Colin Garber & Associates

Colin Garber & Associates is a firm of barristers and solicitors based in Perth, Australia. Our firm deals predominantly in commercial and conveyancing, covering various fields of law. Our rates are highly competitive and fees are fixed wherever possible. Property and business settlements are charged out at settlement agents' rates.

Specialty

Commercial Leases
Partnership Agreements and Dissolution
Franchise Agreements and Advice
Business Settlements
Drafting of General Contracts and Deeds
Corporations Law Advice
Small Business Advice
Mortgages and Securities
Wills and Testamentary Trusts

Deceased Estates
Enduring Powers of Attorney
Contract Law
Family and Unit Trusts and Trust Deed
Variations
Family Law Property Settlements

Colin Garber & Associates can provide a variety of legal services to ensure you are covered, including:

Wills and deceased estates
Family law financial agreements
Family law property settlements and consent orders
Family and unit trust deed variations.

Products and Services

Hours of Operation

Open Monday - Friday

Offering

Children, Copyright, Deceased Estates, Deeds & Titles, Franchising, Mortgage Inquiries, Partners, Power of Attorney, Property Settlements, Shareholders, Trade Practices, Trusts & Wills

Features

Leasing

Issues

Business Disputes, Death, Dissolutions, Divorce, Injuries

Catering To

Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Company Law, Compensation, Consumer Law, Contracts, Conveyancing, Employment Law, Estate Law, Family Law, Franchising Law, General, Immigration, Industrial, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Probate, Property, Real Estate, Trusts, Wills

FAQs

Why should I seek legal advice before entering into a business transaction?

Prevention is better (and cheaper) than a cure. Advice obtained early on in a deal may curtail future litigation.
Are written agreements between business partners (shareholders or unit holders) necessary as my partner and I get along fine?

On sale, retirement, disability or death, a written document would allow the continuing partner to acquire the outgoing partner's interest in the business (company or trust) without family interference. In addition, a formula for calculating the value of the share being disposed of would be in place.
I know I own a home and other assets, but is it necessary to have a will, as all my assets will go to my wife and children in any case?

While this is true in a general sense, under the laws of intestacy, in estates exceeding $50,000.00 in value, all the assets are divided between the wife and children in a formulated proportion. This may well leave your wife in a financially disadvantaged position.
I have a will in place, nominating executors to act on my behalf. Why is it then necessary for me to have an enduring power of attorney?

The enduring power of attorney nominates attorneys to act on your behalf whilst you are alive but incapacitated. The executors nominated under your will may only act upon your death. The enduring power of attorney will allow your nominated attorneys to act in your best interest, with the minimum of delay and without incurring unnecessary cost and delay in obtaining an alternative authority to act on your behalf.
In a marriage breakdown, why is a formal, written property settlement document necessary? We will verbally agree which items each party is to take.

Property settlement claims may be re-opened unless formally reduced to writing, made an order of the court and certain prescribed periods have elapsed after a Final Decree of Divorce has been issued.
Do solicitors carry out property and business sale settlements?

Yes, this is an integral part of their day to day business. They are well equipped to deal with any problematic contractual issues that may arise and usually carry out same at competitive rates.

Colin Garber & Associates

Lawyers & Solicitors