Sep 1, 20222 minCREEVEY HORRELL LAWYERS LAUNCHEDWe 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 minMOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO SMACKING SON WITH WOODEN SPOONOn 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 min100 YEARS SINCE THE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN QUEENSLANDOn 31 July 1922, Queensland became the first state in Australia and the Commonwealth to abolish the death penalty, the laws ultimate...
Jul 13, 20222 minCOERCIVE CONTROL TO BE CRIMINALISEDIn December 2021, the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (The Taskforce), led by former Court of Appeal president Margaret McMurdo,...
Jul 13, 20223 minCRIMINALISING COERCIVE CONTROLCould making ‘coercive control’ a criminal offence minimise intimate partner homicide? In May 2022, the Queensland Government announced...
Jul 13, 20222 minCAN 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 minBANK VALUATIONS VERSUS MARKET VALUATIONSWe 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 minTHE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE NEW CONTRACTThe new edition (17th edition) of the Contract for Houses and Residential, and Contract for Residential Lots in a Community Title Scheme...
Jul 13, 20221 minSMOKE 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...