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Tips for Small Business Owners – Updates to the Minimum Wage:

The new financial year always brings with it a raft of changes for business owners and this year is no exception. Your most important asset as an employer is meeting your legal obligations to your employees, especially when it comes to paying them correctly and from 1 July there was an update to the minimum wage that you need to ensure you have passed on to your employees.

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The lawyers of Dylan & Inns Gold Coast and Brisbane specialise in conveyancing, property law, commercial law, employment law and wills.

Check out this new website I’ve been working on for Dylan & Inns!

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In Queensland the standard contracts of sale, being either the REIQ Contract, or the ADLForms Contract, include a standard building and pest condition. What this means is that a contract for the purchase of property will be subject to the buyer undertaking a building and pest inspection of the property and being satisfied with the report they receive following the inspection.

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We've written a few times before about online piracy concerning the illegal downloading of Dallas Buyers Club by Australians and the court case brought against local ISPs. It seems that this saga is far from over though with a new judgment being handed down by the Federal Court to prevent speculative invoicing from taking place.

The Dallas Buyers Club case in the Federal Court of Australia continues.

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Owning an investment property can be a great strategy for earning some extra income, but there are also costs involved, with one of the major costs being that of insurance. Things are slightly different where your investment property is an apartment or townhouse and there is a body corporate in place. As part of your body corporate levies you are paying for the body corporate to have insurance over the property.

An article that describes the obligations a body corporate must have when it comes to taking out building insurance for the property.

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nfortunately the price on the contract of sale for the property you are buying is not the total amount you will be required to pay at settlement. What many people fail to take into account and budget for is the price of the transfer duty that is payable on the purchase.

An article I recently worked on to summarise the different concessions that are available to people looking to purchase a house in Queensland.

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You only have to go for a quick drive down a suburban street to see how popular the renovation game has become, with home owners making big changes to their property, spurred on by the latest raft of renovating TV shows gracing our TV screens. In Brisbane it’s grand old Queenslanders that are receiving all the attention, while weatherboard beach shacks are in vogue on the Gold Coast.

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As a workplace investigator and trainer one of the most common concerns I come across is what is and what is not sexual harassment in the workplace and where is the line drawn? It is important to note from the outset that “I didn’t mean anything by it” is NOT a defence.

A new post on the blog.

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It’s vital that as an employer you are aware of your legal obligations to your employees and this includes knowing their correct pay entitlements. It’s important then that you aware that from July 1, 2015 there has been an increase to the national minimum award wage of 2.5%

A recent update to the blog with information on updates to the national minimum aware wage.

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If you are looking to purchase a property on the Gold Coast, or in Brisbane, the first thing you will do after finding a property you’d like to purchase is to make an offer to the seller. In Queensland this is done by way of signing a contract of sale containing your offer and providing this to the seller for their consideration. The real estate agent will in most cases act as the intermediary in this process, delivering your offer to the seller.

Changed your mind about your dream house?

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A Businesses Legal Obligations Under Australia’s Privacy Laws:

At Teddington Legal Gold Coast we act for many small and medium sized businesses, assisting them to meet their commercial law obligations. One of the most common concerns we come across is whether a business is meeting its obligations when it comes to Australia’s privacy laws.

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Mortgage Tips - Acting as Guarantor for Your Child:

You only have to open a newspaper, turn on the TV, or do a quick Google search to see the latest news on the growth of property prices along the east coast. While Sydney is grabbing the headlines, more recently the Gold Coast has streaked ahead, with a huge growth in prices being attributed to the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Conveyancing Goes Digital - The Introduction of PEXA in Queensland:

The conveyancing process in Queensland is in the midst of a dramatic change with the introduction of PEXA, or e-conveyancing. The property law profession is in the midst of moving away from a manual paper based process and towards a fully electronic process that does away with paper all together.

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Tips for Buying – Finding Your Perfect Property:

Finding houses to buy or rent is easy. Finding the perfect house to buy or rent that suits the specific wants and needs of everyone who’ll live in it is the real challenge. But there are a number of ways to ensure that your house-hunting journey ends with a property that everyone can be happy with.

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Rates and Water Search – Making Adjustments at Settlement:

As part of the conveyancing process, your solicitor will undertake several searches of the property that you are buying to ensure the property is free from defects and all costs are accounted for prior to settlement. One of the searches they will undertake is a council rates and water search.

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Buying a Property – Ensuring Fixtures are Included in Your Purchase:

The distinction between fixtures and chattels is incredibly important when it comes to property law and conveyancing, as under the law fixtures are part of the land and will remain with it, meaning when you purchase the property you also purchase these fixtures as part of the transaction.

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First Homebuyers: Costs You Need to Consider:

With the property market on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane really starting to take off and interest rates continuing to remain so low, now is the perfect time for a first homebuyer to enter the market. Many first homebuyers however are probably unaware of the associated costs of purchasing a property.