De Facto Relationships

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors provide both advice and representation in the area of De Facto Relationships. We encourage personal consultation in this field and our first conference for advice is at no charge.

Important areas in the law relating to De Facto couples are:

• De Facto Property Agreements
• Children
  • Residence
  • Contact
  • Child Support
• Property Division

Conveyancing

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors handle all your conveyancing requirements including:

• Drafting contract of sale including title searches, drainage diagram and zoning certificate
• Negotiating amendments requested by purchaser
• Attending vendor to sign contract
• Arranging exchange of contracts
• Answering purchaser’s requisitions on title
• Providing required certificates on strata property
• Attending vendor to sign Transfer
• Arranging discharge of mortgages
• Checking rate adjustments for settlement date
• Arranging and attending settlement

• Perusing contact of sale and advising purchaser
• Negotiating amendments
• Attending purchaser to sign contract
• Arranging exchange of contracts
• Drafting requisitions on title to vendor
• Drafting Transfer
• Attending to payment of purchaser Stamp Duty or exemption
• Perusing and advising on loan documents and mortgages
• Attending on signing of loan documents and mortgages
• Calculating rate adjustments for settlement date
• Arranging and attending settlement

Business Sales and Purchases

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors can assist you with:

• Preparation of sale contract
• Exchange of contract
• Obtaining landlord’s consent to transfer of lease over property in which business is conducted
• Arranging settlement of sale

• Perusing and advising on sale contract
• Exchange of contract
• Advising on lease to be transferred
• Advising on new lease
• Advising on loan documents
• Arranging settlement of sale

Commercial Leasing

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors can advise you on all aspects of commercial leasing:

• Preparing lease disclosure statements
• Advising on and preparing lease document
• Advising on and negotiating amendments to lease
• Attending client on signing of lease
• Attending to payment of stamp duty and registration of lease where appropriate

• Verifying details in lease disclosure statements
• Perusing and advising on lease document
• Advising on and negotiating amendments to lease document
• Attending client on signing of lease
• Following up on stamping and registration of lease and return of lease to client

Wills and Estate Planning

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors can advise you on the most effective way of distributing your assets as you wish after your death. We shall attend to you in a confidential conference to obtain your instructions and to discuss your intentions. We can also advise you on and prepare and register a Power of Attorney for you to enable conduct of your affairs before your death.

Common concerns discussed at this time are:

• Potential challenges to the Will
• How superannuation is to be treated
• Minimisation of Taxation in the hands of beneficiaries

Webb Thom & Associates are happy to work with your financial advisors if required in drafting a Will that gives effect to your intentions.

Administration of Deceased Estates

Where there is a Will, Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors work with the executor to determine the quickest and most cost effective means of distributing the assets in accordance with that Will. Where there is no Will, we can assist in preparing the documentation for the appointment of the person who shall be responsible for the distribution of the estate under the legal rules on Intestacy.

Common procedures involved in this area are:

• Obtaining Probate of Will
• Obtaining Letters of Administration where there is no Will
• Preparing the documents required by banks, company share registries and retirement facilities to transfer relevant assets from the deceased.
• Distributing legacies under the Will
• Drafting and registering the documents required to transfer real property from the name of the deceased
• Claims under a Succession Act
• Deed of Arrangement for agreed alteration of Will provisions by beneficiaries

Contracts

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors can assist you in both the drafting of contracts and advising on the legal effect of an agreement which you are considering entering or have already signed. Some common types of contract handled by us are:

• Partnership agreements
• Joint Venture agreements
• Loan contracts
• Buy and Sell agreements
• Share agreements
• Franchise agreements

Civil Litigation

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors can advise you on commencing and defending cases in the Supreme Court, District Court and Local Court. We can also advise you on proceedings in the Fair Trading Tribunal in matters related to civil disputes.

Civil disputes are commonly related to:

• Debt recovery
• Contract disputes
• Recovery of damage to motor vehicles
• Other matters where damages are sought
   

Police Matters

A solicitor from Webb Thom & Associates can advise you on traffic and criminal matters, and represent you in Court. We will argue your defence at the Court Hearing when you are not guilty. Alternatively, when you instruct us to enter a guilty plea, we will submit to the Court the case for minimising your penalty.

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors commonly appear in the Local Court at Ryde as well as other Sydney Local Courts in relation to the following matters:

• Drink driving
• Negligent driving
• Assault
• AVOs representing the Defendant
• AVOs representing the person in need of protection