Legal Services

Administrative law practice is mainly related to legal services to assist an individual or entity’s interaction with government bodies/agencies, such as federal, state or local governments, all related departments, offices and those agencies delegated to perform administrative duties, in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, directives, rules, policies, guidelines and council’s bylaws. These legal services may include, but are not limited to: Application for licence, registration or permit, legal advice on social security matters, replying to a government agency’s inquiry letter for example.

Normally if a person is not happy with an administrative decision, they can go for an internal review; and if still not agreeing to the review outcome, they are entitled to file a judicial review application to a tribunal, a federal or state court, subject to laws. BT Lawyers is able to assist you in the review procedures.

Generally speaking, administrative law practice does not include immigration law practice and taxation law practice, the latter two require more specialised knowledge and skills to provide services to the public.

In a civilian society, it is very common that a person may experience all kinds of different civil disputes with others. There are different approaches to assist the parties involved in the disputes to solve their issues, such as directly speaking, assisted negotiation, mediation, reconciliation, arbitration, and litigation. The approach of seeking a court’s involvement shall always be put last for resolving the parties’ legal problems, not the first.

With the special language advantages, BT Lawyers & Consultants has developed rich experience in assisting clients with negotiation and mediation in solving their civil disputes covering fencing, felling of trees, easement, debt recovery for example). We can help clients with any formal or informal procedures at VCAT, Fair Work Ombudsman, Consumer Affairs Victoria, AAT, Magistrates Court, County Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, Federal Circuit and Family Court, Federal Court, and the High Court of Australia.

Commercial law can also be referred to as business law, but its connotation goes beyond corporate law. Laws governing commerce, trade, sales and merchandising, business activities participants such as business entities and individuals, are the focus for commercial lawyers. Practice areas of commercial law cover contract, lease, acquisition and disposal of business interest, sales and purchase of business, intellectual properties, funds management, company law, and compliance to regulatory frameworks.

BT Lawyers & Consultants can help clients with their daily needs on commercial law practice areas, examples include: Business contracts, commercial lease arrangements, sales and purchase of business, application for patents/trademarks/industrial designs, protection of goodwill and commercial information/data, business structures, company registration and ASIC agent and general taxation law advice.

Broadly speaking, conveyancing comprises of two parts, property conveyancing and commercial conveyancing.

Property conveyancing refers to the legal transaction procedure for sale and purchase of real properties: New dwellings, existing dwellings, vacant land, off-plan dwellings, offices, commercial or industrial buildings (such as a warehouse), and farm land for example.

Our law firm provides full property conveyancing services including but not limited to: Due diligence checks, free Section 32 (Vendor’s Statement) review, initial advice letter to client, caveat lodgement to title registration, or sales contract review (depending on our service scope agreed with client).

Commercial conveyancing refers to the legal transaction procedure for sale and purchase of businesses: Retail businesses (whether or not in shopping centres), licensed businesses (brothels, etc.), service businesses, professional businesses (Accounting firms, etc.), and industrial business for example.

We provide full commercial conveyancing services including but not limited to: Drafting sales contracts, draft or transfer of a commercial lease, due diligence checks, disclosure statements, transfer of intellectual properties, transfer of business name and utility services, and transfer of existing licences or registration/application for new licences /permits.

Being charged by the police is one of the most challenging experiences that a person can face. Having a criminal record which is likely to significantly impact the person’s employment opportunities or overseas travel mobility. As an example, if your driving licence is suspended or cancelled, it would introduce extra difficulties in your lifestyle and to your working arrangements.

Our experienced criminal lawyers understand how important a non-criminal record and a driving licence are to your quality of life and work, and are committed to fighting for your legal rights. We will give you practical advice and are happy to discuss potential or possible criminal penalties which might have been imposed on you. We will recommend actions to undertake before the court.

We also help clients deal with traffic/parking infringements matters.

These are complex legal practice categories requiring particular knowledge, skills, experience and even some of the lawyer’s personal emotional intelligence (EQ) to provide services to clients.

We help clients with commonly practised family law areas such as:

• Divorce and separation

• Child support and parenting

• Spousal maintenance

• Property settlement

• Binding financial agreement

• Intervention orders

• Consent orders

With multicultural background knowledge and legal practice experience, BT Lawyers & Consultants is able to better understand your special circumstances and give you comprehensive legal advice on family law issues including those related to specific overseas jurisdictions.

It is widely recognised that immigration law is one of the most complex and difficult legal fields in Australia’s common law system. There are over 120 visa subclasses in combination with evolving immigration laws that are constantly changing year to year. Also, immigration policies are mostly vulnerable and may face significant changes once a new government is elected.

Strictly speaking, immigration law does not include general migration practice, which used to be called “immigration assistance”. The immigration law practice area mainly covers: Judicial review to federal courts, AAT review application of visa refusal or cancellation on character grounds, and ministerial intervention cases. Please contact the law firm for more information regarding immigration law legal services.

We are proud of our 18 years of experience in migration practice services and are ready to offer the public our best services at the best fee rates. Speak with the team regarding your visa application, sponsorship and nomination, education and student services, AAT review application for visa cancellation and/or refusal, and citizenship services.

Visit Brilliant Target Migration Solutions for more information on immigration assistance.

In Australia, what we call “property law” actually refers to “real estate law”, which is basically dealing with people’s rights and responsibilities as title interest parties (existing landowners or potential landowners or other stakeholders), and legal advice on transactions to realise their properties’ economic potential. The broader definition of property law can also cover parts of commercial law fields which we treat as a separate practice category.

Types of practice areas include but are not limited to: Land (real estate), equity and trust, contract, planning, environmental protection, construction, and dispute resolution. We help clients to deal with government bodies and agencies to obtain a positive outcome for their requests, applications or complaints.

A ‘will’ is a legal document that governs how a person’s (the Testator’s) assets are to be divided when they die and who is in charge of managing their estate. Despite being one of the most important documents we can make, statistics show that a large number of adults do not have a will in place. If a person dies without leaving a valid will, their estate is distributed according to the laws of intestacy which set out a formula for division of their estate among certain family members.

Probate is the legal procedure to have a deceased person’s will to be checked, reviewed, verified and authenticated by a judicial officer at the Probate’s Office of the Supreme Court of a State/Territory. A will can be challenged during probate procedure.

For some clients, a general will may not serve their best interest for their estate planning purposes. Then a testamentary trust may be a better choice for those clients. A deceased estate is fundamentally a trust, with the executor entitled as a trustee. However, the trust only exists as a legal entity until the estate is finalised, or “fully administered”. In comparison, a testamentary trust is a trust which is established under a valid will, but is different from the trust of a deceased estate. A testamentary trust works similarly to a discretionary family trust, with specified provisions of the will functioning like a trust deed.

Powers of Attorney are legal documents that allow you to choose who will make decisions about financial and personal matters if you are not able to make these decisions yourself. There are three types of Powers of Attorney: General non-enduring Power of Attorney, Supportive Power of Attorney (for help with decisions), and General enduring Power of Attorney (for financial, legal and personal decisions).

There used to be another type of Power of Attorney which was called “medical enduring Power of Attorney” but is now changed to “Advance Care Directive”. An Advance Care Directive records your specific preferences for future health care. This includes treatments you would accept or refuse if you had a life-threatening illness or injury. You may appoint a Medical Decision-Maker to make decisions on your behalf in terms of medical treatments. An Advance Care Directive will only be used if you do not have capacity to make decisions for yourself or to communicate your preferences.