Articles
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29 July 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
Agreeing to live with the wrong decision (when you are right)
Employers should give careful consideration to the detail of dispute resolution processes in agreements and contracts.
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08 July 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
The Employment Stock Exchange Report: new employment thresholds
The end of the financial year is a time of routine change, and no less than the Fair Work Act and related legislation.
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08 July 2013
Property
Is my easement a valid easement?
The Supreme Court handed down an interesting decision on the consequences of not validly creating easements.
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04 July 2013
Personal Property Securities
PPSA - Reality bites in equipment hire
Where an owner has leased or hired goods, they give rise to a PPSA security interest, which must be perfected.
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25 June 2013
Property
NSW 2013 Budget extends First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) Scheme
The First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) grant of $15,000 has been extended for a further period of two years.
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21 June 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Can a landlord's liquidator disclaim a lease?
It is common for liquidators of lessee companies to disclaim a lease if the lease is of no value to the company.
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20 June 2013
Competition & Consumer
Know who you're dealing with - Australia's autonomous sanctions l…
Sanctioned countries include, but are not limited to, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, Libya, Fiji and North Korea.
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12 June 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
Workplace bullying ..... the new frontier challenge
Business must develop policies and practices to eliminate bullying supported by training for employees and management.
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11 June 2013
Property
I thought cleaning the pool was hard work - new chores for pool o…
These changes place additional obligations and costs on all pool owners in NSW.
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30 May 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
A useful weapon in a trustee in bankruptcy's arsenal: a warrant t…
A trustee is enabled by s.130 of the Bankruptcy Act to apply to an eligible judge for the issue of a warrant.
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23 May 2013
Work Health & Safety
When isn't a person driving? - Damages for a workplace injury
This decision of the NSW Court of Appeal further defines what constitutes driving of a motor vehicle.
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13 May 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
Am I redundant? Who's asking?
The NES definitions are robust and workable, having been developed over decades of industrial negotiation.
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06 May 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
It pays to break the vicious debtor cycle: stringent debtor manag…
The article explores options available to your hire business to recover outstanding debts owed by customers.
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01 May 2013
Workers Compensation
Court of Appeal reinstates lump sum benefits for injuries before…
Workers who sustained an injury before 19 June 2012 can claim and be paid compensation pursuant to sections 66 and 67.
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26 April 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Proposed actions to improve performance within councils
Most of the proposed reforms address dysfunctional relations between councillors, frustrating the business of councils.
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17 April 2013
Data Protection & Privacy
Time to check out the new privacy APPs and use of personal inform…
Public and private sector entities need to think about how the APP changes will affect their use of personal information.
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22 March 2013
Intellectual Property
Clear way for brand protection
Brand owners should now be thinking about their online brand protection strategy.
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15 March 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Google reversed - Just a conduit after all
Businesses which allow advertisements on their website or which operate a search engine, still should be cautious.