2023
Your Will - a thankless task? Making your Will involves consideration of giving all your money away and your death. Subjects with limited appeal to all but the most responsible members of society. This is why people often do not rush to make their own Will and lawyers focus on other people's Wills.
Your adult children and their inheritance At some stage, you must break it to your adult children that you will not be around forever. To their credit they will probably take it a lot better that you expect provided you have covered all the usual bases.
Trustees in the firing line and Success - a problem
2022
Christmas - Heed the bank's advice
Without Prejudice and Time Limits
Tribunals and the Anniversary of HK Handover
Going broke, bankruptcy and dealing with liquidators
2021
Free Christmas gift to our Clients; Enforcement and Mr Pickwick
Litigation the last resort and eBook of 10 Greatest series
Business Leases and fights with Members of your club
10 GREATEST LEGAL MISTAKES IN BUSINESS...and how to avoid them Series
How far are you prepared to go?
Fights with Government Departments and involving the Ombudsman
Partnership disputes and oppression of minority shareholders
How to terminate a contract safely
How to make contract terms stick, courts will enforce contracts
2020
How to take down your enemies website
infringing photos on your website-getting caught!
Family Dramatics - Dealing with the Mother-In-Law
Ezine Express - 10 Essential Legal Tips for Businesses in a Coronavirus Pandemic
Family Dramatics - The Daughter-in-Law
Suspicious Circumstances - 7 Things to Check When You are Left Out of a Will
Family Dramatics - Your Dad and His Money
2019
Family Dramatics - You and Your Money
Family Dramatics - Extreme Wealth & The law
Litigation Express - Fights with Strangers
Litigation Express - Fights with Members of your Club or Association
Litigation Express - Fights with your Neighbours
Litigation Express - Fights with your Friends
Litigation Express - Fights with your Employer
Litigation Express - Fights with Multi-nationals
Litigation Express - Fights Involving the Ombudsman
Litigation Express - Fighting with Government Departments
Litigation Express - Fighting Over the Carcass
Litigation Express - Oppression of Minority Shareholders
Litigation Express - What are the Defences to Defamation?
Litigation Express - Shareholder Disputes
Litigation Express - Restraint Clauses
2018
Litigation Express - Contract Terms
Litigation Express - Mechanics of Termination
Litigation Express - Fighting Over the Carcass
IP Express - Keeping a Low Profile: The Right to Privacy
IP Express - Confidentiality: Protecting Trade Secrets
IP Express - The Law of Lists
IP Express - How do you Protect Your Copyright Works?
IP Express - What is Copyright Infringement?
IP Express - Copyright: What is it?
IP Express- The 5 Types of IP Law
IP Express- IP Actions: Where to Start
IP Express- Looking the IP Opportunity in the Mouth
IP Express- How to Cope With Being Plagiarised
IP Express - Disputes with Friends
IP Express - Groucho and the Name
IP Express - You are the Man: Stolen Domain Names
2017
November (Express) - Christmas Gift Ideas!
October (Express) - Litigation and Oscar Wilde
August - What is the biggest threat to your retirement ? - Your kids
July - Practical IP Tips, competition results and Presentation
June - Infringing Photos on your Website - Getting Caught!
May- Tone Down your IP Threats
April - Copyright/Design Overlap & Competition!
April (Express) - The 10 Greatest Self Inflicted Legal Mistakes made by Parents
March (Express) - The Best Criminal Defence Ever
February - Hating leases and Uberizing Legal Services
2016
December - Christmas Edition
November -“ Promises Made Outside a Will can be Binding
October - Will Disputes Special
July - 10 greatest Legal mistake in business revisited
June - Coping with Rel-ex
May - mental capacity and wills, Bedlam
April - Disputes governments, multi-nations and privacy
March - Death of Australia's Legal Agony Aunt
February - Sun Tzu, Employee Legal Awareness Day and Lawyers in Love Slideshow
January - Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and "EADR"
2015
December - Christmas Edition
November - Contracts, Penalties and John Fytit's new book - I'll Have the Law On You
October - Tribunals, Debts and The Old Bailey
September - Fathers Day Special
August - Left Out of a Will? - The 10 Factors to Support a Claim
July - Designs, car parking, Instagram photos, Free Speech in the Home, Interview Hang on to it Girl
June - Mediation Special
May - Launch of Hang on to it girl
April - What your insurer can do for you
March - Sex in the Dock
February- Terms and conditions, and 3 other things to know about contract law
2014
December- International Wills, Christmas greetings, New Legal Christmas Card shop
November- Download a new eBook on using humour in speeches, business presentations, 30 second introductions.
October- The Family Lawyer is Dead, Download a free eBook
September- Legal Advice to Fathers, Your Dad and his money, The Art of War and advising clients
August - IP Threats, inspiration for prosecutors and book review
July - Misleading and deceptive conduct, the Art of War
June - Mutual wills, ombudsmen and the HK Handover
May - Advance Health Directive, Other peoples' children, advice to mothers and father of the bride speech
April - Defamation, Body Corporate Chairman, wills on a shoestring, event
March - Distributors-termination, Cartoon competition, New book
February - Losing your inheritance, Cartoon competition, Lawyers in Love Slideshow, Employee Legal Awareness Day
January - Without prejudice-are using it correctly? And Falling Crime rates
2013
December - Life going nowhere, Christmas cartoon
November - More about the law and social media, how to win awards
October - Social Media Special, protecting your photos on Faebook, defriending, charity and lawyers
September - More on IP and Clive Palmer
August - Moral Rights, Marriage and death
July - Ombudsman, competition, book launch
June - Caption competition, Mothers in Law making wills, witch hunts and Sydney book launch
May - Aged Dad Special, having capacity to make a will and protecting it from being challenged
April - Ten Greatest on-line mistakes and how to avoid them
March - Trusts special
February - Lawyer Trauma, New Book.
