Szabo & Associates News & Updates

In step with current trends to update environmental legislation and expand the scope of liability for environmental offences, the NSW parliament has recently passed some important changes to environmental legislation administered by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

If a relationship breaks down, the parties involved will need to consider what will happen in respect of the division of any property owned, separately or jointly, by them. This is referred to as property settlement under the Family Law Act. It is an important step in ending the financial relationship between the parties.

With overseas travel opening up, some parents may have renewed concerns over their child being taken overseas without their consent. 

When someone dies, the property they leave behind is called their estate. Assuming the deceased made a Will, this document usually names the Executor who is to be the person (or persons) who will be legally responsible for collecting the estate’s assets, paying off its debts and liabilities and distributing the net residual to the beneficiaries named in the Will.

After two years of the pandemic, international travel is now once again becoming the norm and families and friends are being reunited across countries. Yet with the opening of borders, family law is seeing a surge in child abduction matters both on an international and domestic scale.