Why Vendor Finance is a Bad Idea..

A client recently told me she had learned about vendor financing in a business seminar. One of those seminars was spruiked by slogans such as ‘build a business empire with no money down’.In my experience vendor finance almost always backfires. Here’s why. Purchasers...

How’s this for Sneaky!!

How’s this for sneaky…   I recently advised a client looking to purchase a particular business. On reading through the Contract of Sale I perused the Lease attached to the Contract. The Lease expired in a year’s time, but it had two options to extend for two more...

Prenups & Family Law Explained

PRENUPS AND FAMILY LAW EXPLAINED Using Binding Financial Agreements to avoid forsed Estate Planning Imposed by the Family Court. Peter Szabo  Family Law Peter is an acknowledged leader among Family Lawyers. He has been at the cutting edge in the development of Family...

Are you sure your Will is Legal?

There is a difference between a legal will and a will that works. A legal will is one that gives your property away to other people after you die. A will that works is one that gives it to the people you want to receive it. A legal will can still work to give your...

Life as a Solicitor

When Shakespeare wrote in Henry VI ‘first…kill all the lawyers,’ he was writing at a time where the monarch reigned supreme, and laws were quite literally the dictates of the ruler of the day – sometimes formulated at the whim of the king or queen. But much as...