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We aim to provide you with proactive and strategic legal and practical advice. Our articles provide a range of interesting and helpful insights on a vast array of topics.
Preventing Misrepresentation in Recruitment
Australian Consumer Law (ACL) contains protections for prospective employees against false or misleading representations made during the recruitment process. It is critical that employers are aware of this, and how to avoid falling foul of the law, as Anthony Sangster Robles explains.
Federal Court Overturns ATO Position on Trust Distributions: What It Means for Family Trusts
Mitchell Zadow, Managing Principal and Accredited Commercial Law Specialist, reviews a recent case where the Full Federal Court rejected the Australian Taxation Office's long-standing position on how unpaid trust distributions should be treated for tax purposes.
Wage Theft Laws: What Employers Need to Know
Administrative errors and dormant policies can no longer be blamed for the intentional underpayment of wages and other entitlements. Employment Lawyer Anthony Sangster Robles takes a look at Section 327A of the Fair Work Act which rings in serious legal consequences for directors, managers and shareholders found in breach.
Protecting Legal Professional Privilege - Tips and Tricks!
The final article in our three-part series on Legal Professional Privilege (“privilege”) provides some useful tips for ensuring that the privilege in your legal advice and in the material created for and by your lawyer for the purposes of providing legal advice, is protected from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure and thus waiver of the privilege.
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Understanding the 7.5% Short Stay Levy: Essential Insights for Accommodation Providers
A new 7.5% short stay levy applies to short-term accommodation bookings in Victoria — find out how this impacts you, who pays for the levy, and how to avoid penalties. Property Lawyer Coco Yu explains.
Recent articles
International Wills
With an increasing number of Australians born overseas, there is a growing need for Wills that protect not only a person's Australian assets, but also those assets owned overseas.
What is the difference in make-good obligations in a retail and non-retail lease?
What must a landlord and tenant do under a lease make-good obligation for retail and non-retail premises?
Unfair Preferences – Recent High Court clarification
We recently pondered what insolvency would look like this year and it seems to some extent we have an answer, as Special Counsel Caroline Callegari explains.
Unfairly dismissed? Not if you are a Deliveroo driver
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has overturned an earlier finding that a Deliveroo driver was an employee rather than an independent contractor, in a significant decision applying the principles the High Court set down earlier in 2022.
What you need to know when purchasing property in a Self-Managed Super Fund
To maximise the value of any investment by an SMSF in property, it is crucial that trustees obtain advice to determine if this strategy is suitable - as Shubha Rao, Senior Associate in our Property Law team, explains.
Will 2023 be the year that insolvency becomes normal?
With the 2023 working year beginning in earnest, our Disputes & Litigation Lawyer team takes a look at what we can expect in insolvency in 2023, posing the question - will this be the year that returns to typical conditions (“normality”) in insolvency?
What happens to my superannuation when I die?
Whether your superannuation nest egg is small or large, chances are that you would like it to be passed on to your family or other beneficiaries. Unfortunately, the arrangements for superannuation are not always that simple, as Wills & Estates Lawyer, Sarah Slattery explains.
Building a home of your own – don’t let the contract bring you down!
An important step in building your home is selecting the builder. The critical next step is to make sure that you review and understand the building contract.
Misleading and Deceptive Conduct - what not to do!
Engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct can lead to serious consequences, including damage to your reputation and loss of business. Special Counsel Caroline Callegari explains.
Can an Owners Corporation have an impact on the sale of a property?
What are the functions and powers of an Owners Corporation? How and when should these powers be exercised? Andre Ong, Accredited Specialist (Property Law) looks at two common situations which illustrate the role of an OC.
What happens when there's a change of ownership of a property owned under a trust?
Property owners have several options available to them when deciding how to hold real estate in an asset portfolio, including by a trust arrangement. Property Lawyer Shubha Rao outlines what happens when there is change of ownership of a property owned under a trust.
Statutory Demands: What they are and why they matter
A Statutory Demand should not be ignored. Our Disputes & Litigation team explains why.
