Conveyancing
Unfortunately there is a wrongful perception in the community that conveyancing is a process that is the same everywhere the process is undertaken. Whilst a litre of milk may be the same product wherever you buy it (with the price being the only distinguishing feature), conveyancing is far from that.
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Building and Construction Law
Phillip Graham enjoys a particular interest in building and construction law and is an active member of the Building Dispute Practitioners Society of Victoria. Phillip subscribes to V.C.A.T.'s Domestic Building List case mail outs and receives copies of that List's latest important decisions within moments of them being released.
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Building Contract Advice
The Building Contract must contain a notification that a Building Owner is entitled, unless one of a number of stated exceptions applies, to end the contract within 5 clear business days of the day that the Owner received a signed copy of the Building Contract.
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Family Law (including same sex relationships)
Throughout his career Phillip Graham has practised extensively in family law.
Phillip is a member of the Family Law Sections of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Law Council of Australia. Phillip is well known and respected by a number of Victoria's Family Law Judges, Barristers and other legal firms having established a considerable reputation for his honest, thorough and competent client representation.
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WILLS (INCLUDING TESTAMENTARY TRUSTS)
Every adult should have a properly prepared Will.
Every adult who has a Will should re-read it at least every 5 years. If it appears that significant life changes have occurred since the Will was made, an appointment with Phillip Graham should be arranged.
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Commercial & Civil Litigation
Phillip Graham has more than 40 years' experience handling litigation files involving commercial and general civil litigation.
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Debt Recovery and General Litigation
Phillip Graham has more than 40 years' experience handling litigation files involving debt recovery and general litigation (both personal and commercial).
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Probate & Administration
The death of a loved one is a very sad occasion. Graham Legal handles these files with appropriate respect and reverence. We have adopted special procedures to ensure that these files are processed efficiently and with as little imposition on the appointed executor or administrator as possible.
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Enduring Powers of Attorney (financial)
By an Enduring Power of Attorney (Financial) a person appoints one or more attorneys to sign all kinds of financial documents, business legal and otherwise (but not medical), on behalf of that person.
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APPOINTMENTS OF MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISION MAKERS
The authority given by an Appointment of Medical Treatment Decision Maker (formerly called an Enduring Power of Attorney (Medical Treatment)) allows a medical decision maker to make decisions about a person's Medical Treatment in the event that the person loses mental capacity.
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ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES
Terminal health conditions or conditions such as dementia, mental illness and acquired brain injury can strip a person of the capacity to make their own medical decisions.
An Advance Care Directive can be a valuable resource in that unfortunate situation.
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STATUTORY DEMANDS AND LIQUIDATIONS
When a company owes a person or corporation more than $2,000, that company may be forced out of business by an application for a winding-up order. An application for a winding-up order may be initiated in response to a company's failure to comply with a Statutory Demand.
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DISPUTING A WILL OR INTESTACY
Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 is where the law may be found prescribing who may dispute a Will and who may dispute the statutory formula that applies to distribute the estate of a person who has died intestate (not having made a Will).
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