Nicholas Kyriakoudes What is an easement ? An easement is a right that attaches to land which allows the owner of the land which is benefited by the easement (called the dominant tenement) to utilize the specific right conferred on the dominant tenement. As easements confer rights on the dominant tenement and do not confer [...]

Catilin McGrath Why a litigation guardian may be needed? Family law disputes come in all shapes in sizes. For instance, one marriage can be for a period of approximately forty years and another marriage for a period of eighteen months. Taking this into consideration, a party embroiled in a family law dispute may not have [...]

Kristina Komadina  The Taxation Act 1953 was recently amended to allow litigants in current property settlement proceedings to request Superannuation information of their former spouse or de facto partner. The Superannuation Visibility measure provides better visibility over superannuation assets at the end of a relationship, when a party is not full and frank with their [...]

Jasmine Cario and Nicholas Kyriakoudes  Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common – What is the difference? Generally, an asset which is owned at the time of your death as “joint tenants” will not form part of your estate and therefore, will not distributed pursuant to the terms of your Will. Rather, the asset held as [...]