Archives September 2026

W & G Lawyers Participates in the John Paul College R U OK? Day Community Event

Recently, W & G Lawyers was pleased to join John Paul College for its R U OK? Day community event.

Yellow posters, small giveaways and simple prompts about how to start a conversation may all seem light-hearted. But behind the event is an important message:

Caring for someone can begin with one very simple question: “Are you OK?”

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This article was written by Nancy Wang Principal Solicitor at W & G Lawyers.

Most small and family businesses in Queensland are run through a company owned by the same people who manage it, and it is easy to think of the company as simply “us”. The law does not see it that way. Under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), a company is a separate legal person, and there are several ways in which it could cease to exist, or in which its owners could lose control of it, sometimes without realising it is happening. This article explains, in general terms, how a company may be deregistered and how control may pass to an administrator, a liquidator or a receiver.

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This article was written by Nancy Wang Pricipal Solicitor and Grace Blake Solicitor at W & G Lawyers. 

Most residential contracts signed in Queensland are “subject to building and pest”. Buyers often see the condition as a safety net that lets them walk away if the inspection turns up anything they do not like; sellers often assume it lets the buyer walk away for almost nothing. Neither view is quite right. The condition has its own mechanics, its own deadlines and a requirement that the buyer act reasonably. This article explains in general terms how it works, what a report may and may not tell you, and where the line could fall when a report reveals only minor issues.

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This article was written by Nancy Wang Principal Solicitor at W & G Lawyers.

A couple sits across the desk from us with a set of architect’s drawings, a builder they like, and a decision to make. The builder has offered two ways of contracting. Under the first, the builder will name a price and stand behind it. Under the second, the builder will charge whatever the work actually costs, plus a margin of 15 or 20 per cent, and has provided an “estimate” that looks reassuringly close to their budget. The builder prefers the second, and says it is fairer because nobody pays for risk that never materialises.

We see this conversation more often than we used to. Volatile material prices, trade shortages and the collapse of several well-known Queensland builders have made contractors reluctant to commit to fixed prices, and cost plus contracting — once reserved for bespoke or uncertain projects — is now being proposed for ordinary suburban homes. This article explains how Queensland law treats the two contracts differently, and why the choice matters more than most homeowners appreciate.

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Many Chinese families see making a will as something to deal with “when I’m older”. But in Queensland, if you do not make a will, the law effectively decides for you — and the result may be very different from what you would have wanted.

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