CRIMINAL
LAW
We provide advice and representation in all jurisdications including Local
District and Supreme Courts.
Our areas of practice include;
- traffic matters
- assaults
- drugs
- confiscation of assets under both State and Federal Jursidictions for proceeds of crime
- apprehended violence orders
- "White Collar Crime" offences
- Corporations Act including complex corporate prosecutions and prosecutions by ASIC
- breaches of State Acts involving licensing in various industries
- tax and other applications
- bail applications
- advice and defence of prosecutions by WorkCover
We can be contacted 24 hours a day with after hours contasct phone numbers on our office
answering service.
DEBT
COLLECTION
We are able to pursue debtors quickly and efficiently to ensure a
maximum return at a minimum costs to the creditor.
For simple debt recovery a cost effective service including letters
of demand through to various enforcement procedures and a reporting
system to cleints to keep them up to date.
Our expertise includes the use of onsolvency procedures, enforcement of retention
of title clauses and the attacking of schemes by debtors to remove assets
beyond the reach of creditors. We also have experience in all aspects of the
Corporations Act including statutory demands, winding up proceedings, administrations,
receiverships and liquidations.
We also have experience with the Bankruptcy Act including bankruptcy notices,
bankruptcy proceedings, debt arrangements and personal insolvency agreements under Part X of the Act.
DEBT
DEFENCE
We can offer advice to protect assets from some creditor claims.
If you are being pursued by a creditor there are a variety of considerations for which
we can as advise as follows;
- Can you defend the action as the debt is not owing or there is a problem
with the goods and/or services supplied.
- Can you counter claim against the creditor as a result of the relationship
or have any other off-setting claim.
- The possibility of amicably resolving or reducing the areas of dispute.
- Application to the Court for time to pay a prsonal debt by instalments.
- Your entitlementto retain some of your property if your personal debts exceed
your assets and you face bankruptcy,
- Unofficial arrangements to re-pay debts for personal and corporate clients.
- Arrangements under the Corporations Act including Administation, Receivership, and
Deeds of Company Arrangement.
- Arrangements under the Bankruptcy Act including Debt Agreements and arrangements
under Part X of the Act.
EMPLOYMENT
LAW
Koffels offer advice as to industrial awards and other laws relating
to conditions of employment and protection of employers and employees,
including disciplinary matters, maternity rights, discrimination,
health and safety issues and redundancy. We can also advise as to
restrictive covenants and enterprise agreements.
We are able to negotiate and, if necessary, litigate cases involving
injured employees, unfair and wrongful dismissal and unfair employment
contract disputes.
We also advise as to demarcation and other industrial disputes,
for example, employment issues arising on corporate transactions.
We are experienced in the alternative dispute resolution options
frequently employed in this area, including arbitration hearings
and mediation.
We are also experienced in Australian Workplace Agreements. At the
present time an employer's relationship with its employees is controlled
by State and Federal Industrial Awards or Agreements. An employer can
alter its relationship with its employees as to the terms and conditions
of their employment. You can remove all the complicated clauses and
terms relating to penalty rates and allowances.
Basically what an employer wants, what the employees want, is a simple document
that says in as few words as possible: do this job for this amount of money.
We can design a workplace agreement for a fixed fee.
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