January - Cartoon Caption Competition
2012
December - How to remove your enemy's website and complain about flight delays
November - Taxi driver complaints
October - Are you IP Savvy Quiz and Prize
September - Parents Mismanaging Your Inheritance Special
August - Commercial leases and launch of Easy IP-the Movie
July - Defamation Special and Launch of new eBook
June - Adult Kids "Giving You Grief" Special.
May - Going broke and being put out to pasture.
April - Protecting your personal property, how to introduce yourself and new law student blog
March - Legal Advice Abuse ('Legal AA'), New Register of your interests, Winner cartoon competition.
February - Getting the law wrong, Lawyer's valentines, Last call for competition
January - Social media for the anti social and fighting city hall
2011
December - Relating to teenagers, Legal Cartoon Competition and Free legal advice
November - Gossiping the do's and don't, Property lawyers, are lawyers unpopular results of 4 year study
October - Employ a migrant, mutual wills, legal outsourcing, launch of 26 on-line shops
September - Fathers wasting your inheritance, free download Wills podcast, free Father's day gifts, more on humorous speaking
August - Humorous speaking, parents not coping with finances and Judges' Social skills
July - Humorous speaking and how to be sacked
June - Humorous speaking special and re launch of legal problem page
May - Royal Wedding Special :Bottoms and Baronets
April - Lawyer's delay, Fathers, driving lessons and teenage children
March - Free Cartoon Ap, Stat. demands, property, winnner-cartoon comp.
February- Enforcing debts, other lawyers, speaker.
January - How to avoid driving fines, inheriting money from rich relatives, Cartoon Competition
2010
December - Free legal screensaver, accountants, "Sunrise", advice about children and money
November - Legal chain letter, Small business IP knowhow
October - New business warning statement, gifts, launch of Easy IP
September - Father's Day, AG interview, legal quiz and preparation
August - Mothers-in-law, partnership breakups, defamation
July - Theft at funerals, fighting neighbours, legal cartoon App
June - Legal receptionists, Client's Dilemma, unregistered mortgages
May - Mothers under attack, protecting lists and negative legal advice
April - Where to start with IP actions, managing lawyers, IP demands
March - defamation, brothers-in-law, losing money like MAGIC, IP book
February - committee meetings and time limits
January - fiduciary duty and lending money to friends
2009
December - Volume 37 - Quiet in the Court
November - Volume 36 - Alcoholic Sons, Wealth Distribution and the Law
October - Volume 35 - How to get out of a Contract, The DIL (Daughter-in-law)
September - Volume 34 - Franchise Special
August - Volume 33 - How to Apportion Blame, Let sleeping clients lie
July - Volume 32 - Advice on cutting your spouse out of your will.
June - Volume 31 - Extreme Alternative Dispute Resolution
May - Volume 30 - Going broke? Plan ahead
April - Volume 29 - Insolvency Special
March - Volume 28 - The enemy within: Your business partner
2008
December - Volume 25 - Copyright Special
November - Volume 24 - 10 tips to avoid legal disaster in a financial crisis, Stolen domain names
October - Volume 23 - Trustees in the Firing Line,The importance of avoiding legal potholes
September - Volume 22 - Matters of principle and your money, Losing friends and suing people, The sincerest form of flattery-being copied
August - Volume 21 - Releasing Hell the importance of being strategic, Law firm blessed by Pope
July - Volume 20 - Human rights do not come cheap! Franchising-A Quickstart Five Point Plan
June - Volume 19 - Debt-where is thy sting? The do's and dont's of a Franchisee
May - Volume 18 - Tribunals, Internet TV, How to Blog and stay legal
March - Volume 16 - The Shadow AG and Me, Reading of the Will, What to tell the children
February - Volume 15 - The Legal Secret, A Legal Guide to the Dying
ABOUT THE LAW & DISORDER EZINE
The launch on 1 December 2006 of the Law and Disorder's Ezine was another step forward in the legal publications industry. Following in the footsteps of Halsburys, the All England Reports and Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.
Contributions are welcome. We are looking for short legal articles-300 words which attempt to be funny and informative. No section numbers, case names or focus on the law of any one country. The Editor's decision shall be final (especially with his competitors) but if it is good we would be pleased to include it in the Ezine which has a circulation of over 2,500 spanning 20 plus countries. Other funny material with a legal focus can be submitted however it must be good and brief as our readers have a very short attention span.
Send all contributions to info@brennanlaw.com.au
© Paul Brennan 2008-2021. All rights reserved.
Paul Brennan
Editor and Author of The Law is an Ass...Make Sure it Doesn't Bite Yours!
info@lawanddisorder.com.au
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