This Checklist is designed to help solicitors and barristers ensure they have correctly addressed all of the relevant issues in terms of settlement. Using this checklist will help avoid the most common mistakes LPLC sees in terms of settlement that lead to claims. Barristers may find it useful to use this checklist alongside LPLC's Good Counsel – Practice Risk Guide for Barristers.
The law governing financial agreements is technical and complex. This article gives practical guidance for practitioners advising on agreements to help ensure they are binding and avoid claims.
Time limits most commonly missed in relation to de facto limitations, a claim example and lessons learned.
Time limits most commonly missed in relation to appeals, a claim example and lessons learned.
The LPLC Annual Report for 2023–2024 was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on 31 October 2024.
The Victorian Government has introduced the State Tax Amendment Bill 2024 which, amongst other taxation changes, will (if passed) broaden the holiday home exemption to allow shareholders of companies, as well as certain beneficiaries of trusts and relatives of those shareholders and beneficiaries, to satisfy the exemption for a property owned by a company or trust.
The State Taxation Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 12 December 2023. The new law introduces significant property tax changes in Victoria with effect from 1 January 2024.
