A modest investment in a tailored Will with specialist estate planning and succession planning advice can save your estate and loved ones thousands of dollars.

Our estate planning legal team will help you understand and effectively navigate:

- those you have a duty to adequately provide for in your Will

- if you are intending to leave your estate in a manner that is likely to disappoint some, strategies to manage the risk of your estate being dragged into costly and lengthy litigation

- massive tax advantages of properly considered distribution and use of testamentary trusts

- the effective use of binding death benefit nominations for your superannuation and the risks of not using them (especially if you have a former partner or spouse)

- succession of control of trust assets that do not form part of your estate to be disposed of by your Will

A one hour consultation with one of our estate planning and succession planning lawyers will be one of the best investments you ever make. This consultation may be face to face or by telephone (even skype). Contact our Client Services Manager today by email or phone for a fixed fee quote for this consultation. (Our Estate Planning clients include clients outside Queensland).

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 effectively commenced from the registration commencement time of 30 January 2012.

The PPSA regime turns long held understandings on their head.

For example:

1. If your personal property is hired or licensed or supplied to another and the recipient becomes insolvent, and you don’t have a perfected (usually by registration) interest in your property under the PPSA, your ownership vests in the insolvent entity, even if you haven’t been paid.

2. If you supply goods and rely of retention of title (ROT) rights as security, and your customer becomes insolvent, and you don’t have a perfected (usually by registration) interest in your property under the PPSA, your ownership vests in the insolvent entity, even if you haven’t been paid.

That’s right, your ownership interest moves to the insolvent person or entity, and the insolvency administrator is able to then sell the property and keep the proceeds. You the owner, miss out entirely.

Act today to get some good legal advice for one of our solicitors on this. We have developed a fixed fee PPSA High Point legal advice conference tailored to your enterprise. We offer this by phone wherever you are in Australia or face to face.

Read more about the PPSA and PPSR in our Legal Resource Centre.

About the Corney & Lind law firm and specialist lawyers

Our legal team has enough depth for specialisation but is small enough to ensure that personal attention and responsiveness to the needs of our clients is maintained.

If you consider that you have unfairly been left or cut out of a Will (or not fairly provided for) it is important that you take some good advice as soon as possible from a specialist solicitor (lawyer).

Our Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team can help. A initial consultation with one of our team of expert litigation lawyers will help you make an informed decision about whether you may have a legitimate claim against the deceased estate of the Will maker.

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Are you considering putting your QLD debt recovery in the hands of a debt recovery agent (or mercantile agent)? Their fee will usually include a percentage of the debt.

If the debt recovery agent’s efforts are not successful they usuallyneed to put the matter in the hands of a solicitor in any event which may result in two fees.

Lawyer’s Letter of Demand for a fixed fee

Why no go straight to a Queensland solicitor (lawyer) and have a letter of demand on a solicitor’s letter-head sent on your behalf and for a fixed fee?

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Take the stress out of having your Will made. Let our exert lawyers prepare it for you for you and advise you every step of the way. Here’s our process:

1. Email us and ask for our 1,2.3 Will Making Instruction Form. You fill it out (by hand or typing into the Form and email it back to us.
2.  We give you a fixed fee quote to advise you and prepare your Will. If you accept the quote we prepare your Will and email it to you. If you don’t accept our quote there is absolutely no cost to you.
3. You sign your Will. (You can come to our office or we can send you detailed instructions for signing).

An urgent same day Will Making and home or hospital visits services are availiable. Let us know if you need any of these services.

You can then have us store the Will for free for you in our Safe Custody or may other arrangements. Contact our Client Services Manager (Bronwyn Beveridge) today by email or phone 07 3252 011 and ask for our 1,2.3 Will Making Instruction Form.