BARDO LAWYERS can help you with a wide range of legal issues, including:
Immigration Law
We have a dedicated team of Immigration Lawyers for your assistance in all types of visas and any potential Immigration disciplinary actions against Clients including Visa Cancellations, Appeals to the Migration Review Tribunal, Appeals to the Federal Courts and Requests for Ministerial Intervention.
Criminal Law
Our experienced Lawyers can provide assistance with the following matters within criminal law: Assaults, Driving offences, Violence (including domestic violence offences) Drug offences, Firearm, or dangerous weapon offences, Murder or Manslaughter, Perjury, Robbery, Sexual offences, Theft, Fraud offences.
Conveyancing
We have experienced conveyancing solicitors to help with all stages of VIC property transactions whether you are buying or selling a home, unit, vacant block, strata title, commercial real estate or rural property, and including:
- Legal advice in regard to real estate contract law
- Drafting and reviewing contracts
- Auction contracts and purchases off-the-plan
- Cost appraisal including stamp duty, and disbursements such as search and registration fees
- Tax considerations and asset protection including capital gains tax, and sales or purchases by companies, self managed superannuation funds, family and discretionary trusts and deceased estates
- Property Title including Torrens, old system, qualified, strata, or crown
- Property tenancy including joint tenants and tenants in common
- Vendor’s Statement, general conditions, and special conditions
- The cooling off period and deposits
- Put and Call Options
- Retirement Village purchases, leases and service contracts
- Commercial property including leases
- Dispute resolution and litigation
- Building contracts, owner builder issues and the Building Act 1995
- Liaison with financial institutions in regard to deposit bonds, loans, mortgages and discharges of mortgages
- Execution of contracts and settlement
- Adjustments to the purchase price in regard to rates and allowances
- Advice for first home buyers including the First Home Owner Grant
- Preparing and registering Powers of Attorney
- Advice in regard to easements and covenants on title searches
Family and Divorce Law
We can provide assistance for a range of matters relating to family law and de facto relationships, including:
Marriage, De Facto Divorce Law
- Prenuptial agreements (prenups)
- Divorce in Australia including preparing and serving divorce papers
- Legal separation issues
- Annulment of marriages
- Spousal maintenance
- Property settlements
- Binding Financial Agreements
- Domestic and family violence and intervention violence orders (IVOs)
- Family Mediation
- Legal aid for family law matters
- Legal representation at Family Court
Children’s issues
- Child support & enforcement of payments
- Parenting plans for child custody & visitation
- Parental rights, father’s rights and grandparent’s rights
- Guardianship of children
- International child abduction
- Adoption
- Children’s Court
Commercial & Business Law
Our Lawyers can provide assistance in a range of legal matters, including: Legal advice if students are starting a business, Advice in regard to business structures including partnerships, trusts and corporations Business name registration Partnership and joint venture agreements Buying and selling a business Lease agreements, Guarantees and security documents, Bankruptcy and debt collection, Estate and succession planning Advice in regard to business management and administration, Employment law including employment contracts, employee rights, unfair dismissal and confidentiality agreements Administrative law Advice on legislative requirements, including corporate structure, governance and compliance Corporate and commercial litigation in Court Advice for non-profit organisations and charities Lending agreements the securities market Employee share option schemes.
Wills & Probate
We offer one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to obtain a will in the Northern Suburbs.
We can assist you with:
- Drafting updating wills including Islamic wills
- Estate Planning
- Applying for Probate or Letters of Administration (in the event that a will is deemed invalid)
- Estate administration
- Assistance with claims against wills and estates and Supreme Court estate litigation
We always recommend keeping your will up to date as it makes distributing your estate far easier on your beneficiaries in what is already a hard enough time.
We have experienced solicitors who can help with:
- Business Sale & Purchase
- Driving & Traffic Matters
- Wills & Estates
- Criminal Law
- Intervention Orders