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Areas of Practice

Estate Planning

  • Wills

  • Enduring Powers of Attorney (Financial and Personal Matters)

  • Appointments of Medical Treatment Decision Maker

  • Advance Care Directives

  • Guardianship and Administration applications (VCAT)

Property Law

  • Pre-contractual advice

  • Purchase and sale of residential and commercial property, and settlements of aged care accommodation

  • Residential and commercial leases

  • Registration of plans of subdivisions

  • Consolidation of titles

  • Registration and removal of caveats

  • Registration and discharge of mortgages

Self-Managed Super Funds

  • Settlement and administration

Family Discretionary Trusts

  • Trust settlements

  • Trust appointments and applications to remove trustee

  • Advising trustees and beneficiaries of their duties and responsibilities

  • Trust disputes

Estate Administration

  • Grants of Representation (Probate and Letters of Administration)

  • Advising executors of their duties and responsibilities in administering an estate

Estate Litigation

  • Challenging a Will

  • Family provision applications

  • Applications to remove executor

Commercial

  • Family loan agreements

  • Purchase and Sale of family business

James Higgins & Co

(03) 8199 7904

0417 307 388

sbb@jameshigginsandco.com

Scottish House Members' Business Centre
Level 4, 90 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

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