Northbound to Excellence

27/07/2025

Some kind words from a valued client.

09/07/2025

Legal matters can feel incredibly daunting — but it starts with getting clear on your next move.

Our clients need to be able to make good business decisions. Our philosophy and approach enable us to provide as much certainty and clarity for our clients as possible.

Our approach involves:

1️⃣ Understand the issue and define the objectives. This involves us understanding your business or situation and getting clear on the precise legal issue to be resolved.

2️⃣ Assess the legal position. We will advise on your options available to achieve your objective, including the most likely outcome if the matter proceeds to trial.

3️⃣ Evaluate the risks and develop a clear and precise strategy that is going to achieve your objective. This includes putting timelines in place, and providing pricing clarity of the fees involved to execute the strategy.

4️⃣ Execute the strategy and deliver results. We communicate with our clients each step of the way and strive to offer clients comfort so that their time and attention can remain on what is really important - their core business.

05/07/2025

At Winterkorn Legal Group, we go above and beyond to deliver commercial outcomes. Our clients trust us to take on the toughest cases, knowing they’ll receive the dedicated support and expertise they need. Prompt and accurate advice, personal connections and exceptional outcomes are why our clients choose us.

16/04/2025

We are driven by a commitment to delivering strategic, commercial, and results-focused legal solutions.

We do so by combining technical expertise, industry insight, and a genuine commitment to client success.

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16/04/2025

Legal professional privilege protects the confidentiality of communications between a lawyer and their client.

It ensures people can get legal advice, or assistance in legal proceedings, knowing that information they share in confidence with their lawyer will not be disclosed.

Our recent Blog post provides 12 useful tips to preserve legal professional privilege.

What does the privilege apply to? Legal professional privilege applies to confidential communications or documents created for the dominant purpose […]

31/03/2025

Winterkorn Legal Group has moved into a new office 💥

Our Gold Coast office is now located at:
Southport Central Tower 2, Suite 2801
Level 8, 5 Lawson Street, Southport, QLD 4215

We look forward to continuing to support our existing clients and working with new clients in our new space.

26/03/2025

We are real and we really care.

We are specialist lawyers delivering market leading expertise with a direct and honest approach.

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06/02/2025

In November 2022, the Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun, was accused of fraudulently inflating his business’s financials to sell it to a charity for $1Mil, resulting in financial loss for the charity.

Comments were made to a post on the “Liverpool Council Shenanigans” page by former councillor Peter Ristevski, who provocatively referred to Mannoun as a “crim” and a “grub” and invited him to sue for defamation.

The matter was litigated in the New South Wales District Court.

The decision of Mannoun v Ristevski [2024] NSWDC 564 provides important guidance for both plaintiffs and defendants navigating defamation claims under s10A of the Defamation Act 2005 (Qld), and its equivalent s10A of the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW).

Ultimately, Judge Gibson concluded that the plaintiff’s case relied too heavily on inference and failed to meet the evidentiary burden required to establish serious harm.

We unpack the decision in our recent Blog Post (link below):

The recent decision of Mannoun v Ristevski [2024] NSWDC 564 in the New South Wales District Court reaffirms that serious […]

01/02/2025

Queensland’s New Property Law Act will commence on 1 August 2025.

Check out our recent Blog Post (link below) that summarises the main changes that will come into effect on 1 August 2025.

Link to Blog Post - https://winterkorngroup.com.au/queenslands-new-property-law-act-will-commence-on-1-august-2025-a-new-era-of-transparency-in-queensland-property-transactions/

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18/01/2025

Real Estate Sales Commission

When is a real estate agent lawfully entitled to commission?

Following COVID-19, the housing market in Queensland has boomed.

If you are a real estate agent, you may be competing for the sale of the same properties, particularly where you have entered into a non-exclusive agency, or the exclusivity period has expired, and your appointment is “open”.

The law generally provides for a real estate agent to be entitled to commission, it is for the agent to establish the necessary causal relationship between the agent's actions and the sale. This is the ‘effective cause test’.

In our recent article (link below), we explain the key legal principles relating to when a real estate agent is lawfully entitled to commission.

Link to article - https://winterkorngroup.com.au/real-estate-sales-commission-when-is-a-real-estate-agent-lawfully-entitled-to-commission/

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14/01/2025

Winterkorn Legal Group specialises in dispute resolution and litigation.

Day in day out we act on behalf of businesses and individuals in relation to disputes that arise in the course of their work or life.

We don't moonlight as dispute resolution lawyers. We don't do a little bit of it.

We specialise in it, and we're experts in it.

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