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Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams Lawyers (HOCW) is a well-established and respected mid-sized Melbourne law firm with offices in the Melbourne CBD and Mount Waverley, servicing clients across the Eastern Suburbs and wider Victoria. Our team of experienced and accredited lawyers provides practical, expert legal services across a wide range of corporate and private client matters.
We work with corporate clients, SMEs, professionals, family businesses, and the self-employed, as well as individuals, couples, and families.
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At Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams (HOCW), we’re committed to delivering clear, practical legal solutions tailored to the unique needs of both businesses and individuals.
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Our lawyers at Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams provide high quality legal services to clients including corporate, small business and private. With extensive years of professional experience we provide specialist advice from experienced advisors. Lawyers in our Melbourne and Mount Waverley offices are able to assist you with a wide range of practice areas.
Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams Accredited Specialist lawyers are leaders in their field and must have a minimum of five years full time practice experience and a minimum of three years experience in their area of specialisation as well as maintaining a high degree of professional development in their area of specialisation.
Our lawyers have LIV Specialist Accreditation in: Wills & Estates, Family Law, Business Law, Commercial Tenancy Law and Commercial Litigation.
We encourage you to see a family lawyer as soon as possible. Everyone's situation is different and an experienced family lawyer is the best person to help you with legal advice.
Yes, it's best to ensure that what you agree to is legally binding. A family lawyer is best placed to do this for you.
There is just one ground for divorce which is the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. However, the parties must be separated for a continuous period of not less than 12 months immediately preceding the date of filing an application for divorce. This prerequisite may also be satisfied if the parties have been living separately under one roof.
A will, among other things, enables you to decide how your assets are distributed after your death and nominate executor(s) of your choice to handle the distribution of your estate.
A Will is invalid if: • undue influence was exercised over the person making the Will, • the person didn’t know or approve the contents of the Will, or • the person making the Will lacked capacity.
It is a good idea to engage a conveyancer, preferably a lawyer, to attend to the legal requirements of a conveyancing transaction, and to the numerous additional administrative and practical tasks and considerations involved in a sale or purchase transaction.
In order to protect against the risk of land title fraud and other land title irregularities, recent statutory provisions require that all persons selling, buying or otherwise transferring properties need to have their identity verified. This is conducted according to a standardized face-to-face process by a lawyer, conveyancer or Australia Post.
