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A recent decision of the Queensland Supreme Court considered whether Beatrice Lane in Brisbane City is public or private land. While delving into matters concerning rights of way and easements often involves looking into the history of the land, this matter was unusual in that the relevant facts started from when the subject land was […]

Many prospective employees are given employment contracts which contain restraints against competition with their employer. Given that these are given at the outset of the employment relationship, the employee might not be thinking about what would potentially happen at its end, and not pay a great deal of attention to the restraints. This however can […]

Following on from our article regarding mutual wills https://www.qbmlawyers.com.au/estate-lawyers-gold-coast/estate-lawyers-gold-coast-mutual-wills/, the Queensland Supreme Court has recently considered whether Mutual Wills had come into existence without any express statement in the Will that they were mutual.  Relevantly, this was a matter in which a husband and wife had made “mirror wills” (ie giving their estate to each […]

A recent Supreme Court decision considered the costs of a dispute between adjoining owners as to the conditions under which the property A owner could enter into the property B owner’s land of the other to carry out work to property A. The entitlement to do so is triggered by section 180 of the Queensland […]