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Ph: 02 9299 4912
Fax: 02 9262 2603
lawyers@rockliffs.com.au

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Have you been left out of a Will?

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: November 19, 2008

Overseas Clients – An International Perspective

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Public Notary /Property & Conveyancing / Public Notary /Advice on Setting up a Business/Company /Debt Recovery and Insolvency /Litigation /Asset protection and Estate Planning /Asset Protection, Directors’ Responsibilities & Corp Governance /Corporate Insolvency / Winding up Companies /Corporate Finance Advisory / Litigation /Business Acquisitions and Sales
Date: November 17, 2008

Property Update - Boost for First Home Buyers

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Property & Conveyancing
Date: November 17, 2008

Forgery
Invalidating the security on a loan
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): General Legal Services
Date: November 16, 2008

Debt
Can I get a Judgment set aside?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Debt Recovery and Insolvency
Date: November 5, 2008

Wills and Super
Can you say who’ll benefit after you’re gone?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: October 16, 2008

Capacity
Assessing decision-making ability
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): General Legal Services
Date: October 8, 2008

Paying Tax on Dad's Home - A Disgrace

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation
Date: September 27, 2008

Tax-free Child Support Payments - Taxing children

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: September 21, 2008

Your Will can't control your Superannuation - so stop trying

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning /Self-Managed Superannuation (Commercial)
Date: September 21, 2008

Buying a house with friends / relations

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Property & Conveyancing
Date: September 18, 2008

Divorce

Author(s): Carli Kulmar
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: September 18, 2008

Estate Planning - Seperating Myth from Reality

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: September 18, 2008

First Home Buyers Guide to Buying a Property

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Property & Conveyancing
Date: September 18, 2008

Neighbours
What can I do about nuisance trees?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): General Legal Services
Date: September 18, 2008

Predatory Workplaces
Damage control when key staff leave
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: September 18, 2008

Self - Managed Superannuation - Keeping Up To Date

Author(s): Stephen Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Self-Managed Superannuation /Self-Managed Superannuation (Commercial)
Date: September 18, 2008

Reputation
Can a Company sue for defamation?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Litigation / Litigation
Date: August 31, 2008

Trusts
The tax sting in death benefits
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: August 24, 2008

Family Law
No pressure to mediate with a violent partner
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: August 10, 2008

Tax Shelters
Primary Production Schemes not a haven
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation /Taxation (Commercial)
Date: July 23, 2008

Pre-Nuptial Agreement / Binding Financial Agreement

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: July 14, 2008

Moving In Early
Occupying a home before you settle
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: June 29, 2008

Assets in Foreign Countries - Beware of Revocation Clauses in Wills

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Asset protection and Estate Planning
Date: June 15, 2008

Pre-nup Ruled Invalid
Financial agreements under scrutiny
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: June 11, 2008

Wills - Who Can Inspect Them?
New laws have come into force on who has the right to see a Will
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: June 1, 2008

Drowning in Debt?
Voluntary Bankruptcy may be an option for you!
Author(s): Carli Kulmar
Practice Area(s): Buying, Selling & Leasing
Date: May 27, 2008

Franching Update
New Regulations from 1 March 2008
Author(s): Carli Kulmar
Practice Area(s):
Date: May 18, 2008

Flotation or Dual Listing on the PLUS or AIM Markets for Australian Small - Mid Cap Companies
Fundraising Opportunities in the United Kingdom

Author(s): Nathan Rockliff
Practice Area(s):
Date: May 7, 2008

Pitfalls of Will Kits

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: April 30, 2008

"Free" Will from the Public Trustee
Beware of Fees to Administer Estate
Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: March 27, 2008

Online Contracts
Ebay Auction is Binding
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: March 13, 2008

Responsibility To Employers
Employment Agency's Duty of Care
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law /Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: February 26, 2008

Wills
Can I write my own?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: February 13, 2008

Tree Trouble
New law lets you go to court
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Energy Law and Carbon/Emissions Trading
Date: January 20, 2008

Land Tax
Avoid costly and complex disputes
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: January 13, 2008

Long Service Leave
Federal Agreement Overrides State Entitlement
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law /Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: January 6, 2008

First Home Buyer Relief
Trustee parent seen as Guardian
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: December 16, 2007

Superannuation Reform

Author(s): Stephen Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Buying, Selling & Leasing
Date: December 13, 2007

Psychiatric Illness
When is an employer negligent?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law /Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: December 5, 2007

Debt Recovery
Solutions for Debt Recovery
Author(s): Michelle Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Debt Recovery and Insolvency
Date: November 27, 2007

Buying a Property
Protect Against New Trap Between Exchange and Completion
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: November 13, 2007

Tax Issues - Sale of a Business

Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Taxation /Corporate Restructuring /Public and Private Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) /Taxation (Commercial) /Business Acquisitions and Sales
Date: November 3, 2007

Workplace Liability for Rape

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law /Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: October 24, 2007

Loss of Profits

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Building & Construction
Date: October 22, 2007

New laws to share looking after children

Author(s): Anthi Balafas
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: October 18, 2007

Mortgage Duty Abolished For Owner Occupied Housing

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: October 14, 2007

Separation

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: October 14, 2007

Disappointed Vendors

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: October 8, 2007

Builders Not Paid

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: October 7, 2007

When a Sale is a Loan

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation /Taxation (Commercial)
Date: October 4, 2007

