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The Transfer Process in a Nutshell
“Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.” (Will Rogers) Spring is in the air and, as the annual uptick in property sales kicks in, let’s address two questions commonly asked by both...
When Liquidation is Inevitable: A Bad Faith Business Rescue Application Backfires
"If you're flogging a dead horse, make sure you're not riding it." (Josh Stern) Creditors and company directors alike need to know how best to deal with a company in financial distress. Both should...
Divorce Lawfare: The Serial Litigant and his Stalingrad Strategy
"This [the Stalingrad Strategy] is a strategy of wearing down the plaintiff by tenaciously fighting anything the plaintiff presents by whatever means possible and appealing every ruling favourable...
Don’t Let Cybercriminals Haunt You this Halloween — Verify, Verify, Verify!
“If you suspect deceit, hit delete!” (Online cybersecurity slogan) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a good time to note that as cybercrime continues to grow, more and more businesses and...
Excuses, Excuses: Why People Don’t Make Wills, And Why You Must
“All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” (William Shakespeare, in Hamlet) Master’s Office records suggest that less than a third of us leave behind a will when we die. That’s...
Panhandle Access to Properties – The Mistakes to Avoid
“You aren’t buying a house, you’re buying a lifestyle.” (Anon) As more and more residential properties are subdivided and developed, an increasing number of homes are effectively cut off from direct...