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OUR SERVICES

We work with small and large businesses (rural and urban) who require assistance with legal and taxation problems to help them achieve efficient outcomes.

We prefer providing proactive advice so that our clients avoid the problems in the first place. To do this, we take the time to understand the client's business, inside and out.

More specifically, we provide:

Advisory services:

advice on estate planning and wills, with an emphasis on minimising taxation

and protecting your assets after your death

advice on all legal and taxation aspects of business:

business structuring

taxation and superannuation structuring and advice

intellectual property

staffing issues (industrial & employment law)

suspicion of corporate fraud

advice on contracts, leases, property development

advice on compulsory land acquisition

advice on disciplinary proceedings & criminal matters

Document preparation services:

preparing contracts, leases, trusts, wills, and other legal documents

preparing court documents (known as "pleadings")

Advocacy and appearance services:

preparing written submissions and outlines of argument for courts and tribunals

appearing for clients in courts and tribunals

We are based in Brisbane, but we service the whole of Queensland, and interstate.

AREAS OF LAW

Walt Allan can assist you with every area of law.

However, our depth of experience is in:

WILLS & ESTATE LITIGATION

contesting the validity of wills in court; family provision applications

ESTATE PLANNING

who gets what when you die, and in what structure?

minimise tax upon death, and minimise tax on income derived from the assets of your estate;

existing superannuation, trusts and life insurance policies complicate this process;

the topics of Wills, Tax & Super

are inextricably linked with Estate Planning

WILLS & ESTATES & ELDER LAW

preparation of wills; powers of attorney; advance health directives

TAX & SUPERANNUATION LAW

business structuring; minimising tax; maximising superannuation;

preparing objections against tax assessments;

dealing with the ATO (Australian Taxation Office) and

OSR (Office of State Revenue);

appearing for you in the AAT (Administrative Appeals Tribunal),

Federal Court or Supreme Court

appearing for you on section 8C prosecutions (ie where you are

charged for failing to lodge tax returns)

CONTRACTS & BUSINESS & COMPANY LAW

all contractual, partnership, corporate and business documentation and disputes

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

representing you in disciplinary proceedings--an adverse outcome for which

can have major implications on your career and income:

health care (doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists, physiotherapists,

occupational therapists, chiropractors);

lawyers & accountants;

these matters are often linked with criminal charges, which require particular care,

and our criminal experience is invaluable

LAND & MINING LAW

compensation; property development; planning & environment;

compulsory acquisition; tree clearing; vegetation management issues

TRUSTS LAW & EQUITY

all issues relating to trusts, and the branch of law known as "equity"

CRIMINAL LAW

dealing with the police, police prosecutors, DPP (Department of Public Prosecutions);

appearing in all courts for trials, applications and sentences

So much law nowadays stems from legislation.

Being able to advise on how a court is likely to construe that legislation

is one of the tasks that Walt Allan does best.