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Marino Law makes Third Tier in prestigious Doyles Guide
Marino Law has achieved Third Tier of Family and Divorce Lawyers for 2018 on the prestigious Doyles Guide for the ...
Marino Law named in Prestigious Doyles Guide
Marino Law has been named in the Recommended category of Family and Divorce Lawyers for 2017 in the ...
Marino Law named on prestigious Doyle’s guide for third year in a row, Family Law partner named for fifth year
Marino Law has appeared as a recommended firm in Doyles’ Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Gold Coast 2020 ...
Gold Coast Bulletin – Marino Law named in prestigious Doyles Guide
Congratulations to our Family Law Partner Abbi Golightly for being named in the Recommended category of Family and ...
MARINO LAW NAMED ON PRESTIGIOUS DOYLE’S GUIDE FOR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW
Marino Law has appeared as a Recommended firm in Doyles’ Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Gold Coast 2021 ...
MARINO LAW’S 12 TIPS FOR KEEPING FAMILY LAW PEACE THIS CHRISTMAS
Owing to a combination of factors, December 11 statistically presents the most likely day couples ...
Special Leave Granted: High Court to Hear Appeal on Casual Employment
Last week the High Court of Australia granted WorkPac special leave to appeal the decision in WorkPac v Robert ...
UPDATES TO THE POWER OF ATTORNEY, ADVANCE HEALTH DIRECTIVE AND GUARDIANSHIP LEGISLATION AND FORMS
Power of Attorney and Advance Health Directive Forms
On 30 November 2020, new forms for granting a Power of ...
Family Law Watch List
Separating couples can find themselves in a position where they cannot reach agreement regarding either parent ...
Major Amendments Introduced to Queensland’s Security of Payment Legislation
On 23 July 2020, the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 ...
How McDonalds lost its Big Mac Trade Mark in Europe
McDonald’s flagship hamburger, the Big Mac, was first introduced in 1967 in the United States and quickly became a ...
Third Party Preference Payments Law Clarified by Victorian Court of Appeal
In Cant v Mad Brothers Earthmoving Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 198 (“Mad Brothers”), the Victorian Court of Appeal has ...
QUEENSLAND EXTENDS PROHIBITIONS ON RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASE EVICTIONS AND LANDLORD’S TAKING OTHER PRESCRIBED ACTIONS
On 16 September 2020, the Queensland State Government announced amendments to the definition of “response period” ...
Extension of Insolvency Relief
The Federal Government has announced that the temporary insolvency relief implemented in March of this year ...
Australia’s travel restrictions- too restrictive?
Australia is nearing its fifth month of travel restrictions and while the majority of Australia is faring well ...
Amid rising tensions with China, Australia’s recent announcement of a “safe haven” offer to Hong Kong National’s becomes increasingly valuable
In a joint statement issued earlier this month by Alan Tudge, MP and Prime Minister Scott Morrison, an expansion ...
Verdict sets new legal precedent for mortgage fraud
In a decision with important ramifications for financial lending institutions, a verdict handed down last week by ...
Mortgagee’s reasonable steps not so reasonable
In C & F Nominees Mortgage Securities Ltd v Karbotli & Ors [2020] VCC 987 (the “Proceedings”) the County ...
QUEENSLAND’S NEW RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASING LAWS EXPLAINED
The National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct - SME Commercial Leasing Principles During COVID 19 (“Code”) was ...
A window of opportunity for restructure
As a consequence of the financial impact that COVID-19 has had on the economy, Australia has entered a recession ...
Should I resolve my property matter during COVID-19?
For separating couples, uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic brings additional anxiety around the ...
Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020 (Cth) response to the issuing of a statutory demand under the new laws
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Sunstate Land Pty Ltd v Hiview Design & Construction Pty ...
Parenting Orders – Contravention Applications During COVID-19 Pandemic
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable difficulties for separated parents, particularly those living ...
Casual Employment: Employees’ right to double dip confirmed – what employers need to know about recent decisions
Following on from our articles ‘The Essence of Casual Employment’ and ‘Recent Developments in Casual ...