Discrimination
Laws apply to decisions made outside the country
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: September 27, 2007

Franchising Your Business

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: September 24, 2007

Liquor Licence

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Energy Law and Carbon/Emissions Trading
Date: September 24, 2007

Trustee parent seen as guardian

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: September 24, 2007

Appointing a Guardian for your Children

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Asset protection and Estate Planning
Date: September 18, 2007

Power of attorney – what is it and when might I need one?
A power of attorney is where you, as the principal (sometimes called the donor or grantor) give another person (the attorney) legal authority to act on your behalf.
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning
Date: September 18, 2007

Secure Payment in Building and Construction Industry
This article is an overview of the NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (as amended in 2002).
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Building & Construction
Date: September 18, 2007

The Australian Franchising landscape – now & in the future

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: September 18, 2007

Wills & Asset Protection - Testamentary Trusts
This article is an overview of Wills, Asset Protection, Tax including Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty issues, and Superannuation for death benefits as part of Estate Planning.
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Asset protection and Estate Planning /Wills/Mutual Wills /Asset Protection, Directors’ Responsibilities & Corp Governance
Date: September 18, 2007

Can they claim your home as security?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Asset protection and Estate Planning
Date: August 30, 2007

Super’s magic pudding

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Asset protection and Estate Planning
Date: August 30, 2007

Forfeited Deposits
Will you pay GST if the sale falls through?
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s):
Date: August 18, 2007

GST Penalties Trap
Come clean on shortfalls and promptly
Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation /Taxation (Commercial)
Date: July 31, 2007

Employment must ‘significantly’ contribute to the disease

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law /Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: May 28, 2007

What is the timeframe to make a claim?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Personal Injury
Date: May 25, 2007

Planning to do business - legal preparation is crucial!

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Advice on Setting up a Business/Company
Date: May 23, 2007

The Australian Franchising landscape - now & in the future.

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Date: May 18, 2007

Work Choices record-keeping to be enforced

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: May 14, 2007

New laws to share looking after children

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: May 10, 2007

Partners' bitter end if timing is wrong

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Date: May 10, 2007

Intellectual property & franchising law - things you should know.

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Advice on Setting up a Business/Company
Date: May 8, 2007

Employees found personally liable

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: May 7, 2007

Who bears the risk of damage?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Property & Conveyancing
Date: May 6, 2007

Defacto Law

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: May 3, 2007

Due Diligence - Buying a franchise or other business?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Franchise Agreements /Franchising
Date: May 1, 2007

Appointing an Enduring Guardian

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Wills & Estate Planning /Family Provision Act claims and/or contesting the validity of Wills
Date: April 26, 2007

Thinking of becoming a franchisor?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Franchise Agreements
Date: April 23, 2007

Family Home

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: April 15, 2007

Future Savings

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation
Date: April 10, 2007

Tax Avoidance

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures /Taxation (Commercial)
Date: April 9, 2007

Business Identity

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Advice on Setting up a Business/Company /Patents, Trademarks & Intellectual Property Law /Commercial Contract Law /Domain names and internet marketing /Trademarks
Date: March 12, 2007

Planning Ahead

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Provision Act claims and/or contesting the validity of Wills
Date: February 25, 2007

Tax Tips

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation
Date: February 15, 2007

Victimisation in the workplace

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law (Commercial)
Date: February 14, 2007

Disability Trusts

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: February 13, 2007

Business Deal?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Commercial Contract Law
Date: February 12, 2007

Depreciating Assets

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Property & Conveyancing /Taxation
Date: February 9, 2007

Retail Leases

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Property
Date: January 22, 2007

Tax Relief

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Taxation
Date: January 16, 2007

Shared Parenting

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Family Law
Date: December 10, 2006

Buying a Franchise

Author(s): Nicole Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures /Franchise Agreements
Date: December 7, 2006

Paper Trail - What documents should a business keep

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Date: November 24, 2006

Capital Gains Tax and Basic Structuring Issues
This paper will examine the basic different tax treatment between Companies, Partnerships and Trust.

Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Advice on Setting up a Business/Company
Date: November 7, 2006

Testamentary Trusts

Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Self-Managed Superannuation
Date: November 3, 2006

Capital v Income
The general concept and relevance to property development.
Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Property & Commercial Services /Taxation /Taxation (Commercial)
Date: October 28, 2006

Criminal Behaviour : Can Employers be held responsible for employees’ actions?

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Employment Law
Date: September 28, 2006

Directors - If you act for a company, you can be liable too

Author(s): Rockliffs Solicitors and IP Lawyers
Practice Area(s): Asset Protection, Directors’ Responsibilities & Corp Governance /Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Date: September 28, 2006

Proposed Superannuation Rule Changes

Author(s): Stephen Rockliff
Practice Area(s): Taxation
Date: May 19, 2006

Small Business & Finance

Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Advice on Setting up a Business/Company /Business Structures, Partnerships and Joint Ventures /Corporate Finance Advisory
Date: May 11, 2006

Changes to Superannuation

Author(s): Peter Gell
Practice Area(s): Self-Managed Superannuation /Self-Managed Superannuation (Commercial)
Date: July 7, 2005