ACTIVE LEGAL is a boutique law consultancy providing legal services. If it suits you our lawyers come and work for you in your office as and when you require legal assistance.
This way you obtain the benefit of having an in-house lawyer on site but the flexibility and cost savings of choosing when that lawyer is on site.
With our experience we can provide you with practical and commercial legal advice across a broad range of legal areas such as contract law, debt resolutions, property and aged care. Our aim is to:
Add benefit and value to your business needs
Provide commercial and practical solutions to your legal problems
Act swiftly to provide the best opportunities to enable a quick resolution to your legal issues
Provide you with peace of mind that your legal issues are being handled in a professional manner and with your best interests in mind
OUR POINT OF DIFFERENCE is that we come to you.
Fiona Touhill is the (principal) owner of Active Legal.
Fiona has had over 20 years experience working as a lawyer in several city law firms in Sydney and also as an in house lawyer for a national company which provided aged care services in the private sector and whose head office was located in the Sydney CBD.
Recent articles written by Fiona
The importance of having a properly executed Will otherwise it could be more expensive for the estate
Recently I acted for executors in an estate matter, which should have been relatively straight forward, but in this matter was complicated due to some problems with the Will. There was a Will, executors, superannuation, real estate and a small business. This article...
Stamp Duty Relief for some
First home buyers of existing properties worth up to $650,000.00 will, from 1 July 2017, be exempt from paying stamp duty. Stamp duty discounts have also been given to the first home buyers purchasing properties worth up to $800,000.00. Stamp duty charged on the...
Changes to ATO Clearance Certificate from 1 July 2017
The government has announced changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding threshold and withholding rate, commonly known by property solicitors, conveyancers and real estate agents as the Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") Clearance Certificate. From...