Our Services

Australian Immigration laws are constantly changing and can be very confusing. There are thousands of pages of policy guidelines and instructions in the Migration Act 1958 and its associated Regulations.

The legal team at JT Lawyers are qualified, practising lawyers with a wealth of experience in the area of immigration law. We are also registered migration agents.

We specialise in all areas of migration to Australia, including:

• Skilled migration onshore and offshore (Independent, Family Sponsored and Regional)

• Student visa applications and related issues

• Sponsorship of overseas employees to work temporarily or permanently in Australia by Australian / overseas businesses

• Spouse / Interdependent migration and residency

• Business migration

• Citizenship and Resident Return Visas

• Review applications, including Migration Review Tribunal, Administrative Appeals and Judicial Review

• Complex immigration issues

Buying or selling a residential or commercial property is a big decision and a significant matter for most people. We offer many years of experience with property law and have represented both buyers and sellers of property for all legal matters.

Our solicitors can offer assistance with property law in the following ways:

• Help you fully understand the issues involved in purchasing or selling property

• Assistance with buying or selling at auction or by private sale

• Information about the costs involved (including tax)

• Negotiating real estate contract terms and conditions

• Advice for sale or purchase of vacant land, units, strata and community title, rural land and purchases ‘off the plan’

• Advice for meeting lender requirements

• Arrange searches and land enquiries

• Help you with settlement

• Help with the legal requirements for property developments

• Advice for building contracts

• Advice and negotiation in regard to neighbourhood disputes including dividing fence disputes

• Representation in dispute resolution and at Court

Whether you are starting a business and looking for legal advice, looking for a business lawyer to assist with commercial litigation or planning to buy or sell a business our team of business solicitors can help.

We know business laws through and through and have sound experience across many different industries. We offer practical legal solutions to individuals, small businesses and SMEs.

Our team of business lawyers offer the following legal services for business:

• Business structures

• Business contracts

• Commercial disputes and commercial litigation

• Corporations law

• Franchises

• Copyright, trademarks and patents

• Property and leasing

• Commercial law and small business legal advice

• Workplace and employment

• Bankruptcy and insolvency

• Taxation and finance

• Business succession and asset protection

Our solicitors can provide assistance for a range of matters relating to family law and de facto relationships, including:

• Marriage, De Facto and Divorce Law

• Prenuptial agreements

• Preparing and serving divorce papers

• Legal separation issues

• Annulment of marriages

• Spousal maintenance

• Property settlements

• Domestic and family violence and apprehended violence orders (AVOs)

• Family Mediation

• Legal aid for family law matters

• Legal representation at Court

Children’s issues

• Child support and enforcement of payments

• Parenting plans for child custody and visitation

• Parental rights, father’s rights and grandparent’s rights

• Guardianship of children

• Adoption

• Children’s Court

Our dispute resolution lawyers offer extensive experience in solving issues for clients in the most efficient manner possible.

We take the time needed to fully understand our clients’ legal position and diligently seek favourable outcomes.

We offer practical and timely advice that has helped us build a strong reputation.

Our team of lawyers offer mediation, conciliation and arbitration services across a wide range of industries, and our clients include individuals and businesses both large and small.

Litigation and Representation in Court

When it comes to litigation, we strive to provide alternatives. In other words, litigation is always a last resort. However, we understand that in certain situations the Court room is unavoidable.

In these instances, we’ll stand up and fight strongly on your behalf.

Nobody likes to think about it too much, but inevitably one day you will have to leave your business, whether by selling up, retiring or leaving for health reasons.

It is very important to have a succession plan in place that makes the transition easy not only for yourself but also for your family or employees and minimises the chances of the business having to be sold up.

Estate planning goes beyond drafting a will – it includes:

• The assessment of assets

• The assessment of likely taxation

• Advice regarding the possibility of claims against the estate by third parties

• The protection of assets

Estate planning is an active process of re-evaluating the estate when circumstances in life change, such as:

• Newly married couples or those divorcing

• A change to the family’s asset pool

• A change in working conditions such as the buying or selling of a business

• Changes to superannuation, insurance policies or taxation levels

• The establishment of discretionary trusts

A successful plan is made involving all family members as it will take into account not only provisions for your retirement income but also the plans, aptitudes and existing assets of younger generations.