Kott Gunning Lawyers
Kott Gunning Lawyers is a mid-tier independent Western Australian commercial and private client law firm established in 1919. Our areas of practice include Commercial and Finance, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Property, Building and Construction, Insurance and Risk, Employment Law and Workplace Safety, Government and Private Client services such as Family Law and Wills, Estates and Trusts.
The firm has wide-ranging experience in providing legal services on property, development and planning matters, including property settlement services to corporate, government, local government, statutory body and private sector clients. Many of our clients manage extensive property portfolios.
Our team has significant experience acting on behalf of buyers and sellers in relation to residential and commercial property settlements, including undertaking due diligence where required.
We have acted for various development entities for many years. Services include acting in relation to the purchase of land, attending to the sub-division into mixed commercial and residential staged strata development, acting in relation to the sale or leasing of those lots, and liaising with the Western Australian Planning Commission and local councils.
In particular, Kott Gunning Lawyers provides guidance to retirement village operators and prospective residents on - residence contracts and disclosure; management and compliance of retirement villages and general advice in relation to obligations under the Retirement Villages Act.
Our experience includes:
Contracts for Sale of Land and Businesses
We have considerable experience in drafting, negotiating, reviewing and advising on contracts of sale, deeds of land exchange, tender and auction contracts and other related agreements or documents required for sale and purchase of commercial and residential properties and businesses.
Property Settlements and Due Diligence
Our team has significant experience acting on behalf of buyers or sellers in relation to residential and commercial property settlements, including undertaking due diligence where required. We are frequently called upon to undertake due diligence on the sale or purchase of property. This can range from undertaking basic general enquiries, to complete due diligence.
Leasing and Licensing; and Lease Assignments and Terminations
Kott Gunning Lawyers has extensive experience with leasing and licensing matters enabling us to deal with any leasing requirement.
Land Development Transactions
We have significant experience in advising and acting for clients in preparing, negotiating and advising on deeds, contracts, agreements and tenders relating to land development transactions, subdivisions, building and strata title subdivisions, joint ventures and trusts and all other associated documents required for the development of property or matters involving the subdivision of land.
Private Client Services
Kott Gunning Lawyers provides a comprehensive estate planning service to individuals, from simple distributions to more complex wills, establishing tax effective and asset protecting testamentary trusts and special disability trusts. We are involved in the administration of numerous estates per year, either in our capacity as executors or by assisting executors to administer estates.
Kott Gunning Lawyers provides advice and assistance to trustees and beneficiaries of private inter-vivos trusts. We offer discretion to many clients who do not wish to be known for their charitable donations.
Our experience includes:
- Advice and estate planning in light of potential Family Court issues for beneficiaries and potential or expected family provision claims.
- Preparing non-contentious Supreme Court applications including applications for Grants of Probate, Grants of Letters of Administration for intestacy matters and applications for the proof of informal wills.
- Attending to general estate administration, including share transfers and transmission, survivorship applications, transmission applications and property conveyancing.
- Advising of entitlements and options in circumstances where somebody has died without a will.
- Trust and estates litigation – in particular Guardianship and Administration matters.
Kott Gunning Lawyers offers a free Will and Estate Planning Health Check with a lawyer.
