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In Western Australia when a person commits serious traffic offences, they face penalties including steep fines and periods of imprisonment. Long periods of licence disqualification may be imposed and the vehicle may be temporarily impounded or even permanently confiscated. Disqualification Notices In Western Australia, when a person commits certain drink driving offences, they can be…

While in most of Australia, separating de facto couples may execute a superannuation split to adjust their superannuation entitlements in the same way they may divide the rest of their asset pool. This is not currently possible for de facto couples in Western Australia. In Western Australia de facto couples who have separated cannot split…

If you are going through a separation, it is important to get legal advice on the financial implications of this as early as possible. It is common for one party to a marriage to seek family law advice  and to have commenced making plans for the future before the separation has even occurred, while the…

If you have criminal convictions that are more than 10 years old, you can apply for an order to have them declared spent pursuant to Section 6(1) of the Spent Convictions Act 1988 (WA). Old convictions are classed as either “serious convictions” or “lesser convictions”. How you apply for an old conviction to be spent…