Szabo & Associates News & Updates

In a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald (available here), Singapore based start-up, iBosses, which is poised to begin floating on the stock market, claims that its success can be emulated in 8 simple steps. The start-up itself has, as of yet, failed to reach the $100,000 mark for revenue but is confident on its prospects for long term success.

It was recently reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (here) that there is rising controversy in India over the use of the ‘triple talaq’ by Muslim men to divorce their wives.  The ‘triple talaq’, reported as the practice of Muslim men saying the word ‘talaq’ three times which provides for an ‘automatic divorce’ has been criticised by many as being easily abused – allowing for men to divorce their wives for potentially superficial reasons.  While it has been reported that several Muslim countries have banned the practice, there is mounting concern among Muslim women in India that their husbands are too easily able to end their marriage. A government committee is reported to have recommended that the practice be banned, but confusion as to whether or not the practice is a component of Islamic law, amongst other things, has complicated matters.

NSW may gain a significant boost to housing supply with the introduction of new strata laws making it easier to sell or convert strata titles.

It was recently highlighted in the Sydney Morning Herald, that it is incredibly difficult to design a Will that is completely free of the risk of being challenged. The article highlights the increasing number of people in Australia that are challenging a loved one's Will on the basis of a lack of adequate family provision, claiming that they have not been adequately provided for. Unfortunately many people, owing to the complexity of the law in this area, do not understand the rules concerning mounting a challenge to a Will on the basis of a 'lack of provision'.

It was recently reported in the Sydney Morning Herald that Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of The Terminator and former Governor of California, deems his cheating on Maria Shriver to be his "biggest failure". Mr. Schwarzenegger, who fathered a child with his maid during his marriage to Ms Shriver separated from his wife after 25 years of marriage. Mr Schwarzenegger and Ms Shriver have yet to finalise their divorce from one another.