Property Law – SXSW Legal

Do you understand all the Terms and Conditions in your Property Lease?

Legal Counsel can help negotiate a Favourable Deal?

Commercial property lease agreements contain several terms and conditions along with additional information and clauses pertaining to other issues. Dedicated property lawyers can help analyse the entire contract and identify potential traps and hidden costs. Most of us may not be familiar with legal terminology and may be caught unawares at a later date. It is also more complex to take remedial measures once the lease agreement is signed by both parties. If you are faced with problems, you may be obliged to take the matter to court for resolution. This represents a long-drawn and tedious process which is likely to prove expensive and stressful.

Taking the issues to a courtroom may also impact the business and may result in monetary losses for the company. Hence, it’s a much better idea to be forewarned about potential pitfalls and hidden costs and conditions in the lease agreement. You can get help from an experienced lawyer with the lease document, sifting it for traps and unfair terms. Then your lawyer can negotiate the lease favourable terms for your business.

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Fines for Property Company Regarding Workplace Law Breach

A company in South Australia has been fined $29,790 in total, by the Adelaide Federal Circuit Court. The Fair Work Ombudsman declared that two men from the state accepted a job as a sales representative with a property company, but were not properly paid . The company is Longridge Group Pty Ltd, which is located in Adelaide, and deals with residential properties.

They had been advertising the position as having a salary potential of $120,000 and more. However, the first man left the position after 10 months, when he had only earned $7,000. After the first man left, another man accepted a job with the company, believing that his earning potential would be above $70,000 annually. After six months had passed, he left when he had not been paid a thing.

Longridge Group was given the fine after the Fair Work Ombudsman took legal action against them. The company had been paying the men with nothing but commission, in the years of 2011 and 2012. They admitted that this had been the case. This arrangement resulted in the men being underpaid a combined total of $24,956, which would have been the minimum award payments.

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Sorting Out Finances for Cohabiting Couples

If you are living in a de facto relationship, as many other couples around the country are, you might think that there will never be need for lawyers. After all, Davies & Co Lawyers tell us that without the formal agreements that come with marriage, everything you own is yours alone, right? This is a dangerous way to think, because you do not need to be married to be at legal risk, when it comes to your finances.

Couples who have been classified as de facto have a lot of the same rights as married couples, when it comes to separations. In fact, property settlements are largely similar, whether you are married or just cohabiting. This can even extend to the division of superannuation, and spousal payments.

Many people are not aware that they are living in a de facto relationship. When two people are in a relationship, and they live with one another in a domestic sense, they can be considered to be de facto. However, it does get a little more complicated than that. Couples who are not actually living together full time might still be de facto. When at least one person in the couple is still married to another person, or one or both of them are part of a de facto relationship with another person — they can still be considered de facto with the first mentioned person.

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