Articles
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09 August 2012
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Update #3 - Termination of Weekly Payments o…
Insurers should become familiar with these new provisions for the termination of weekly payments on retiring age.
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03 August 2012
Property
Criminal penalties face vendors and lessors under new WH&S ...
This Bulletin looks at the new obligations facing vendors and lessors of real estate, and vendors of businesses.
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02 August 2012
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
New legislation toughens director penalty notice regime
Long overdue reforms will change the industry and the personal liability of a director forever.
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23 July 2012
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Update #1 - Which 2012 amendments are now op…
This update tells you when the various Schedules to the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012 commence.
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23 July 2012
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Update #2 - Lump Sum Impairment Claims
Changes to lump sum entitlements are outlined in Schedule 2 of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012.
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19 July 2012
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
General Rules (on Costs) can cause major problems
Legal costs are always discretionary and may not always follow the general rule that costs follow the event.
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13 July 2012
Property
Stamp duty & grants: developers and home buyers targeted with sti…
Changes to stamp duty and a range of new grants available to home buyers were announced as part of the NSW State Budget handed down on 12 June 2012.
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13 July 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
New financial year - new employment thresholds
A new financial year usually brings minor, but noteworthy, changes which impact on employment rights and entitlements.
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21 June 2012
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Failure to take genuine steps to resolve a civil dispute can resu…
In this Bulletin, we explore the new obligations on the parties to a dispute.
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15 June 2012
Taxation
Abolition of Stamp Duty Deferred ... Again
The New South Wales State Budget was handed down on 12 June 2012.
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14 June 2012
Superannuation
New Amendments to the Duties Act - Impacts on Corporate Reconstru…
If you are planning a corporate reconstruction, then this Bulletin is relevant to you.
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05 June 2012
Superannuation
Wills and estates: tax & property law implications for non-reside…
Australia?s multicultural profile continues to evolve, both socially and commercially.
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22 May 2012
Corporate Governance
How will the new national business names registration system affe…
On 28 May 2012, a new system for registering, maintaining and cancelling a business name nationally will commence.
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22 May 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
Work health and safety - are you liable? The High Court speaks
The new work health and safety laws are a hot topic for many businesses.
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09 May 2012
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Sponsored links and misleading & deceptive conduct: Google - not…
The Full Federal Court recently considered the conduct of Google, as a publisher of advertisements which were misleading and deceptive.
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08 May 2012
Wills & estates: Court finds bereavement can hamper testamentary…
The judgment of the England and Wales High Court in Key v Key [2010] emphasised two points that legal practitioners should be mindful of.
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12 April 2012
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Trusts, debts & agency: when is an irrevocable authority not irre…
An irrevocable authority is an authority given by a principal to an agent for the purpose of securing some form of benefit to a third party beneficiary.
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11 April 2012
Workplace Law & Culture
The New Workplace Safety Laws: We Have Lifted Off!
For the first three months of this year, it?s been business as usual following the commencement on 1 January 2012 of the new NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011.