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When going through a family law property settlement, most of the negotiations are largely focused on the division of marital assets such as real estate, shares, motor vehicles, and cash.

The Victorian Government has announced the 2023-24 State Budget, with a focus to boost business growth and to address the $31.5 billion COVID debt within ten years. To achieve this the Government has announced two major changes to Land Tax in Victoria set to add an estimated $50 billion to the Victorian economy and contribute $4.74 billion to repay COVID debt over just four years.

The commercial leasing sphere is often a contentious legal area. Striking an equitable balance between the landlord and tenant’s interests is a difficult, if not impossible, exercise. One of the most contentious areas that is readily disputed is the classification of such commercial leases, specifically whether the lease can be classified as ‘retail’ or ‘commercial’.

Can the owner of a lot on a plan of subdivision where there is an Owners Corporation (body corporate) subdivide the owner’s lot into two or more lots and if so, whose consent and what approvals are required?

Jack Conway is one of our rising stars and an Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates, which is why the Financial Standard has interviewed him for its special feature on Estate planning | Onwards and upwards.

A new regulatory regime for employee share schemes (ESS) commenced on 1 October 2022.

The State Revenue Office issued two new Land Tax Revenue Rulings on 22 December 2022 concerning the exemptions from land tax available for primary production land (LTA- 010) and primary production land within an urban zone (LTA- 011).

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Family violence in the form of non-physical abuse such as emotional and coercive abuse has become more common than physical abuse according to data obtained by The Australian.

Coalition MP Julian Leeser is calling on the government to review The Hague Convention, a law that is frequently used to force mothers fleeing domestic violence to return children to their abuser.

A Victorian Member of Parliament, Stuart Grimley has moved a motion in Parliament for the Government to create a law that makes it an offence to expose children to family violence.