Polish lawyer / Across Australia
A Polish-speaking lawyer for clients across Australia
Family law, disputes with the ATO and the ABF, Fair Work claims, and estates and property in Victoria, for Polish-speaking clients in every state and territory. Radek Dajer advises in Polish or in English, by phone, video and email.
What we help with
Choose what you need help with. Each one opens the detail further down this page.
Wherever you live in Australia
Whether you live in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart or Darwin, much of our work does not depend on where you are. We take instructions, advise and send documents by phone, video and email, and documents can be signed electronically where the law allows.
Radek Dajer, our principal, is admitted in Victoria and acts personally on each matter, in Polish or in English. We act across Australia in family law, in disputes with Commonwealth bodies such as the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Border Force, in Fair Work Commission claims, and for people anywhere who have an estate or property in Victoria. Notarial acts are the exception: they are done in person at our Frankston office.
Good to know
Most family law, tax, customs and employment disputes are decided under Commonwealth law, so where you live in Australia usually does not stop us acting for you.
What we can do wherever you live
Choose a topic to see what it involves and how we help.
Separation, divorce, property settlements and parenting arrangements, mainly under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). In Western Australia, de facto couples are covered by the Family Court Act 1997 (WA).
- The courts: the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia hears family law matters in every state and territory except Western Australia, where the Family Court of Western Australia hears them.
- By video: a party can ask to attend a Federal Circuit and Family Court hearing by video, and since 31 August 2026 its divorce hearings have been held by video. In the Family Court of Western Australia, permission is needed to attend by phone or video.
- Time limits: an application for a property settlement must generally be made within 12 months after a divorce takes effect, or within 2 years after a de facto relationship ends.
- Agreement: once you agree, the court can make your agreement into binding consent orders, usually without anyone attending court.
Tax and customs disputes, and most employment claims, are decided under Commonwealth law, wherever you live.
- Tax: to dispute an assessment you generally lodge an objection with the Australian Taxation Office first. You can then ask the Administrative Review Tribunal to review the objection decision, or appeal to the Federal Court. A Federal Court appeal must be lodged within 60 days of being notified of the decision.
- Customs: many Australian Border Force decisions, such as those on tariff classification, valuation and origin, can be reviewed internally, and some can then be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal.
- The Tribunal: the Administrative Review Tribunal replaced the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on 14 October 2024.
- Fair Work: an unfair dismissal or general protections dismissal application must reach the Fair Work Commission within 21 days after the dismissal takes effect.
If someone who died owned property or money in Victoria, a Victorian grant of probate or letters of administration may be needed, wherever the family lives.
- Applying: the intended application is advertised online through the Supreme Court’s RedCrest-Probate system, and the application is filed online at least 15 days later. The original will must still be sent to the Probate Office.
- Signing from interstate: the affidavits for the application can be signed electronically and witnessed by video, and the person signing can be outside Victoria.
- Family provision claims: must generally be filed within 6 months after the grant of probate or letters of administration.
- Distribution: a distribution properly made more than 6 months after the grant is protected, provided the executor has had no notice of a family provision claim.
Buying or selling a house, unit or land in Victoria while you live in another state.
- Signing: the contract of sale and the section 32 statement can be signed electronically, if the other party agrees to electronic signing.
- Settlement: Victorian transfers are lodged and settled electronically through a platform such as PEXA. We sign the transfer for you under a written client authorisation, which can itself be signed electronically.
- Your identity: before a property transaction we must verify your identity. The national standard requires a face-to-face meeting, which a video call does not satisfy. If you cannot come to Frankston, we discuss with you how this will be done.
- Selling: an Australian resident seller now needs an Australian Taxation Office clearance certificate by settlement, whatever the price, or the buyer must withhold 15%. Apply early, at least 28 days before settlement.
Step by step
Working with us from another state
How a matter usually runs when you live outside Victoria. We explain each step in Polish or in English.
01
Call or email
Tell us briefly what has happened. We say whether we can help and, before any work starts, tell you in writing how we will charge.
02
Confirm who you are
We verify your identity. For a property transaction this means a face-to-face check, which we can arrange near you.
03
Meet by video
We take your instructions and advise you by phone or video, in Polish or in English, and send documents by email.
04
Sign documents
Many documents can be signed electronically. Some, such as powers of attorney and wills, must be signed with the witnesses physically present.
05
Next steps
We deal with the court, the other side or the settlement for you, and keep you informed at each step.
How we work
Visit our Frankston office
435 Nepean Highway, Frankston VIC 3199
Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm, by appointment
Notarial appointments
In person at our office, by appointment. Bring your passport or other photo identification.
By train
A short walk from Frankston station, at the end of the Frankston line from Melbourne.
Parking
Wilson Parking at 453 Nepean Highway, street parking on the Nepean Highway, and the car parks at McDonald’s across the road and at Dan Murphy’s.
Common questions
Can’t see your question? Call 1800 776 529 or send us a message.
Yes, in family law, in disputes with the ATO and the Australian Border Force, in Fair Work Commission claims, and for estates and property in Victoria. For a will, probate or a property transaction under another state’s law, we will suggest you see a lawyer in that state.
Usually not. Advice, instructions and most documents can be handled by phone, video and email. Notarial acts, and documents that must be witnessed in person, are the exception.
Many family law and federal hearings can be attended by video, with the court’s or tribunal’s agreement. Where a hearing must be attended in person, it may be held in your state, and we can brief a barrister there if needed.
No. Notarial acts are done only in person, at our Frankston office.
Before any work starts, we tell you in writing how we will charge and give you an estimate, and we update it if things change.
No. We are an Australian firm and advise on Victorian and Australian law. Where Polish law matters, we work with a lawyer or notary in Poland.
Yes. Radek Dajer speaks Polish and can take your instructions and explain your documents in Polish. See our Polish-language page.
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Talk to us from anywhere in Australia
Tell us briefly what has happened or what you are planning. We reply to every enquiry within one business day, by phone, email or text, whichever you prefer.
What happens next
- Send the form.
- We reply within one business day.
- We arrange a time to talk, or ask for any information or documents we need first.
Prefer to talk? Call 1800 776 529, Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm.