26 Years Later: Out of Time Property Settlement Granted
TGB's Wendy Barry writes about the importance of formally finalising property settlements, after a recent matter where a settlement occurred 26 years after divorce.
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TGB's Wendy Barry writes about the importance of formally finalising property settlements, after a recent matter where a settlement occurred 26 years after divorce.
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Read moreTGB Lawyers’ Adelaide personal injury law team analyses an important Court decision where a school bullying victim was awarded compensation. The decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in the matter of Oyston v St Patrick’s College [2011] (NSWSC 269 13 April 2011) reinforces that schools have to walk the walk...
Read moreTGB Lawyers’ Adelaide public liability law team writes about a recent supermarket injury compensation case, and what it means for people injured in similar circumstances. In the blog we wrote last year entitled “I was injured after slipping at a supermarket, can I sue?”, we referred to a decision of the New South...
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