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Areas of Practice

Overview

People often have a mistaken believe that they should go to a lawyer when things go wrong. If you only go to a lawyer when things go wrong then you may have left it too late. Many of our client’s come to us to discuss the legality of the proposed transaction and seek advice from our experience team of lawyers on how to minimise their risk in the business venture and how to protect their family assets if things don’t go as plan. Our experience tells us that those who come to us for advice before embarking on the business venture often results in having a successful venture or, at the very least, are as protected as they can be if thing goes wrong. You should contact us if you are planning to or are involved in the following disputes:

Building & Construction Law

  • At Practical Legal Solutions our building and construction lawyers are industry experts with years of experience handling commercial, industrial, rural and domestic building disputes.

  • Our clients include builders, property developers, project managers, independent contractors and sub-contractors, building owners, property consultants, surveyors, architects and engineers among others.

  • We work closely with architects and claims consultants to speed up the resolution process and can offer assistance with:
  • Pre-contractual drafting and contract review
  • Payment claims and debt recovery
  • Dispute resolution and/or Court appearances including litigation
  • Body corporate advice
  • Joint venture negotiation
  • Professional liability claims / insurance claims
  • Assistance interpreting and acting on the Home Building Act 1989
  • Risk management and building protection works
  • Practical Legal Solutions can assist you with the entire building and construction process – from buying and selling property to settling disputes upon project completion.
  • Contact us to find out more or to arrange a consultation with an experienced building lawyer in Footscray.

Business & Commercial

At Practical Legal Solutions our team of business lawyers offer the following legal services for business:
  • Business structures: If you are establishing a new business enterprise we can help you make sure that you are setting the business up soundly, whether by partnership, joint venture, company, trust or franchise. If you’re looking to restructure your business we can help with partnership dissolutions and corporate restructures.
  • Business contracts: Our commercial lawyers can prepare or review all types of legal contracts including purchase or sale of business, Put and Call Options, franchise agreements, supply agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, partnership agreements, commercial contracts. We’ll make sure that the contract terms and conditions are suitable for your business now and into the future and ensure that due diligence standards are met.
  • Commercial disputes and commercial litigation: We offer dispute resolution services and business litigation covering a wide range of problems including breach of contract, building and property disputes, debt recovery, copyright infringement, partnership disputes and corporations law.
  • Corporations law: We can assist with shareholders agreements, advice on corporate governance, documenting company administrations.
  • Franchises: If you’re looking to buy into a franchise we can help you go through the franchise agreement and franchisor disclosure documents to make sure that you are aware of all of the issues that could make or break your new business.
  • Property and leasing: We can assist with retail leasing and commercial leasing for both landlords and tenants. We can also assist with the sale or purchase of commercial property.
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency: We can assist with the whole process of recovering money owed to you from an initial Letter of Demand through to Statement of Claim and Court Judgment.
  • Business succession and asset protection: You need a plan in place to make sure that your business and personal assets are protected. We can work with your business and family to devise a plan that keeps your hard won assets safe through unit, discretionary and family trusts, Wills and/or Powers of Attorney.

Our business legal services can help get business startups and microbusinesses off to a good start and help nurture and sustain more established businesses and corporate enterprises.Contact us to find out more or to arrange a consultation with an experienced business lawyer in Footscray.

Credit Repair

It is well documented that credit reporting agencies like Veda Advantage regularly make mistakes on credit files and record default listing against your credit file, often unbeknown to you and in error. You will only find out about it when you are in the process of making a loan or applying for credit and are on strict timeline.
If this happens to you then call us urgently and we will help you correct your credit file or remove and amend the credit default listing, even if you are at fault. Contact us to find out more or to arrange a consultation with an experienced business lawyer in Footscray.

Criminal Law

  • If you’ve been charged with a criminal or traffic offence you don’t have to face it alone. The outcome of your Court case might be life changing, so give yourself the best possible chance with one of our traffic lawyers or criminal defence lawyers.

  • At Practical Legal Solutions we will advise you of your rights, get you ready for your Court appearance and explain the Court procedures so you understand what’s happening. In Court we’ll defend your case clearly and strongly to give you the best possible outcome. We regularly appear in the Magistrate Court and County Court of Victoria and can also represent you in matters at the Supreme Court and Federal court of Australia. We can handle all areas of criminal law, including:

