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Conveyancing
- Drafting and reviewing Contracts for Sale, Auction Contracts and purchases off-the-plan
- Cost appraisal - including stamp duty, GST and disbursements such as search and registration fee
- Property Title including Torrens, old system, qualified and limited, strata, community, crown or leasehold
- Property tenancy including joint tenants and tenants in common
- Statutory warranties, contract conditions and special conditions
- Section 66W Certificates, the cooling off period and deposits
- Put and Call Options
- Retirement Village purchases, leases and service contracts
- Liaison with financial institutions in regard to deposit bonds, loans, mortgages and discharges of mortgages
- Advice for first home buyers including the First Home Owner Grant
- Advice in regard to easements and covenants on title searches
Wills and Estates and Probate
Probate is a lengthy process but prior to death much of the work can be planned.
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- The assessment of assets
- Advice regarding the possibility of claims against the estate by third parties
- The protection of assets
- Estate planning generally including intergenerational transfers
- Powers of Attorney documents and Enduring Guardian documents
Mediation
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Sophie Thomson is the driving force behind our Mediation services. She has more than twenty years of experience as a Legal Practitioner and is also a partner in the family's grazing property. This background has led her to come to the conclusion that the settlement of problems by early intervention through mediation is the best way to solve the differences between people. Mediation is the most cost-effective means of settling problems. Mediation is the future!
Mediation gives a controlled environment to solve problems between parties. Through the process of mediation, participants hold the power to resolve their conflict.
Sophie is a member of the Resolution Institute and since 2015 holds National Accreditation. In 2018, she was appointed to the Law Society's Family Law Settlement Service Panel and was admitted to practice as a legal practitioner in 1997. She has gained experience working across various jurisdictions and has developed a special interest in rural clients and their needs.
Sophie’s main focus in her practice is her clients and the various needs of each individual. Her particular interests in mediation are succession problems, family issues and communication issues in the workplace. Her diversity of knowledge allows diversity of practice which is nothing but beneficial to you as her client.
Sophie’s patience and ability to communicate openly with clients and a straight forward approach to practice means that you will always get a confident and direct answer.