Articles
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.
Understanding Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding and the Recent Changes
Property Lawyer Michelle Oh looks at the recent changes to the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding, and what this means for sellers and buyers in the Australian property market.
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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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Recent articles
Statutory Demands: What they are and why they matter
A Statutory Demand should not be ignored. Our Disputes & Litigation team explains why.
Probate Caveats
A Probate Caveat is a legal notice that essentially acts as a warning to the Supreme Court against issuing a grant of Probate until there is confidence in a basis for believing the validity of the Will being put forward by the executor of the estate, as Sarah Slattery explains.
Electronic Signing of Documents in Victoria
While signing a document using an electronic signature is becoming more commonplace, there are both requirements and exemptions to using a digital signature, as Ignatius Suwanto explains.
Sexual Harassment Orders
The Fair Work Commission can now make orders to stop sexual harassment in the workplace, in the same manner that it can make orders in relation to bullying.
Growth Area Infrastructure Contribution
Is your landholding subject to the Growth Area Infrastructure Contribution? Our Property Law team summarises the property transactions that can trigger payment of the GAIC levy.
Nominating under a Contract of Sale: What does it mean and how does it work?
The use of a 'nominee' under a Contract of Sale is not uncommon. Purchasers and Vendors alike should be mindful of using the correct methodology, as our Property Law team explains.
What is a Power of Attorney?
A Power of Attorney is an important document which can govern your future care and lifestyle. Our Wills & Estates team discuss the different types of Powers of Attorney and their application so that you have control over those making decisions on your behalf when you are no longer able to do so.
Advance Care Directives: "Living Wills"
An Advance Care Directive allows you to maintain a level of control over your future care and medical treatment in the event that you are no longer able to make these decisions for yourself.
Family business, trusts and superannuation - what is the role of an Enduring Power of Attorney?
An Enduring Power of Attorney on its own may not allow your attorney to make decisions regarding your family business, family trust or superannuation, as Binay Prasad explains. Binay is an (Accredited Specialist) in Wills & Estates Law.
How Can I Terminate a Contract?
When terminating a contract early, the circumstances at that time and the content of the contract will be critical to understanding how this might be done as Commercial Law specialist Mitchell Zadow explains.
Windfall Gains Tax – Landowners and prospective Purchasers beware
Windfall gains tax can be a substantial impost. Prospective buyers should factor in the likelihood of a WGT event arising when contemplating a land purchase. Property Lawyer Shubha Rao summarises the tax implications for landholders.
Failure to Adequately Manage Cybersecurity Risks in the Financial Services Industry
The risk of cyber attacks that target digital technology such as computer systems and workplace networks, poses a significant risk to how a business operates and provides its services. Our Litigation team looks at the recent case of ASIC v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd.