  • Traffic and vehicle offences – exceed the prescribed content of alcohol (drink driving), drive while disqualified or suspended, drive without a licence, other driving offences
  • Acts intended to cause injury – including common assault, serious assault resulting in injury, stalking, serious assault not resulting in injury
  • Justice procedure offences – breach of violence order, resist or hinder police, breach of bond, suspended sentence, or community service order
  • Theft – including theft from retail premises, receiving or handling the proceeds of crime, theft of intellectual property
  • Illicit drug offences – possession, cultivation or dealing in illicit drugs
  • Public Order offences – disorderly conduct, criminal intent, riot and affray, liquor and tobacco offences, offensive language or behaviour, cruelty to animals
  • Fraud offences – obtaining benefit by deception, forgery of documents, dishonest conversion
  • Property damage – graffiti, fire and explosion
  • Dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons – driving under the influence of alcohol or other substance (DUI), Dangerous or negligent driving
  • Prohibited weapons – misuse, unlawfully obtain or possess a prohibited weapon or explosive
  • Threatening behaviour
  • Sexual assault – aggravated sexual assault, child pornography
  • Robbery, blackmail & extortion
  • Homicide – murder, attempted murder, manslaughter
  • Worried about the likely penalty? Ready to get some common sense legal advice? Contact us to talk to an experienced traffic or criminal lawyer in Footscray.

Debt Recovery Law

To protect your cash flow you need to ensure that your business can collect bad debt. This is a common area of business activity and there is a well established legal process for debt collection for businesses.

The Process of Recovery of Bad Debt

  • Letter of demand is sent to the debtor. This debt collection letter needs to be legally admissible and so must include include: specific details of the debt, a request that payment be made by a certain date; and a warning that debt recovery options will be pursued if payment is not received by this date.
  • Suing for debt. Court proceedings commence with the filing of a Statement of Claim. The Court handling the matter depends on the amount of the debt and the forms required vary so it’s important to seek legal advice at this stage.
  • The way that the debtor responds to the Statement of Claim determines the next steps. They may agree to an instalment order, they may not respond at all in which case a Court Judgment will be obtained or they may file a Defence.

Court Judgements

The Court has a range of options available to proceed with collection of your money. These include:
  • Seizing property, where the debtors goods are seized and sold at auction
  • Selling Real Estate
  • Summons, where the debtor has to attend a public Court examination to explain their assets and liabilities
  • Garnishee Order, where a percentage of their wages are given to you
  • Bankruptcy/winding up proceedings

How we can help

We have experienced business lawyers who are completely at home with the legal processes involved in Victoria debt recovery services. We can help you at any stage of this process of recovering a business debt, whether it is helping you write an effective and legally sound letter of demand, or pursuing the matter through the Court system. Our debt lawyers are familiar with the process of enforcing Judgment and can manage the process right through to bankruptcy or company winding up proceedings if need be.
We are also well aware of the costs of debt litigation and can advise you on whether it is commercially viable to proceed to Court.

Never letting it happen again

One way to protect against bad debt is to review your contracts, trade agreements and terms of trade. We can help you make sure that your terms are clear and your processes solid so you can avoid lengthy and costly litigation proceedings in the future.

Divorce & Family Law

At Practical Legal Solutions our family law solicitors can provide assistance for a range of matters relating to family law and de facto relationships, including:

Marriage, De Facto and Divorce Law

  • Prenuptial agreements (prenups)
  • Divorce in Australia including preparing and serving divorce papers
  • Legal separation issues
  • Annulment of marriages
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Property settlements
  • Binding Financial Agreements
  • Domestic and family violence and apprehended violence orders (AVOs)
  • Family Mediation
  • Legal aid for family law matters
  • Legal representation at Family Court

Children's issues

  • Child support and enforcement of payments
  • Parenting plans for child custody and visitation
  • Parental rights, father’s rights and grandparent’s rights
  • Guardianship of children
  • Adoption
  • Children’s Court

Investment Opportunities

As we serve builders and land developers on a daily basis, our office are often exposed to or are involved in land developments and business ventures. If you are an investor or are looking for investors to join you in your upcoming project then contact our office to see whether we can assist you.

Litigation

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Immigration

Migrating to a new country can change the entire course of your life. By successfully obtaining the right Australian visa, you can:
  • Enjoy access to work and study opportunities in Australia
  • Provide a safe, permanent home for you and your family
However, immigration laws are regularly updated and can be deceptively complicated. Missing key documentation or failing to follow specific requirements or process can result in your application being rejected.
  • Family, partner and spouse visas
  • Business and investor visa applications
  • Student visa applications
  • Work and employer-sponsored visas
  • Australian citizenship applications, including residency requirements
  • Resident Return Visas
  • Refugee and humanitarian visas
  • Bridging visas and status resolution
  • Appeals and reviews of visa rejections and cancellations, including AAT appeals and ministerial intervention
  • Tourist visas
  • Work and holiday visas
Applying for the right visa for your travel to Australia will make the process more efficient and maximise the likelihood of getting your visa granted. Book an appointment with us to find out which visa best suits your needs, and to gain an understanding of what is required for a successful application.
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