Aged Care and Retirement Villages
Aged Care Briefing Mar 10 (1,286 KB)
- Update - Unfair Contracts Regime
- Older People and the Law Report: The Government's response
- Mandatory Disclosure of Energy Efficiency - are you ready?
Aged Care Briefing Sept 09 (232 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)
- 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"!
Aged Care Briefing Dec 08 (201 KB)
- An old chestnut revisited: What is a Constitutional Corporation?
- Retirement Village Conference report
- Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No.2) Bill 2008
Aged Care Briefing Sept 08 (205 KB)
Archive- Case study: How secure is secure?
- Reporting residents who go missing from aged care facilities
- Case study: Can an employee be forced to undergo a psychiatric assessment?
- Australia's first gay retirement village
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
Construction Briefing Oct 09 (641 KB)
- Transfer of liability for site contamination - watch out!
- "Smart litigation" - there must be a better way to do this
- Measure of Damage - Breach of Building Contract
- Who would want to be a property developer?
- When are you obliged to undertake good faith negotiations?
Construction Briefing May 09 (203 KB)
- Don't become another global crisis statistic: know your options for securing payment for building work
- Contract Law Case Studies - Implying terms into contracts - a difficult business
- Security of Payment Legislation - Update
- "Smart litigation" there must be a better way to do this
Construction Briefing Dec 08 (244 KB)
- "Smart litigation" - there must be a better way to do this
- Personal Properties Securities Reform: are you prepared?
- Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill 2008 - the wheels begin to turn in South Australia
Construction Briefing Sept 08 (604 KB)
Archive- Don't bear the full risk of price increases
- Changes to court rulings around eDiscovery of documents
- National Trade Licensing - update
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 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 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