Set up a special disability trust

Set up a special disability trust We will set up a trust that funds care for life without costing your family member their pension. Leaving money to someone with a severe disability is the point at which ordinary estate planning stops working. A straightforward gift can push them over the assets test and cost them […]

Structure and document a property development

Structure and document a property development We prepare the disclosure, the contracts and the development agreements so your project can go to market. A development is realised at settlement, not at completion. Before a single lot can be sold, the disclosure has to be right. The contracts have to deal with a title that may […]

Deal with goods a tenant has left behind

Deal with goods a tenant has left behind We advise landlords on the process for dealing with abandoned goods, so the property can be cleared without a claim following. A tenant has gone and left their things behind. You want the property cleared and re-let, and you cannot simply throw it all out. The law […]

Set up a family governance framework or family office

Set up a family governance framework or family office We will put a structure around family decisions before the next one has to be made informally. Most family wealth is governed by habit rather than by any agreement. That works while one generation is making the decisions and stops working the moment there are several. […]

Check an investment before you commit

Check an investment before you commit We will tell you what the documents actually commit you to, before your money is in. An investment proposal is a sales document and a legal one at the same time. The returns are in the presentation. The terms are in the subscription agreement, the shareholders agreement or the […]

Lease out your commercial property

Lease out your commercial property We prepare and negotiate commercial leases for landlords, so the outgoings, the make-good and the default remedies actually work. A commercial property is worth what the lease says it is worth. The rent is the visible part. Whether you can recover outgoings, enforce make-good, or terminate when a tenant stops […]

Take a lease on premises for your business

Take a lease on premises for your business We review and negotiate commercial leases for tenants, so you know what you are committing to before you sign. A lease is usually the biggest fixed commitment a small business makes, and the longest. The document in front of you was written by the landlord’s solicitor, for […]

Negotiate a telco lease over your land

Negotiate a telco lease over your land We review and negotiate telco lease and licence agreements for landowners, on deals that can run for decades. Carriers approach landowners with standard agreements for towers, antennae and other infrastructure. Those agreements are written entirely for the carrier. They can bind your land for twenty years or more […]

Negotiate an access licence over your land

Negotiate an access licence over your land We prepare and negotiate access licences for landowners, so the scope, the compensation and the make-good are all defined. Letting someone onto your land for a utility, a neighbour’s building work, or a business use creates a legal relationship. A written licence defines the scope, the term, the […]

Set up and run a family trust

Set up and run a family trust We will draft a deed that matches what you actually intend, and keep the administration consistent with it. A family trust is only as protective as two things: the deed, and the decisions made under it. Most trusts are set up from a template and then run for […]