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May 9, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about your rights when it comes to being forced to take annual leave. Question:“I live overseas and rented a 4WD for one day in Australia. I hit a bump and it caused some underbody damage. My insurance excluded underbody damage so I had to pay the rental company $2500 upon return to cover the damage.
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May 1, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn tackle your rights when it comes to neighbours’ demands around overhanging trees. QUESTION: My property has several large pine trees growing at the back of it, they’re at least six metres tall and slightly overhang the neighbouring driveway of a handful of houses.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
adelaidenow.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about rights with family wills. Question: My stepdad is for all intents and purposes my dad. I’m 33 and he’s been my father figure since I was five. He and my mum divorced when I was 17, but he stayed active in my life.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about rights with family wills. Question: My stepdad is for all intents and purposes my dad. I’m 33 and he’s been my father figure since I was five. He and my mum divorced when I was 17, but he stayed active in my life.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
couriermail.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about rights with family wills. Question: My stepdad is for all intents and purposes my dad. I’m 33 and he’s been my father figure since I was five. He and my mum divorced when I was 17, but he stayed active in my life.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
couriermail.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn help a woman whose rented home is up for grabs. QUESTION: I’ve lived in my apartment for six years and love it but my landlord recently put it up for sale. I’d love to buy it but there’s no chance I’ll be able to afford it.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn help a woman whose rented home is up for grabs. QUESTION: I’ve lived in my apartment for six years and love it but my landlord recently put it up for sale. I’d love to buy it but there’s no chance I’ll be able to afford it.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise on what you need to do to protect yourself if you intend to rent out a spare room in your house to a lodger. QUESTION: My child has recently moved out of home in order to be closer to university. While he was living at home he paid me board which was helpful in paying bills.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
couriermail.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
BusinessDon't miss out on the headlines from Business. Followed categories will be added to My News. Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about your rights when it comes to a noisy neighbours. Question: My neighbour works strange shifts and often comes in at 4am and starts cleaning his apartment.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Alison Barrett |Jillian Barrett
Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn advise about your rights when it comes to a noisy neighbours. Question: My neighbour works strange shifts and often comes in at 4am and starts cleaning his apartment. He uses his vacuum at odd hours of the night – sometimes at 5am – and I can hear it through the wall.
