Legal Resources and Insights

Make estate planning your New Year's resolution. Learn why a lawyer-drafted will is crucial for protecting your assets and securing your family's future.

Discover why your garnishee order failed and learn strategic steps to recover your judgment debt. Explore effective solutions for garnishee order issues.

Debt Recovery Ensuring Bankruptcy Notice Validity: Essential Compliance Guidance for Creditors Maintaining precision when issuing a bankruptcy notice is not only best practice, but also a necessity. Even seemingly minor details, such as specifying a payment address, can have significant legal implications. For Australian insolvency practitioners, credit managers, and commercial lawyers, understanding how the courts assess compliance is crucial to minimising risks and preventi

This guide provides a detailed overview of the legal debt collection process in New South Wales. It is designed for small to medium business owners and finance managers who need a clear, step-by-step understanding of how to recover what they are owed through formal legal channels.

Spousal and de facto maintenance can provide financial support after a relationship ends if one party cannot adequately support themselves. Learn the eligibility rules, time limits, and how the Family Law Act 1975 applies to ensure you understand your rights and obligations.

After a relationship breakdown, a Binding Financial Agreement can offer a faster, more flexible alternative to Court orders for dividing property and finances. Learn how BFAs work, their benefits, and why strict legal requirements must be met before they become binding.

New amendments to the Family Law Act 1975 remove mandatory counselling for short marriages, streamlining the divorce process and offering protection for victims of family violence. Learn what these changes mean for you and how to proceed with confidence.

Feeling lost in legal jargon? Our plain-English glossary breaks down common family law terms in Australia from affidavits to parenting plans, so you can navigate your separation, divorce or parenting matter with clarity.

Separating? Learn the truth about parenting time and property division under Australian family law. We clear up myths and help you find fair, practical solutions. Talk to Dormer Stanhope for tailored legal advice.

Still living together after separating? Learn how to manage parenting plans and divide property legally and fairly under one roof. Reduce conflict and plan ahead with expert legal guidance.