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Sample witness statement - car accidents
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Letter of demand
Sample letter of demand - car accidents
Sample letter to Transport NSW - access application
Responding to a claim
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Sample response to a letter of demand - car accidents
Sample request for more information - car accidents
Resolving your dispute
Negotiation
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Insurer - dispute resolution
Put it in writing
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Should you go to court?
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Types of goods
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Making a claim
Identify the other party
Letter of demand
Sample letter of demand - goods
Responding to a claim
Responding to a letter of demand
Sample request for more information - goods
Sample response to a letter of demand
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Negotiation
Mediation
Put it in writing
Sample terms of settlement
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Should you go to court?
Flowcharts
Making a claim - flowchart
Responding to a claim - flowchart
Frequently Asked Questions
Local Court - Small Claims
Does someone owe you money or goods?
Starting your case
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Checklist - starting your case
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AVOs
Types of AVOs
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Applying for an AVO through the police - Step by step guide
Applying for an AVO through the Local Court - Step by step guide
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Presenting your case at the hearing - Step by step guide
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After court
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Mention
Preparing for the hearing - Step by step guide
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Presenting your case at hearing - Step by step guide
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After court
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Consequences of breaching an AVO
Extensions, revocations and variations
Interstate orders
Application for annulment
AVOs against children
AVOs and Family Law
AVOs and Family Law - Frequently Asked Questions
Getting more help
Flowcharts
Applying for an AVO - flowchart
Responding to an AVO - flowchart
Going to court - Applicant flowchart
After court - Applicant flowchart
After court - Defendant flowchart
Who's who in court
Who's who in court - Police applications for an AVO
Who's who in court - Private applications for an AVO
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting an AVO - FAQs
Defending an AVO - FAQs
Fines
Types of fines
Private 'fines'
Have you got a fine?
Fines and young people
Multiple fines
Naming the person responsible
Asking for a review
Paying the fine
Consequences of paying a fine
Applying for a Work and Development Order
Electing to go to court
What if I do nothing?
Consequences of an overdue fine
Responding to an overdue fine
Going to court
Mention
Pleading guilty
Pleading guilty in writing
Preparing for court (pleading guilty) - Step by step guide
Presenting your guilty plea at court - Step by step guide
Pleading not guilty
Pleading not guilty in writing
Preparing for the hearing - Step by step guide
Presenting your case at the hearing - Step by step guide
Costs
After court
Paying the court fine
Appeals and annulments
Making an Annulment Application - Step by step guide
Driving and criminal records
Licence suspensions
Unpaid fines
Demerit points
Speeding
On the spot
Appealing the suspension
Flowcharts
Have you got a fine? - flowchart
Going to court - flowchart
After court - flowchart
Licence suspensions - flowcharts
Overdue fines - flowchart
Who's who in court
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
Fences
Building, fixing or replacing a fence?
Who should pay?
What type of fence?
Where should the fence go?
Urgent fencing work
fixing or replacing a fence?
Talk to your neighbour
Finding your neighbour
How to talk to your neighbour
Agreement in writing
Enforcing an agreement
Can't agree?
Mediation
Fencing Notices
Fencing Notice - Step by step guide
Fencing Orders
Going to NCAT
Applying for a Fencing Order at NCAT - Step by step guide
Preparing for an NCAT hearing - Step by step guide
Presenting your case at an NCAT hearing - Step by step guide
Going to the Local Court
Applying for a Fencing Order at the Local Court - Step by step guide
The mention
Preparing for the Local Court hearing - Step by step guide
Presenting your case at the Local Court hearing - Step by step guide
Subpoena - Step by step guide
After the decision
Enforcing an NCAT order
Certifying and registering an NCAT order - Step by step guide
Enforcing a Local Court order
Boundaries
Boundaries and fences
Finding the boundary
Retaining walls
Do I need approval?
Flowcharts
Building, fixing or replacing a fence? - Flowchart
Applying for a Fencing Order - flowchart
Responding to a Fencing Order - flowchart
Who's who in court
Forms
Frequently asked questions
Employment rights
How do I choose?
Unfair dismissal
What is unfair dismissal?
Was it a dismissal?
Was it unfair?
Can a redundancy be an unfair dismissal?
Was your employer a small business?
What can you do?
Remedies
What is unfair dismissal? - Frequently Asked Questions
Can you apply?
Time limits
Are you an employee or contractor?
Are you a casual employee?
How long have you been employed?
Do you earn too much?
