Baldock Stacy & Niven will be working with The Salvation Army in Orange for their Community Wills Day. When: 27th June 2019 How: Book your appointment online via The Salvation Army website Participants must book an appointment on-line and pay a fee of $70 (individual) and $120 (couple), which will be used to support the local work [...]
Anyone who has recently applied for a loan to buy a home may have noticed that it is no longer as easy to get finance as it used to be. Banks and other lending institutions have realised that in recent years they had been making it too easy to borrow money. As a result [...]
Some major changes have recently occurred in respect to employment of casual employees. The majority of modern Awards were amended in October 2018 to include a clause that provides that a regular casual employee can request conversion to permanent full-time or part-time employment. 'Regular casual employees' includes an employee who works 'a pattern of [...]
For most of us, Christmas is a time for the family to get together. For families involved in legal disputes this can sometimes be difficult, and often it can be sad or frustrating for parents if they don't get to spend as much time with their children as they would like. When parents are [...]
Sometimes the media likes to portray lawyers in negative ways however many lawyers, especially country lawyers, regularly help out marginalised and struggling members of our local community. Lawyers at Baldocks regularly give advice to callers or clients who bring unique problems to our office, without charge. We prepare Wills at reduced costs for those [...]
Most of us buy and sell some real estate during our lifetime, and the legal process of transferring property when it is sold and purchased is called conveyancing. Conveyancing is an important legal process that should be done by professionals to ensure the new owner gets full legal title of their purchase, and is [...]
On 30 May 2018, the Attorney-General announced the government’s new legislation for structural changes to the courts that deal with Family Law matters. Under the legislation, a new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCA) will be established from 1 January 2019 through the amalgamation of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and [...]
