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Selling Your Home: How to be Lucky this Holiday Season
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher) History has not recorded whether Seneca himself was “lucky” in the property market of...
When Can a Shop Be Sued for Damages If a Customer Falls?
“… it is by now long established in our law that the owner or other person or entity in control of a shopping mall has a legal duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that its premises are...
Don’t Let Delays in the Master’s Office Leave Your Family in Financial Distress
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” (Warren Buffett) Whilst the first and most important step in your estate planning is always to have in place a...
PAIA Manuals and the 31 December 2021 Deadline: Crying Wolf Again, or Real This Time?
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” (Hunter S. Thompson) Since 2005 businesses have been repeatedly told “get your PAIA...
Your Website of the Month: How to Find and Remove Spyware from Your Cellphone
Our cellphones have, for most of us, become integrated into virtually every aspect of our lives. Take a moment now to think of how much damage a cybercriminal, or an industrial spy, perhaps even a...
Community Scheme Disputes and the Ombud’s Powers to Resolve Them
“[The Ombud} has been given wide inquisitorial powers whereby such disputes can be resolved as informally and cheaply as possible by means of qualified conciliators and adjudicators, without the...