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How To Seek Compensation For A Workplace Injury

Have you suffered a workplace injury? If you have, you should seek compensation from your employer's workers compensation scheme. Below is a guide on how to successfully seek compensation for a workplace injury.  Once you suffer a workplace injury, report the incident to your employer and seek immediate medical attention. As you recuperate, hire a workers compensation lawyer to follow up with the insurance company. Below are a few tips to guide you as you hire a compensation lawyer.

Key Facts to Know About Prenuptial Agreements in Australia

Although no one anticipates a marriage to end unexpectedly, it is always a good idea to plan for the future in case married couples or those in a de facto relationship decide to call it quits. Therefore, couples should agree on how to divide their net assets, liabilities, and other resources in case a relationship or marriage ends. Such a legally enforceable agreement is referred to as a binding financial agreement, prenuptial agreement, or prenup.

What About Conveyancing When You Purchase a Property at Auction?

The auctioneer tells the assembled crowd that the property is going once, then going twice, and then the hammer falls for the final time, and hey presto—you've bought a home. The immediate results of purchasing a home at auction are in sharp contrast to the more traditional process of making an offer on a listed property, after which the vendors take time to mull over your offer before (ideally) accepting, after which you have time to undertake the necessary steps of finalising your financing.

Why It's Now Simpler Than Ever to Move Into Easy Street

Have you noticed how easy it is to transact business online these days? You can buy virtually anything digitally and never have to visit a high street store, so long as you have a credit or debit card and can receive the goods from a courier. Is this the ultimate scenario for the lazy Australian, or is it simply the way that life is intended to be in the future? Maybe it's a little bit of both, but digital transactions are becoming prevalent in all walks of life and even in the house-buying cycle.

Why You May Need to Protect Your Estate from a Former Partner

When two people file for divorce, it's often very difficult to unravel their financial affairs and come to an equitable conclusion that satisfies both parties. Indeed, satisfaction is often one-sided in this situation as a court of law may have to judge against one of the parties in favour of the other. Nevertheless, if everyone is prepared to be reasonable then there's no reason why long-term damage should be caused to the individual who loses out following a verdict, and lawyers for this party should always present their case on this basis.