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Blogs

• Welcome to the Second Storey Zoo
• A Margarita Pizza for the Ages
• To Turn a Cube Into a Square
• A Shameful Tin of Baby Corn
• The Hairy Temple
• Heard it through the Grape Vine
• The Billboard We Never Had
• A Plea to Protect Shut Eye
• Selling Ice to Eskimos
• Simon and Garfunkel
• Where There's a Will, There's a Family Fighting Over It
• The Echo of a Past Life
• Prouder than Christmas Pudding
• Hard to Handle
• Be Cautious with the Bellybutton
• Rockabye Sweet baby James
• Rice was Nice
• The Brain Behind the Land of Rain
• The Most Classic of Legal Stitch Ups
• The Significance of Accuracy
• Tip Top was Never the One
• A Burger Called The Barefoot Investor
• Tonya Hard-Knock-Life
• Hot Toppik
• A Pickle of a Tickle
• The Wild Life Photographer
• Resilience is no Child of Perfection
• Hey Geroni-NO
• Feasibly Factual Findings
• The Breeze Between my Knees
• Lady Is No Lady
• Toxic: The Brittany Spears Kind
• Where Indie Dreams Come True
• Rock The Casbah
• A Block of Combantrin
• Aloha...ha...ha
• Running from the Walker's Perspective
• Ballad of the Bush Baby
• Don't Knock Harry Potter Club
• March of the Milk Bottle
• Bring Back Angelina
• Naughty but Fun
• The Birds and The Bears
• Not all Curry is Good Curry
• Two for the Ages
• The Time is Right
• For Life
• Dr. Martens: For the Arch and the Soul
• The Early Bird
• The Business of Making Thank
• Your First Step
• Spousal Maintenance
• Family Law: Property Settlement: The Four Step Process
• What is the Point of doing a Will?

Our Team

• Ivan Baxter
• Jodi Dingwall
• Tyla Leo
• Emma Donald
• Krystal Potrzeba
• Bridget Barrie
• Holly Reincastle
• Joanne Roebuck
• Rochelle Glasheen
• Shelleigh Naessens
• Zoe Haddon
• Robyn Mullins
• Susan Kennedy
• Charlene du Toit
• Alexandra Baxter

Compensation Claims

• 9 Steps to Making a TPD Super/Insurance Claim
• Your Motor Vehicle Injury Claim
• Workers Compensation Claims: Notice of Assessment and The 20 Business Day Rule
• Work Accidents: Returning to Work After an Injury
• Work Accidents: Be wary of your Notice of Assessment
• What is a TPD Claim?
• Understanding Journey Claims in Personal Injury Law
• Rehabilitation and Your Personal Injury Claim
• Public Liability Claims: The 12 Steps
• Motor Vehicle Claims in Unusual Circumstances: Keeping up-to-date with The Law
• Medicolegal Reports + Independent Medical Examination (IME)
• Legal Fees in a MVA Claim: What is Reasonable
• It Pays to get a Second Opinion
• How long will my Injury Claim take?
• Honesty is the Best Policy
• Farming Accidents and Injuries
• Do I have to Provide Insurers with Personal Information?
• Do I have a Compensation Claim? FAQs Answered by Personal Injury Lawyers Tyla Leo & Bridget Barrie
• Do I have an Injury Claim? Do I have a Case?
• Compensation/Injury Claims: 3 Year Time Limit
• Compensation Claims: Maximum Medical Improvement
• Compensation Claims: Damages - What Type of Damages can I Claim in Queensland? Can I Claim Punitive Damages?
• Can I Claim for Domestic Care and Assistance in my Personal Injury Claim?
• Social Media and your Injury Claim
• Understanding the Duty to Mitigate Loss in Personal Injury Claims
• Your Guide to Understanding Workers Compensation and Leave Entitlements in Qld
• Beware: Do not act for yourself in a Personal Injury - Motor Vehicle Accident Claim
• What You Need to Know about a Personal Injury Claim in Queensland
• Personal Injury Claims against the Nominal Defendant
• Contributory Negligence
• Settlement of your Compensation Claim
• How does a Pre-Existing Medical Condition Affect a Workers' Compensation Claim (QLD)
• Work Injury Claims: Statutory and Common Law

Family Law

• Amendments to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Effective May 2024
• Can I Change my Child's Name?
• Who Keeps the Engagement Ring?
• What is Equal Shared Parental Responsibility?
• Understanding Pre-Action Procedures in Family Law
• Time Limits in Family Law Property Matters
• The Family Court Pathway
• The Best Interests of the Child: What does this mean?
• Supervised Visits
• Superannuation Splitting Orders
• Superannuation: Family Law - Separation
• Spousal Maintenance
• Should I use Amica for my Family Law Matters?
• Separation: Do I need to put my Agreement in writing?
• Separation
• Property Settlement: The Four Step Process
• Protection Orders: What you need to Prove to get an Order
• Polyamorous Relationships: Family Law Australia
• Passport Applications for Children: Family Law Australia
• Parenting Orders: Can a Grandparent Apply for a Parenting Order?
• New Coercive Control Legislation
• Future Needs: What are they and why are they Considered?
• Financial Disclosure: Why this Needs to Happen
• Final Parenting Orders: Can I change them?
• Family Reports
• Enforcement Orders in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
• Domestic Abuse
• Divorce: What You Need to Know
• Disclosure: Your Obligations
• De Facto or not De Facto - That is the Question
• Consent Orders: What and Why?
• Complying with Final Property Orders
• Children's Views: When and How are they Considered?
• How should I prepare for my first meeting with a Family Lawyer?
• Social Media after Separation. Be Careful What you Post.
• What Happens to Property After a Short Relationship
• Mediation for Parenting and Property Matters
• Spousal Maintenance - Am I Entitled?
• Understanding Your Spousal Maintenance Payment Obligations
• Child Support: Reimbursement if you discover the child is not your own
• Child Support: Answers to 3 Common Questions
• Child Support and Non-Agency Payments (School fees for example)
• Coercive Control
• What Happens to Pets upon Separation?
• Self-Representing in a Family Law Matter
• Major Family Law Reforms 2025: What Separating Couples Need to Know
• Consequences of Breaching Parenting Orders in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
• The Benefits of Reaching an Agreement after Separation
• Four Reasons not to use AI in your Family Law Matter
• Domestic and Family Violence: Now a Consideration in Property Settlements
• Parenting Apps: Communication after Separation
• Property Settlement: When do you Qualify for the PPP (Priority Property Pool) List?
• Can Property Settlement Consent Orders be Set Aside?
• Consequences of Breaching Parenting Orders in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
• What Happens if Parents have Separated, and a Parent then Dies?
• Domestic Violence: Men’s ‘Behaviour Change’ Programs
• Domestic Violence: Monitoring Device Conditions
• New Domestic Violence Laws: Police Protection Directions
• Applying for a Divorce: A Quick Snapshot
• The Hidden Costs of Delaying a Property Settlement

Wills & Probate

• What to do when Someone Passes Away
• What do I need to know about Wills?
• The Informal Will
• Marriage Divorce and Death: What Effect does Marriage and Divorce have on a Will?
• Testamentary Trust Wills
• Can I Leave a Child out of my Will?
• What is Probate and Do I need it?
• Do I need Probate? What are the Risks if I Don't?
• Preparing for your Will Appointment
• Advanced Health Directives - What are They?
• Superannuation is not Part of your Estate
• Estate Planning for Business Owners. Business Owners Must have a Will
• Understanding Non-Estate Assets: Assets that a Will Doesn't Cover
• Who Should I Appoint as Executor of my Will?
• Understanding the Role of an Executor in Estate Administration. What does an Executor Do?
• Married and Separated, but not Divorced
• What to do as an Executor: Preparing to see a Lawyer
• Everyone needs an Enduring Power of Attorney - Even Young People.