Legal Services

Paul Denmeade & Co offers one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to obtain a will in the Lismore area. We can assist you with:

• Drafting & updating wills;

• Applying for Probate;

• Assistance with claims against wills & estates

• Deceased estate claims / defending deceased estates

• Estate planning administration

• Letters of Administration (in the event there is no will  or it is deemed invalid);

• Supreme Court estate litigation; and

• Assistance with Family Provision claims

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 as it is.

Letters of Administration

In the some-what complicated event that a valid will has not been left, Paul Denmeade & Co can assist you with applying for Letters of Administration to the Supreme Court of NSW. In these circumstances, there is legislation that details how an estate may be distributed and by whom. The Supreme Court can appoint an Administrator to distribute the estate under the Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898.

 Family Provision claims

If you expected to be a beneficiary under a will but have not been provided for, you can make a claim against the distribution of any estate under the Family Provision  section of the Succession Act 2006, provided you can clearly set out reasons as to why you should be considered a beneficiary of the deceased estate.

Probate

Paul Denmeade & Co can help you apply to the Supreme Court of NSW for Probate in instances where there is a valid will and you have been nominated as Executor of that will. The Supreme Court can then grant probate which authorises you to distribute the deceased estate in accordance with the provisions of the will.

Paul Denmeade & Co can provide assistance for a range of matters relating to family law and de facto relationships, including:

• Agreements reached and made enforceable;

• appearing in the FCFCoA  the new  Family court ;

• advising on

• Division of property & assets;

• parenting matters and disputes

• Divorce & separation;

• Spousal maintenance

Paul Denmeade & Co – Lismore Law Conveyancers understand that buying or selling a residential, commercial or industrial property is a big decision and a significant matter for most people. We cater to all people making property transactions in New South Wales including international investors.

Paul Denmeade & Co can provide assistance with conveyancing and property law in the following ways:

• Preparation of contracts for sale or purchase of land;

• Contract review;

• Property settlements and negotiations;

• Commercial & Retail Leases;

• Auction enquiries;

• Assistance with identifying suitable opportunities for finance;

• Assistance for first home owners & the First Home Owners Grant;

• Mortgages, refinancing & property deposit bonds;

• Property developments;

• Property division.

Our clients include first home buyers, property developers, real estate agents, banks, mortgage brokers and surveyors.

Our conveyancing services are offered at competitive rates, and we deliver them through a highly qualified team that includes experienced property lawyers and industry experts.

Whether you are starting a business and looking for legal advice, looking for a business lawyer to assist with commercial litigation or planning to buy or sell a business we can help. We know Australian business laws through and through and have sound experience across many different industries. We offer practical legal solutions to individuals, small businesses and SMEs.

We offer the following legal services for business:

• Business structures: If you are establishing a new business enterprise we can help you make sure that you are setting the business up soundly, whether by partnership, joint venture, company, trust or franchise. If you’re looking to restructure your business we can help with partnership dissolutions and corporate restructures.

• Business contracts: Our commercial lawyers can prepare or review all types of legal contracts including purchase or sale of business, Put and Call Options, franchise agreements, supply agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, partnership agreements, commercial contracts. We’ll make sure that the contract terms and conditions are suitable for your business now and into the future and ensure that due diligence standards are met.

• Commercial disputes and commercial litigation: We offer dispute resolution services and business litigation covering a wide range of problems including breach of contract, building and property disputes, debt recovery, copyright infringement, partnership disputes and corporations law.

• Corporations law: We can assist with shareholders agreements, advice on corporate governance, documenting company administrations.

• Franchises: If you’re looking to buy into a franchise we can help you go through the franchise agreement and franchisor disclosure documents to make sure that you are aware of all of the issues that could make or break your new business.

• Copyright, trademarks and patents: We can help you manage and enforce your intellectual property rights, including litigation where needed. We can also help you with registering designs, patents and trademarks.

• Property and leasing: We can assist with retail leasing and commercial leasing for both landlords and tenants. We can also assist with the sale or purchase of commercial property.

• Commercial law and small business legal advice: We offer small business legal help in a wide range of matters including trade practices law and consumer law.

• Workplace and employment: We can draw up or review employment contracts and workplace agreements as well as assist with disputes and unfair dismissals. We can also assist with occupational health and safety issues.

• Bankruptcy and insolvency: We can assist with the whole process of recovering money owed to you from an initial Letter of Demand through to Statement of Claim and Court Judgement.

• Taxation and finance: we can draft and review mortgages, guarantees, charges and other securities documentation as well as advise in regard to GST, Capital Gains and Land Tax.

• Business succession and asset protection: You need a plan in place to make sure that your business and personal assets are protected. We can work with your business and family to devise a plan that keeps your hard won assets safe through unit, discretionary and family trusts, Wills and/or Powers of Attorney.

Our business legal services can help get business startups and micro businesses off to a good start and help nurture and sustain more established businesses and corporate enterprises.

Paul Denmeade & Co strives to settle disputes in an amicable fashion but understands that on certain occasions, litigation is an unavoidable fact of life. As litigation can be an expensive process, we try to deliver our legal services in the most cost-effective manner for our clients by minimising costs where possible. We always have close involvement with our clients so that they are fully aware of what to expect in Court, and we have a track record of success in managing cases involving litigation.

With years of dispute resolution, general and commercial litigation experience, Paul Denmeade & Co provides legal services for:

• Debt collections, bankruptcy and corporate insolvency;

• Contract and commercial disputes;

• Trade practices disputes;

• Copyright infringement;

• Insurance disputes;

• Construction disputes (for domestic and commercial ventures);

• Business/corporate dissolution;

• Statutory Demand; and

• Enforcement of Judgement.

Local Court

Paul Denmeade & Co can represent you in Lismore or Ballina Local Court and assist you with the following matters:

• Apprehended violence orders (AVOs);

• Drink driving offences (for low, medium and high-range PCA offences);

• Small claims under $10,000;

• Civil matters with claims of up to $60,000;

• Criminal / summary prosecutions;

• Committal hearings;

• Juvenile prosecutions;

• Certain family law matters;

• Coronial inquests / inquiries;

• Licensing matters;

• Certain industrial matters;

• Local Court Appeals.