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.