Peter Heerey Lawyer and Conveyancer

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Conveyancing, Property and Business Law

Conveyancing: Buying and selling real estate anywhere in Tasmania. Once a sale price is agreed on, whether you are the seller or the buyer, we can help you with looking over any contract before you sign it, for your extra peace of mind. Once the contract is in place, we do everything that’s needed, to get your important sale or purchase finalised. Read about the changes to Tasmania's conveyancing process.

Commercial law: Including buying and selling any business. If you’re selling your business, part of our usual work would include preparing a written sale agreement.

Leases: Taking out a commercial lease, either as the property owner or tenant. If you’re the owner, we can prepare a Lease that meets the specific needs of your property. We can also help on the assignments or transfers or variations to current leases.

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Wills and Estates

Wills: A Will is something that most people need to have. It’s also important to think about whether a Will that you’ve had for a while needs an update, to reflect life’s changes in circumstances and sometimes relationships. We can do Wills for both people who are in any sort of relationship at a discounted rate.

Deceased Estates: We can help you handle deceased estates.  When a person dies leaving assets in Tasmania, the executor of the person’s Will usually has to deal with the assets and bills of the estate and then distribute the estate to the person entitled to it.    To do this, a grant of Probate may be needed. If a person dies without a Will or if they had a Will but the executor doesn’t want to deal with it, Letters of Administration may be needed, usually granted to the next of kin. We can assist you with all of this. We aim to minimise the stress or upset that’s often involved in dealing with the property and financial affairs of a deceased loved one.

Claims against Wills and Estates: Most Wills and estates are finalised without hassles. Not always. Sometimes a person wants to dispute a Will. They might have a concern that the person who made the Will didn’t really know what they were doing, or maybe that other people have twisted their arms when the Will was being made. Other people might think that they were not properly provided for by the deceased person in the Will. We can give you advice about any concerns like that. If needed, we can do what needs to be done to take a Will or Estate dispute to a Court. We can act as your Lawyers in making or opposing a claim on a Will or deceased estate.

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Family Law

Family Law: We can advise you about property issues that have been agreed on if your relationship ends and help you with getting a proper Financial Agreement in place. Some people want the extra comfort of having an agreement that sets out what is to happen if the relationship doesn’t last, before they start doing things like buying property together. We can help with that too.

Child Safety: We can help the parent of a child who is involved in a child safety dispute. The parent might be able to get Legal Aid to get for this. We can help in applying for Legal Aid.

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Injury Claims & General Legal Advice or Disputes

Injury Claims: If you’ve been hurt in a vehicle accident in some way where another person could be at fault for it, you might have a claim for damages or different types of compensation. We could help you with claims like that and we may agree to do the work on a no win no fee basis.

Criminal Injury Compensation Claims: If you’re a victim of crime and have been hurt by it, we can help you in making a claim.  In some type of cases, the government might agree to cover part of the legal costs of making the claim.

General Legal Matters: Sometimes things just don’t work out as they should and a dispute crops up. As your Lawyers, we can help you deal with a lot of different types of legal disputes.