Carneys Lawyers is a leading commercial law firm based in Sydney, offering specialized legal services since 1964 in various fields including aviation, business law, personal injury, and property law. The firm provides practical legal solutions for complex business transactions, litigation, and estate matters with a focus on personalized service. With affiliated offices across Australia, Carneys Lawyers aims to support both individuals and businesses through expert legal advice and representation.

1. INTRODUCTION
Carneys Lawyers is a leading commercial law firm with offices in the Central Business
District of Sydney, with affiliated offices in Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. Since
its beginnings in 1964, the firm has provided successful specialised legal services to
the Australian community.

2. SERVICES
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Aviation-and-Transport
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Business-law
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Commercial-litigation
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Employment-and-workplace-relations
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Insolvency
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Motor-Accidents
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Personal-Injury
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Property-Law
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Wills-and-Estates

3. Aviation-and-Transport
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Risk management: Our lawyers can advise you on all the aspects of
transporting goods within Australia and New Zealand and offshore. From
freight to insurance, from shipping costs and regulation, to the laws
governing ports and air carriage.
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International expertise: We have the experience in dealing with transport
issues domestically and internationally.
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Unique insight: Our lawyers know the market. We understand the sale and
purchase, shipping, charter party, freight handling and insurance issues that
could affect your transactions.

4. Business-law
Carneys Lawyers can provide excellent advice when it comes to the purchase
or sale of a business. We can advise the business owner in relation to the
wide range of issues that arise when selling. Because buying or selling a
business is complex and involves both commercial and legal decisions, we
can advise on the various structures to be utilised, and the investigations to
be carried out. We’ll then assist in relation to leasing, employment and
contracts. We have years of experience with franchises, insurance and
contracts. Our goal is to make sure your business runs smoothly.

5. Commercial-litigation
1. Corporations Act, Directors duties and responsibilities and shareholder and
partnership disputes
2.Claims under the Trade Practices Act and Fair Trading Act.
3.Contractual Claims.
4.Equity proceedings including injunctions, claims arising from contracts for sale of land,
rectification and constructive trusts.
5.Debt recovery, insolvency and bankruptcy.
6.Intellectual property claims.
7.Franchise disputes.
8.Succession Act claims and contested Wills.
9.Building and Construction Law.
10.Land and Environment Court proceedings.
11.Class Actions.

6. Employment-and-workplace-
relations
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The implementation of enterprise agreements. Employment contracts.
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Wrongful/unlawful terminations of employment and applications for
reinstatement and/or compensation.
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Industrial dispute prevention, management and resolution.
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Employment law aspects of insolvency administration.
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Employee share schemes and other schemes to remunerate employees in
accordance with their productivity.
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Discrimination and equal opportunity claims. Restraint provisions for
employees and the principals of businesses.

7. Insolvency
1. Administrations, receiverships and liquidations
2. Acting for creditors and debtors in company wind up applications and
bankruptcy actions.
3. Investigation and litigation funding
4. Voidable preferences and uncommercial transactions
5. Liens and retentions of title
6. Competing securities
7. Enforcement of securities and debt subordination
8. Asset recovery
9. Operation of industrial law and instruments in insolvency scenarios and
upon sale of business

8. Motor-accidents
The Specialist Accreditation Scheme was instigated by the NSW Law Society
as a way to assist potential claimants, and other legal practitioners, to find a
practitioner with proven capability in specialist areas of law, personal injury
being one of these. To be a Personal Injury Accredited Specialist, a solicitor
must have at least five years full time practice, at least three years specialty
work, and have passed rigorous exams in the relevant law. The Scheme has
been instrumental in assisting claimants in identifying a solicitor who can
genuinely be considered a respected and well-regarded specialist in personal
injury.

9. Personal-injury
The Specialist Accreditation Scheme was instigated by the NSW Law Society
as a way to assist potential claimants, and other legal practitioners, to find a
practitioner with proven capability in specialist areas of law, personal injury
being one of these. To be a Personal Injury Accredited Specialist, a solicitor
must have at least five years full time practice, at least three years specialty
work, and have passed rigorous exams in the relevant law. The Scheme has
been instrumental in assisting claimants in identifying a solicitor who can
genuinely be considered a respected and well-regarded specialist in personal
injury, as opposed to self-proclaimed specialists or experts in personal injury.
It was instigated to protect the claimant and the profession.

10. Personal-injury
The Specialist Accreditation Scheme was instigated by the NSW Law Society
as a way to assist potential claimants, and other legal practitioners, to find a
practitioner with proven capability in specialist areas of law, personal injury
being one of these. To be a Personal Injury Accredited Specialist, a solicitor
must have at least five years full time practice, at least three years specialty
work, and have passed rigorous exams in the relevant law. The Scheme has
been instrumental in assisting claimants in identifying a solicitor who can
genuinely be considered a respected and well-regarded specialist in personal
injury, as opposed to self-proclaimed specialists or experts in personal injury.
It was instigated to protect the claimant and the profession.

11. Property-law
Our expertise and experience lets us offer innovative approaches and options
to property acquisition and development, including ownership techniques.
Our advice is practical and commercial, and is delivered in a timely and cost-
effective manner.
We recognise that each of our clients is unique and has different needs,
expectations and objectives. We work hard to understand our clients, and
their business, so we can work with them to meet their needs and objectives.
From Carneys Lawyers, you can expect a personalised approach to service.
Our small and effective teams, together with our partners and senior lawyers,
are ‘hands on’, so that clients always have access to the person they know
and trust.

12. Wills-and-estates
We can also discuss the appointment of an Executor, the position of blended
families, insurance and superannuation entitlements and also prepare
testamentary trusts. We are very experienced on all matters involving probate
applications and estate administration. We work quickly so that the assets in
the estate can be sold or transferred with monies passed across to
beneficiaries without undue stress and delay.
We can advise people in relation to challenging a will where they believe that
no proper provision has been made for them. We can also act for people, or
for an executor to resist such claims. We are experienced in the use of
Testamentary Trusts and estate planning.

13. CONTACT-US
Adress: Level 5, 70 Castlereagh Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Phone: (+61 2) 8226 5555
Fax: (+61 2) 8226 5556
Email:law@carneys.com.au
DX Address:
DX 998 SYDNEY