Cor­po­ra­tions and defamation

Aug 6, 2019

Sev­er­al high-pro­file Aus­tralians have become embroiled in defama­tion cas­es in recent months.  A pub­li­ca­tion about a per­son com­mu­ni­cat­ed to a third par­ty is…
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What does a No Deal Brex­it mean for your trade marks?

Aug 5, 2019

Recent polit­i­cal changes in the Unit­ed King­dom have raised the prospect of a ​‘no deal’ Brex­it as a seri­ous pos­si­bil­i­ty. It…
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NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try — an expert’s per­spec­tive (part 5 of 6)

Jul 30, 2019

Inter­view with Mark Kavanagh — Build­ing Consultant Over the com­ing weeks, I will be releas­ing a six part arti­cle series. The arti­cles will…
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Medi­ate, col­lab­o­rate or lit­i­gate — resolv­ing your Fam­i­ly Law matter

Jul 10, 2019

There are a num­ber of ways in which you can resolve your finan­cial and par­ent­ing issues after a rela­tion­ship breakdown.  The first and…
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Ter­mi­na­tion of employ­ment by SMS fails the fair­ness text

Jul 8, 2019

Tex­ting Times for Employers In two recent unfair dis­missal deci­sions, the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) has con­demned the prac­tice of ter­mi­nat­ing…
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Bal­anc­ing costs and claims in fam­i­ly pro­vi­sion applications

Jul 8, 2019

Costs are an impor­tant con­sid­er­a­tion in all legal pro­ceed­ings. Deceased estate lit­i­ga­tion, how­ev­er, often involves lit­i­gants with mod­est means, and…
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Work­place Sur­veil­lance Act 2005 (NSW) Admis­si­bil­i­ty of evi­dence unlaw­ful­ly obtained- lat­est developments

Jul 3, 2019

When it comes to the ques­tion of work­place sur­veil­lance, there are some employ­ers who are not aware of the impli­ca­tions…
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Vol­un­tary assist­ed dying laws com­mence in Victoria

Jul 3, 2019

In Novem­ber 2017, after sig­nif­i­cant com­mu­ni­ty and par­lia­men­tary debate, Vic­to­ria became the first state in Aus­tralia to law­ful­ly allow ter­mi­nal­ly…
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How are pre-rela­tion­ship assets treat­ed in a prop­er­ty set­tle­ment? Are they includ­ed or excluded?

Jul 2, 2019

After sep­a­ra­tion the par­ties to a mar­riage or a defac­to rela­tion­ship are enti­tled to seek a divi­sion of assets of the rela­tion­ship. The…
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Small and large pro­pri­etary com­pa­nies redefined

Jul 1, 2019

From 1 July 2019, changes to the def­i­n­i­tion of​‘small’ and​‘large’ pro­pri­etary com­pa­nies will affect the report­ing oblig­a­tions of small and medi­um…
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