Swaab Legal Direc­tions — Issue 1 April 2011

Dec 7, 2011

Swaab Legal Direc­tions — The first issue for 2011 of our quar­ter­ly newsletter. …
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Exten­sion of per­son­al lia­bil­i­ty of directors

Dec 7, 2011

Impor­tant changes in the law gov­ern­ing a director’s lia­bil­i­ty for com­pa­ny debts have been fore­cast. The antic­i­pat­ed changes will mean that…
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Is your will valid?

Dec 7, 2011

Pre­scribed requirements It is impor­tant that your will is writ­ten and exe­cut­ed to com­ply with the require­ments as pre­scribed under…
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Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion guide for New South Wales

Dec 7, 2011

In Brief Fraud in land deal­ings has long been an issue in New South Wales. Now the leg­is­la­ture is tak­ing a pre­ven­ta­tive…
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Has the long-antic­i­pat­ed reg­u­la­tion of lit­i­ga­tion fund­ing final­ly arrived?

Dec 6, 2011

Inter­na­tion­al Lit­i­ga­tion Part­ners Pte Ltd v Chameleon Min­ing NL (2011) 276 ALR 138; [2011] NSW­CA 50; BC201101379. Introduction The recent deci­sion…
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What rights do par­ents have to stop their ex’s new part­ner tak­ing part in rais­ing their children

Dec 6, 2011

Joint parental responsibility With­out any court orders and usu­al­ly with court orders (unless it is deter­mined by the court that…
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Swaab employ­ment lawyer writes on unfair dis­missal for Char­tered Sec­re­taries magazine

Dec 6, 2011

In Brief In this arti­cle, Termi­nat­ing an employ­ee — reduc­ing the risks of unfair dis­missal claims, employ­ment lawyer Bren­dan Tay­lor exam­ines…
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Sen­ate Com­mit­tee report: The ade­qua­cy of pro­tec­tions for the pri­va­cy of Aus­tralians online

Dec 6, 2011

In brief — Pri­va­cy rec­om­men­da­tions could have a pro­found impact on all businesses A Sen­ate Com­mit­tee report has made nine rec­om­men­da­tions for…
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Five ways to make them pay their debts

Dec 6, 2011

When peo­ple tell me that they are owed mon­ey and ask me what they can do to recov­er that debt…
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Employ­er defends adverse action claim by employ­ee dis­missed dur­ing pro­ba­tion­ary period

Dec 6, 2011

In brief – Dis­missal dur­ing pro­ba­tion not nec­es­sar­i­ly an adverse action Fol­low­ing on from our ear­li­er arti­cle on adverse action, a recent…
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