Boettcher Law has recently represented a major civil engineering company in a contractual dispute against the ACT Government.
Boettcher Law has successfully defended professional indemnity proceedings brought against a major Canberra law firm.
In response to the recent Mr Fluffy saga affecting many Canberra based homeowners, Boettcher Law is pleased to provide services free of charge for retirees and the elderly who want …
On November 28, the ACT Government Asbestos Response Taskforce released their unprecedented buyback scheme, offering a potential solution to a complex issue facing the Canberra community. On Wednesday evening the …
Queanbeyan Councillors met last night to put an end to the town’s eight-month backdated rates fiasco and quashed $3.7 million of rates invoices issued in July. Ratepayers had been awaiting …
The ACT Government’s Asbestos Response Taskforce announced in October of 2014 that the only ‘enduring solution’ to the Mr Fluffy crisis presented by these 1021 homes is to demolish all of them and remediate the blocks by removing contaminated topsoil. The Buyback Program offers a reasonable and needed solution to the Mr Fluffy housing problem. However, the surrender process is not mandatory and property owners may be able to seek alternative forms of compensation from either the ACT, Commonwealth or third parties involved in the sale or certification of the house. Homeowners should recognise the value of these potential other forms of compensation prior to signing the deed. As a general comment, property owners who have substantial non-recoverable losses or who have purchased their properties in the last six years should seek legal advice on their options.
A bitter dispute is set to boil over on Tuesday night at the Harmonie German Club in Narrabundah. A management committee of five says it is set for a showdown …
THE NSW Minister for Local Government is unlikely to intervene and single-handedly fix Queanbeyan’s backdated rates problem, according to two Councillors who attended a meeting with him last week. Councillor …
Queanbeyan City Council has settled on a plan to put retrospective rates bills on hold while it seeks advice from the NSW Minister for Local Government. Councillors agreed to the …
A non-profit residential care facility that looks after 19 people with enduring mental illness has been slugged with a $23,000 retrospective rates bill by Queanbeyan Council. Home in Queanbeyan, which …