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Legal Services for Landscape Queensland Members
As a contractor, you want common sense, practical legal advice from experienced lawyers who understand the contracting industry and who understand the issues that the industry faces .
LQ's Legal Member Benefits Partners (Legal Partners) can help contractors with legal issues including:
- Advice on contracts – helping you to negotiate changes and avoid costly disputes
- Payment problems – including Payment Claims, Payment Schedules, subcontractors’ charges, QCAT & court claims
- Workplace health and safety
- Debt collection and insolvency
- Property and commercial transactions
- Intellectual Property
- Asset protection; and
Free legal advice service for members
As a Landscape Queensland member you can connect with our Legal Partners and receive, free of charge, plain English legal advice for up to 20 minutes, including:
- A preliminary overview of your legal rights and obligations
- Your options and the pros and cons of each
- An explanation of the steps involved
- How long the process can take
- An estimate of the costs
- What action you can take yourself; and
- How to avoid similar problems in the future
Free solicitor’s letters of demand for members
Members can have our legal partners send a legal letter of demand to your debtors when appropriate, free of charge (debts must be over $500). You will be surprised how often the debts are paid… and how quickly.
Contact the LQ office with details of your individual situation – our Legal Partners will take care of the rest.