Aged Care and Retirement Villages
Aged Care Alert Oct 11 (90 KB)
- Do you receive Accommodation Bonds? If so, you need to read this.
Aged Care Briefing Sept 11 (151 KB)
- The changing landscape for accommodation bonds and accommodation charges
Aged Care and RV Alert Apr 2010 (Unfair Contracts Regime Update) (374 KB)
- Unfair Contracts Regime Update
Aged Care and RV Briefing Mar 2010 (1,423 KB)
- Unfair Contracts Regime
- Older people and the law report
- Mandatory disclosure of energy efficiency - are you ready?
- Senior appointments
Aged Care Briefing Sept 09 (233 KB)
- Who would want to be a retirement living developer?
- Transfer of liability for site contamination - watch out!
- ATO extends generosity to retirement village developers
Aged Care Briefing Jul 09 (686 KB)
Archive- Are your residence contracts unfair?
- Site contamination legislation is here!
- Resident records - who owns them and when they can be disclosed
- Can payroll tax be a recurrent charge? The NSW Tribunal says "yes"!
Biotechnology
Biotechnology Briefing Sept 08 (170 KB)
Archive- Why do I need a Confidentiality Agreement (or "NDA")?
- Who owns Intellectual Property?
- Enforceability of innovation patents - defining 'innovative step'
Construction
Security of Payment Legal Update - Issue 3 (410 KB)
- Requirements for serving payment schedules under the Act
Security of Payment Legal Update - Issue 2 (138 KB)
- Payment Claims under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (SA)
Construction Update Oct 11 (105 KB)
- On 1 September 2011 several changes were made to the Building Work Contractors Regulations.
Construction Briefing Apr 11 (1,272 KB)
- Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010
- Cashing Bank Guarantees and Damage to Reputation
- Measure of Damages if a Contractor Breaches a Building Contract
- Security of Payment - Quick Update
- Free Letter of Demand - Debt Collection
Construction Briefing Oct 10 (Personal Properties Securities Reform: are you prepared?) (807 KB)
- Limits on the power of a Superintendent
- A step closer to a national standard for fire bunkers
- Security of Payment regulations still not released
- Adverse Action - The Sleeping Giant
Construction Alert June 2010 (104 KB)
Archive- Unfair Contracts Regime
Environment and Planning
Environment and Planning Legal Update Jan 12 (1,840 KB)
- Regulated Trees
- Water Industry Bill
- Protecting the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale Regions
- Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2011
- New EPA Unit
Environment and Planning - Carbon Tax Nov 11 (1,405 KB)
- Are you ready for the Clean Energy Future?
Environment and Planning Briefing Jul 11 (1,932 KB)
- Carbon Tax
- The Population Strategy without a target
- Watch this space...
Environment and Planning Briefing Aug 10 (919 KB)
Archive- Redeveloping Commercial Land into Residential
- The importance of sighting a Development Approval
- Six star energy rating- are you ready?
- What are 'Better Development Plans'?
- "SUSTAINABILITY" and "GREEN" - more than just words
Property
Property Briefing Mar 10 (1,548 KB)
- Vendors beware - further changes to the form 1 vendor statement commencing 1 March 2010
- Regulated Trees
- Site contamination update
Property Briefing Sept 09 (668 KB)
- Who would want to be a property developer?
- Transfer of liability for site contamination - watch out!
- New Form 1 Statement
- GST Relief for Property Developers!
Property Briefing Apr 09 (129 KB)
- When is it a requirement to be registered as a land agent?
- Can a purchaser of land enforce a guarantee (of lessee's obligations under a lease) given in favour of the vendor
- Getting caveats right
Property Briefing Dec 08 (334 KB)
Archive- Real Estate Reforms Hit a Snag
- Margin Scheme changes to affect future property developments
- Conveyancing: The Importance of Serving an Accurate Form 1 Statement
Tax and Commercial
Tax and Commercial Briefing Sept 11 (1,609 KB)
- State Taxation
- Charities - ITEC and DGR endorsement - the Bicycle Victoria Case
- Self Managed Superannuation Funds Stamp Duty Exemption
- National Business Names Legislation
- Self Managed Super Fund Borrowing - New Ruling
- Franchise renewal fees - are they tax deductible or a capital cost?
