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Sep 1, 20222 min read
CREEVEY HORRELL LAWYERS LAUNCHED
We are delighted to welcome a new partner and a change of name with highly experienced legal professional Tim Horrell to re-join Creevey...
Jul 13, 20221 min read
MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO SMACKING SON WITH WOODEN SPOON
On 2 June 2022, a Gold Coast woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons pleaded guilty to assaulting her son, after smacking her son on...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
100 YEARS SINCE THE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN QUEENSLAND
On 31 July 1922, Queensland became the first state in Australia and the Commonwealth to abolish the death penalty, the laws ultimate...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
COERCIVE CONTROL TO BE CRIMINALISED
In December 2021, the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (The Taskforce), led by former Court of Appeal president Margaret McMurdo,...
Jul 13, 20223 min read
CRIMINALISING COERCIVE CONTROL
Could making ‘coercive control’ a criminal offence minimise intimate partner homicide? In May 2022, the Queensland Government announced...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
CAN THE PUBLIC VIEW MY CRIMINAL HISTORY?
I’ve been charged with a Criminal Offence. What Information Is Disclosed to the Public? To be dealt with a criminal charge can take an...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
BANK VALUATIONS VERSUS MARKET VALUATIONS
We have seen an extremely unusual market in this last financial year with the property market having surged to new heights only to be...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE NEW CONTRACT
The new edition (17th edition) of the Contract for Houses and Residential, and Contract for Residential Lots in a Community Title Scheme...
Jul 13, 20221 min read
SMOKE ALARMS 2022 – How Queenslanders Faired.
At the beginning of the year, Queensland amended legislation to bring the laws governing smoke alarms and detectors in line with the...
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