Jamal Bakalian Senior Solicitor, Commercial Law Group Leader, Streeterlaw Bakalian is a commercial litigation lawyer at Streeterlaw, a Sydney-based specialist dispute resolution law firm focusing on estate planning, disputed Wills, family law and commercial law. She has a double degree in law and international & global studies from Sydney University and a graduate diploma of legal practice (GDLP) from the College of Law. She is currently undertaking her masters of law, majoring in commercial litigation, and has been practicing for nearly five years.
JAMAL BAKALIAN | FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020 When we think of family provisions claims that are made against a deceased person's estate, we often think of the sister who was left out of the will, or the estranged but now returned prodigal son...we rarely consider friends who are not blood-relations. ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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