Btk Legal

Incorporating the practices of Neil Telfer, Boyle & Telfer, and Fowler & Hick, established 1896. The practice of Fowler & Hick started in 1896. Fowler & Hick merged with Boyle & Telfer in 1998. This significantly broadened the firm's range of services with particular emphasis on property and small business.

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 was recently passed making changes to registration of security interests in personal property. When you buy or sell real property (land and buildings) there may be certain consequences relating to personal property (property other than land).

Ensure that your contract has made sufficient provision to protect your interests or you could be paying for something that the vendor has no authority to transfer to you.Buying and selling a property can also affect your taxation position and have major consequences when dealt with in terms of a testamentary will.

A Power of Attorney is a legal document appointing and authorising another person (your attorney) to act on your behalf. You may appoint an attorney when you are going overseas or require hospitalisation and need someone to look after your financial and legal affairs or make lifestyle decisions. A Power of Attorney can also provide for your ongoing care following the onset of mental illness or dementia.

In Australia, there is only one ground for divorce, and that is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The breakdown is substantiated by the parties living apart for a continuous period of twelve (12) months. The parties have to satisfy the Court that they have lived apart for a continuous period of twelve (12) months and that there is no prospect of them resuming cohabitation.