Ice Factor is a life skills program, originally founded in 2005 to assist ‘at risk’, disengaged or disadvantaged teenagers identified by high schools. With ice hockey as a focus, the students are mentored; improving literacy and numeracy abilities while developing skills to foster leadership, respect, humility and ambition. Currently 18 high schools and 300 students […]
Modern society has well and truly embraced social media. It’s rare to find anyone these days without a facebook account, and it is not at all unusual for individuals to maintain multiple accounts with social media providers like twitter, snapchat and instagram. We live in an age of over-sharing. Photos, videos, status updates, online diaries […]
At Welden & Coluccio Lawyers we absolutely love what we do. In fact, the passion that we have for Estate Planning, Administration and Litigation is the real secret to our success. While our appetite for the Law keeps us busy for the most part, occasionally we do stop and gauge how far we have come […]
Maddalena Romano is a solicitor with many years’ experience working as a criminal lawyer. As a trained teacher, she is deeply passionate about the needs of young people and the capacity of education to influence the lives of people positively. I couldn’t imagine a life without technology. In fact, separate me from my mobile phone […]
How the family home can stay in an individual’s name for the purpose of the CGT main residence exemption yet the value can in someone else’s hands. It illustrates the pros and cons of asset divestment to the next generation during the lifetime of the senior generation and how it should and should not be […]
In recent years ‘Discretionary Family Trusts’ have become more popular with many people turning to them as a strategy to reduce tax and protect their assets. Consequently, it is not unusual for a party (or parties) to a marriage or relationship to be included within a class of beneficiaries of a Trust that is controlled […]
Welden & Coluccio Lawyers is thrilled to announce its gold sponsorship of Ice Factor. Ice Factor is a life skills program, originally founded in 2005 to assist ‘at risk’, disengaged or disadvantaged teenagers identified by high schools. With ice hockey as a focus, the students are mentored; improving literacy and numeracy abilities while developing skills […]
Prospect law firm, Welden & Coluccio Lawyers, were recognised for excellence in the field of estate planning and administration Tuesday 5th June 2016 at the Telstra Business Awards. The firm was selected as one of 5 finalists within the category ‘Best New Business’. Firm co-founding Principal, Jason Coluccio, reacted to this news by saying “The […]
This story starts like all good stories – at the bar over a few drinks!. There were two lawyers and a politician at the bar – no seriously, there were! We were at the recent Telstra Business Awards ceremony of which Welden and Coluccio Lawyers were a South Australian finalist, and we got to discussing […]
It’s that time of year again! With the new financial year in full swing, lawyers across the nation brace themselves with bated breath for the release of the new Family and Federal Court filing fees. You may recall my earlier blog where I discussed my concern in relation to how these fees literally skyrocketed last […]