- Tax on Super and Binding Nominations
- Not for Profit - Reform
Commercial Briefing Jun 11 (599 KB)
- Changes to Taxation of Trusts
- Capital Raising: Improving Disclosure for Retail Investors
- State based franchising legislation debate continues
- Personal Property Securities Act
- Reforms to the Not-for-Profit Sector
- Special Disability Trusts and CGT
Tax and Commercial Briefing Sept 10 (385 KB)
- Superannuation - Binding Death Benefit Nominations
- Draft Taxation Ruling 2009/8 is finalised - TR 2010/3
- Stamp Duties (Partnership Interest) Amendment Bill 2010 - a new Stamp Duty treatment for Partnerships
- Cooper Committee Review of Super
- Payroll Tax - working in more than one state
- Super Fund Borrowing Rule Changes
- Requirements for paying dividends - Changes to the Corporations Act
Tax and Commercial Briefing Apr 10 (604 KB)
- Family Law settlements - where Division 7A can help
- Major changes to South Australia's De Facto Property Laws
- Taxing of Trusts
- Unfair Contracts Regime
- Unpaid Trust Distributions and Corporate Beneficiaries
- Superannuation Fund Borrowing
- Terminating a Contract for the Sale of Land
Tax and Commercial Briefing Oct 09 (415 KB)
- Tax on income of trusts - watch out!
- Breaking the step relationship
- Effect of inheritances of matrimonial property settlements
- Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Directors' Duties in light of the James Hardie case: An Analysis
- New Form 1 Statement
- GST Relief for Property Developers!
Tax and Commercial Briefing May 09 (461 KB)
- The Government's Response - Can charities operate a profitable business and not pay tax?
- Needing to access superannuation in the economic downturn?
- When the writing is on the wall
- Can you claim a capital loss or tax deduction on unrecoverable business loans or trade debts?
- Loss of deductions for super contributions
- Liability of directors - James Hardie case
Tax and Commercial Briefing Dec 08 (470 KB)
- Tax savings at Christmas time!
- Self-managed super funds and binding death benefit nominations
- Abolition of trust cloning CGT concession
- Personal Properties Securities Reform: are you prepared?
- Conveyancing: The importance of seving an accurate Form 1 Statement
- Now more than ever cash is king
Tax and Commercial Briefing Sept 08 (492 KB)
Archive- Self managed super - clarification of sole purpose test
- Restraint of Trade vs the Sanctity of the Contract: a recent example
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - what you need to know
- Which Court is appropriate for your claim?
Workplace Relations
Workplace Relations Update Dec 11 (673 KB)
- To Tweet or not to Tweet... social media, employment and the Facebook facedown
Workplace Relations Update Nov 11 (1,084 KB)
- Christmas parties - avoiding a legal "hangover"
Workplace Relations Briefing Apr 11 (1,683 KB)
- Personal liability for a breach of the Fair Work Act
- Adverse Action no longer a sleeping giant - now a real monster
- Redundancy and redeployment obligations
- Union request to meet in lunch room - unreasonable
- Model OHS Act
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme
- Competition & Consumer Act
Workplace Relations Briefing Aug 10 (213 KB)
- Adverse Action - The Sleeping Giant
- Employee or independent contractor? The fine line gets finer...
- A valid reason for termination is not enough to avoid unfair dismissal
- When is redundancy "genuine"?
- Flexible work requests - do you know your rights?
Workplace Relations Briefing Feb 10 (264 KB)
- The new Industrial Relations Regime - what's new in 2010?
- The NES redundancy pay provision.
- Right to request flexible working arrangements.
Workplace Relations Briefing Jul 09 (389 KB)
- Record payout for sexual harassment against a South Australian employer
- Code of Practise to Manage Sexual Harassment
- South Australia Refers Industrial Relations Power to the Commonwealth
- Changes to Unfair Dismissal Laws from 1 July 2009
- Discrimination... the employee does not always win!
Workplace Relations Briefing Sept 08 (230 KB)
Archive- Sexual harassment in the workplace - can it happen to you?
- Keeping confidential information confidential
- New standards set for Community Service Leave