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A custody dispute over pet ownership can potentially be a serious source of contention between separating couples. Disputes can even lead to extreme behaviour. In the UK, two recent examples demonstrate just how acrimonious such situations can become. In one case, a property developer was taken to Court by his ex-girlfriend, accused of posing as a dog walker to abduct her cockapoo. Even more disturbingly, a 70-year-old Austrian, Count Konrad Goess-Saurau, was found guilty of shooting dead his wife's German pointer, Herman, while she was away.

An ‘Informal Will’ is one that has not been executed in accordance with the formal requirements for a Will to be accepted as legally valid. These formalities are:

If a tenant breaches a lease by defaulting on the payment of rent resulting in the termination of the lease, a landlord will be entitled to recover damages for the rental arrears up to the termination date. In addition, the landlord may also seek to claim loss of bargain damages.

There are many reasons why a tenant might wish to exit a commercial lease some time before the lease is due to end. It may be that the premises are no longer suitable because of business expansion, contraction, or altered plans.

In NSW, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) issues environment protection licences to owners or operators of various types of industrial premises under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.