Jamie McDiarmid is a practical lawyer. He built Clearman Lawyers to be part of a strong community of happy, satisfied clients and businesspeople. The great majority of our clients come from word of mouth referrals. They hear about us from family, friends or their business contacts and they stay with us because we look after people in serious matters with care and humanity.
Please see a brief overview of some of Jamie’s favourite property, commercial and wills and estates experience below:
• Property
• Commercial and Business
• Wills and Estates
Property
Buying or selling residential or commercial property including land, houses, warehouses whether existing property or land or off-the-plan
Jamie works well with property developers to solve hard property problems and get good outcomes in good timeframes:
– to manage financier requirements promptly and smoothly
– to manage risk and optimise their tax position by effective selection of entities
– assistance with due diligence, development approvals and titling
– working with banks, architects, real estate agents, town planners, surveyors and body corporate managers
– subdivide and amalgamate lots
– prepare binding sale contracts and body corporate disclosure
– working with QUU and councils to satisfy requirements
– draft or review Titles Office documentation requirements including easements, mortgages, General Consents, survey plans and body corporate CMS and meeting minutes
– management rights, caretaking and letting agreements
– settle large numbers of sales quickly and cost-effectively
Sale contracts and disclosure documents, stamp duty, entities
Preparing contract and body corporate documentation for multi-stage apartment complexes
Assisting with financier requirements
Certificates of Independent Legal Advice
Acting for liquidators and receiver managers in complex apartment sales where second mortgagee had taken over project
Drafting leases, expressions of interest, offers to lease and special conditions
Preparing retail shop lease documents for landlords and tenants
Advising landlords and tenants in commercial and retail shop leases
Advising clients in high value, complex property developments including effective structure of entities for joint venture and advice in regard to stamp duty
Advising clients in all aspects of Self-Managed Superannuation Funds from drafting and varying documents, liaising with lenders including sales, purchases, limited recourse borrowing arrangements and commercial leases
Drafting limited recourse Self-Managed Superannuation Fund loan documents
Commercial and Business
Acting for veterinarians to purchase a veterinary hospital and commercial land whilst selling portions of existing business to business partners
Assisting clients with letters of offer to lease, commercial leases and franchise agreements
Advising clients in District Court litigation
Acting in business sales and purchases including share sales, restaurant purchases, security business assets and commercial warehouses
Advising clients in regard to due diligence, documentation for finance applications, drafting mortgages and commercial loans
Acting for clients in property and construction disputes including litigation, caveats and recovery
Assisting clients in negotiation and recovery of debts
PPSR charges.
Certificate of Independent Legal Advice
Wills and Estates
Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Advance Health Directives and Estate Administration
Acting for medical professionals in complex estate planning including trusts, investments and superannuation in the context of children from previous relationships
Advising clients in regard to Self-Managed Superannuation Fund deeds to ensure they line up effectively with their Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Drafting complex Testamentary Discretionary Trust Wills with multiple child beneficiaries
Assisting clients with Bloodline Trust Wills
Preparing Enduring Powers of Attorney for clients with specialised superannuation needs
Helping clients create effective Enduring Powers of Attorney to make sure that their intentions are clear and carried out by trusted advisers if capacity is lost
Assisting clients to develop considered and effective estate planning strategies including property, superannuation, insurance, shares and business assets including testamentary trusts and advice in regard to family maintenance provisions to protect their assets and ensure they are distributed according to their wishes
Helping clients to work through estate liabilities, including tax and other debts and gather in assets of estates including shares, Refundable Accomodation Deposits, insurance monies and property including Transmission Applications and Transfers
Disclaimer
This page is not intended to provide legal advice and does not create a client-lawyer relationship. This post is provided for general information purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. If you need help with legal advice for your particular situation, please contact our office (details below or on ‘Contact’ page) and we’ll be happy to assist you.