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Jim Marsden, Senior Partner of Marsdens Law Group, was astounded by the law firms recent Wills Promotion.“We celebrate 50 years of being in business in Campbelltown this year. We thought it would be a good idea to do general standard Wills for the people of the region at $50 a Will. The response was amazing – over 400 Wills”. Mr Marsden said.Marsdens Law Group has been in business in Campbelltown, Macarthur and south-west Sydney for 50 years this year. The firm was founded by John Marsden in 1968 and has always set high standards of service, professionalism and commitment to clients and the community.John was joined by his brother Jim 5 years after he started and together they built the...

Aquafit Health Fitness Wellbeing Let's Move Challenge // Ladies from Marsdens Law Group recently competed in the 2018 Aquafit Let’s Move for a Better World Challenge!

The vexed question of whether to pay or not pay redundancy if not seriously considered prior to actioning can be a costly exercise both in monetary terms and also a significant distraction to your business.In the case of United Voice (on behalf of employees) v Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd (the employer) [2018] FCA 224, the Federal Court of Australia decided the employer should pay 20 employees redundancy.

Being a successful business in today’s world means you not only need to use the cutting-edge technology on offer, but you also need to ensure that your business is up to speed with its obligations to protect against data breaches.

Recent changes to drug supply laws have produced a favourable outcome in some circumstances for accused persons in sentence proceedings. Previously if a person was found to be substantially involved in the supply of prohibited drugs, that person would be sentence to a full time term of imprisonment. This was known as the Clark Principle.

Last Wednesday evening at the April Dinner meeting for the Campbelltown Chamber of Commerce we got to listen to Tamlyn Van Zyst from Tamlyn Creative talk about her business journey and guest speaker, Kerri Pottharst, Olympic Gold Medalist!

Marsdens Law Group is proud to support the South West Sydney Football Bid.

On 29 August 2013, Francesco Puleio was an employee of Olam Orchards Australia Pty Ltd and was working at the “Annuello” orchard in Wemen, Western Victoria. He died when a slasher, which was attached to a Kubota tractor, rolled onto him. The deceased had been using the tractor and slasher to mow grass on the property. A critical issue was the deceased’s level of intoxication at the time of the accident.Mrs Sandra Puleio, the widow of the deceased commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Olam Orchards, in negligence and claimed damages. She claimed that her husband’s death was caused by the negligence of Olam Orchards and that as a “secondary victim” it also breached its duty of...

A man, who suffered serious injuries in a helicopter crash in the Northern Territory, has now had his claim for damages extinguished, with the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory finding that proceedings were commenced five weeks after the expiry of the limitation period.

Many people recently have been shocked to be advised for the first time by the NSW Government that their land is identified for compulsory acquisition for the Outer Sydney Orbital. David Baird, Partner of our firm specialises in compulsory acquisition of land by government authorities. David has substantial experience in these matters and is already assisting others in advising on the current investigation phase being undertaken by Transport for NSW.