March 2010

  • What do you do if your land is Compulsorily Acquired?

    Posted by Anton Dunhill

    MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO YOU GET?

    So, an authority wants to take your land by way of compulsory acquisition? What can you get?

    In usual circumstances, you can’t prevent a compulsory acquisition. However, in almost all cases, when an authority acquiring your interest gives you formal notice of its intention to undertake an acquisition, with the immediate assistance of an experienced lawyer and an independent valuer, you can be guided through a fair process.

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  • The cricketer and the model: A Hypothetical

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    You may have heard some discussion of a property settlement between a prominent Australian cricketer and his former model fiancée.  The circumstances set out below are based only on media reports and set out as a hypothetical, given we have little idea of the true details.

    As set out in previous ‘blogs (see 9 and 16 September 2009), to apply for property distribution orders under the Family Law Act a de facto couple must either:

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  • Incorporated Associations access to information about members

    Posted by Sandra McColl

    The Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Vic) governs the incorporation of not-for-profit clubs and societies. Every association incorporated under that Act must have Rules, and the Act provides a list of matters for which rules must cover.  The Act also provides that an association or club may simply adopt the Model Rules prescribed in the regulations.

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