Articles
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24 April 2015
Property
Leasing licensed premises: Polish Club Limited v Gnych
The grant of this particular lease was a breach of the relevant provisions of the Liquor Act and therefore unenforceable.
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15 April 2015
Contracts & Procurement
Unexpected consequences when contracts exclude consequential loss
Local councils should carefully review supplier T&Cs, particularly when suppliers attempt to exclude 'consequential loss?.
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15 April 2015
Workplace Law & Culture
Are you in or are you out? - is a local council a body politic or…
The NSW Attorney General said the broad definition of corporation argued by the unions, could extend to local governments.
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15 April 2015
Workers Compensation
Merchant v Shoalhaven City Council - test for 'seriously injured…
Multiple injuries in the course of employment cannot be aggregated to reach the threshold of a ?seriously injured worker?.
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15 April 2015
Property
Councils, tendering and direct negotiations
ICAC Guidelines assist councils in direct negotiations, so the process resists corruption and delivers value for money.
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15 April 2015
Environment & Planning
Rates: When is a charity a charity? Exclusively charitable purpos…
If CHL was found to be a public benevolent institution or a public charity, it would be exempt from the payment of rates.
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15 April 2015
Workplace Law & Culture
Australia you're standing in it!: Interesting workplace problems
This Bulletin looks at some of the interesting workplace problems that can arise if you don?t know where you?re standing.
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14 April 2015
Competition & Consumer
Harper Review Report and supermarkets
A number of the recommendations are relevant to the grocery sector, but the review chose not to recommend any change.
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31 March 2015
Personal Property Securities
PPSA: Whittaker Review final report - implications for the hire i…
There are many other recommendations, but the focus here is on key issues in the Report that affect the hire industry.
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23 March 2015
Wills & Estate Planning
A lawyer's duty of care to willmaking clients
Lawyers need to respond to different retainers, such as ill clients, elderly clients or clients about to travel overseas.
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04 March 2015
Property
New swimming pool laws postponed for 12 months
Pool owners have a further 12 months before they will need a Certificate of Compliance to sell or lease their property.
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04 March 2015
Workplace Law & Culture
A dishonest manager deserved to be dismissed - commonsense!
The misconduct was deliberate, dishonest, and struck at the heart of the trust relationship between employer and employee.
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26 February 2015
Work Health & Safety
Impairment threshold in hearing loss claims revisited
The Court ruled that this hearing loss was a different injury from the one for which the claimant was already compensated.
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12 February 2015
Superannuation
Looking through the SMSF LRBA Draft Legislation - tax implication…
The draft measures are clearly positive as they remove the uncertainty relating to the taxation treatment of LRBAs.
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10 February 2015
Workplace Law & Culture
Back to the Future: when a woolly policy is an expensive fur coat…
The harassment policy was too friendly in tone, so that the employer had no flexibility to manage difficult employees.
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03 February 2015
Corporate Governance
Taxation of employee share schemes (ESS) - Some relief in sight
The Australian Government released exposure draft legislation to amend the income tax treatment of employee share schemes.
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29 January 2015
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Non-adversarial litigation: It does exist
A trustee, executor or administrator of a deceased estate can ask the Court for advice or direction relating to a trust.
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08 January 2015
Workplace Law & Culture
When does bullying occur @ work?
This case discussed when behaviour is considered to be 'at work' and within the bullying regime in the Fair Work Act 2009.