Can you apply? - Frequently Asked Questions
Going to the Fair Work Commission
Making an unfair dismissal application
Making an unfair dismissal application - Step by step guide
The employer's response to your application
Conciliation
Going to conciliation - Step by step guide
How to write a chronology
Preparing for conciliation - Step by step guide
Hearing
Checklist: Making an unfair dismissal application
Directions
Evidence
How to write a witness statement
How to write an outline of submissions
Preparing for the hearing - Step by step guide
Presenting your case at the hearing - Step by step guide
The decision
Costs
Going to the Fair Work Commission - Frequently Asked Questions
After the case
Enforcing agreements
Enforcing orders
Appeals
After the case - Frequently Asked Questions
Flowcharts
Going to the Fair Work Commission - flowchart
Who's who at the Fair Work Commission
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
General protections dismissal
What are general protections?
Wages, leave and other workplace rights
Union activities
Discrimination
Absence because of illness or injury
Sham contracting arrangements
What are general protections? - Frequently Asked Questions
Can you apply?
Time limits
Can you apply? - Frequently Asked Questions
Going to the Fair Work Commission
Making an application
Making a general protections dismissal application to the Commission- Step by step guide
What next? The employer's response to your application
Conciliation
Going to conciliation - Step by step guide
Preparing for conciliation - Step by step guide
After conciliation
Arbitration
Directions
Evidence
How to write a witness statement
How to write an outline of submissions
Preparing for arbitration
Presenting your case at arbitration
The decision
Going to the Fair Work Commission - Frequently Asked Questions
Going to the Federal Circuit Court
Applying to the Federal Circuit Court - Step by step guide
Directions hearings
Mediation
Going to mediation
Preparing for mediation - Step by step guide
Hearing
Affidavits
Arguing your case
Evidence
Preparing for the hearing - Step by step guide
Presenting your case at the hearing - Step by step guide
Statement of claim
Subpoenas
The decision
Costs
Going to the Federal Circuit Court - Frequently Asked Questions
After the case
Enforcing agreements
Enforcing orders
Appeals
After the case - Frequently Asked Questions
Flowcharts
Going to the Fair Work Commission - flowchart
Who's who in court
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
Wages and entitlements
Right to wages and entitlements
What type of employee am I?
What am I entitled to?
Wages
Commissions and bonuses
Leave
Annual leave and leave loading
Community service leave
Long service leave
Parental leave
Personal/carer’s and compassionate leave
Superannuation
Payment in lieu of notice
Redundancy pay
What if my entitlements are not paid?
Talk to your employer
What if my employer can't pay me?
Contacting the Fair Work Ombudsman
Starting a court case
Going to the Federal Circuit Court
Applying to the Federal Circuit Court
Can I apply?
Stopping your case
Directions hearings
Mediation
Going to mediation
Preparing for mediation
Hearing
Arguing your case
Preparing for the hearing
Presenting your case at the hearing
The decision
Costs
After court
Enforcing an agreement
Enforcing a judgment
Appeals
Who's who in court
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting more help
Finding employment law
Driving offences and crime
Driving offences
Losing your licence
Losing your car or number plates
Getting your car or number plates back early
Criminal offences
Responding to a charge
Checking what have you been charged with
Negotiating with the police
Pleading guilty or not guilty
The first court date
If you miss court
Making an annulment application
Pleading guilty
Pleading guilty in writing
Preparing for court
Intervention programs
Your documents
Your submissions
Going to court
Information from the police
The decision
Pleading not guilty
Pleading not guilty in writing
Preparing for the hearing
Reading a brief of evidence
Witnesses
Other evidence
Subpoenas
Going to the hearing
At the hearing
Changing your plea
The decision
After court
Losing your licence
Paying the court fine
Paying costs
Driving and criminal records
Appeals
Forms
Who's who in court
Frequently asked questions
After someone dies
Who do you notify after someone dies?
The death certificate
Funerals
Funeral directions
Paying for the funeral
The will
Assets and debts
Working out assets and debts
Superannuation
Disputes over superannuation
Notifying the bank
What to do with the estate
Applying for probate
Making a probate application
Executors not able to act
Applying for letters of administration
Making an application for letters of administration
Entitlements under intestacy
Grants from outside NSW
Resealing a grant in NSW
After probate or administration
Dealing with the estate debts
Distributing the estate
Transferring real property
How to transfer property held in joint names
How to transfer property to beneficiaries
Transferring personal property
Family provision claims
Forms
Flowcharts
When someone dies - flowchart
Someone dies and leaves a will - flowchart
Someone dies without a will
Frequently asked questions
Noise
Noise restrictions
Talking to your neighbour
Talking to your neighbour
Making a noise complaint
Complaining to the police
Complaining to the council
Noise complaints in strata
Noise complaints about tenants
Applying for a noise order
Noise abatement orders
Applying for a noise abatement order
The mention
Preparing for the hearing
Subpoena
Going to the hearing
After the hearing
Costs
Breach of an order
Responding to a noise complaint
Responding to a noise abatement direction
Responding to a nuisance order
Responding to a prevention notice
Responding to a noise control notice
Noise complaints in strata
Noise complaints about tenants
Responding to a noise order
Noise abatement orders
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Going to the hearing
After the hearing
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