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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Rights of grand­par­ents and oth­er extend­ed fam­i­ly mem­bers to see the chil­dren after fam­i­lies separate

Dec 6, 2011

In Brief — Impor­tance of a pre-exist­ing rela­tion­ship and the age of the child  The deci­sion of a court about grand­par­ents and extend­ed…
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Gen­uine steps before going to court

Dec 6, 2011

In brief — Increased impor­tance of attempts to resolve a dispute On 24 March 2011 the Aus­tralian Par­lia­ment passed the Civ­il…
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ASIC involve­ment marks new twist in Chameleon Min­ing case

Nov 30, 2011

In brief — Finan­cial ser­vices licence exemp­tions do not have ret­ro­spec­tive effect ASIC has become involved in the case of Inter­na­tion­al…
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Grow­ing your busi­ness through acquisition

Nov 30, 2011

In brief – Acqui­si­tion can accel­er­ate the growth of your business One way to accel­er­ate the growth of your busi­ness dra­mat­i­cal­ly…
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Fed­er­al Court sets seri­ous con­se­quences for mul­ti­ple breach­es of Do Not Call Register

Nov 30, 2011

In brief — Com­pa­nies need to be wary of breach­ing the Do Not Call Register Sub­stan­tial fines have been issued for…
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Fed­er­al Court finds Cen­tro direc­tors guilty of breach­es of the Cor­po­ra­tions Act

Nov 30, 2011

In brief – Breach of finan­cial report­ing oblig­a­tions and duties of care and diligence The Fed­er­al Court has found that eight…
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Advan­tages in final­is­ing the mar­ket rent before a ten­ant exer­cis­es an option for a new lease term

Nov 30, 2011

In brief – Both land­lord and ten­ant ben­e­fit by agree­ing on the mar­ket rent Ten­ants who have an option for a fur­ther…
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Swaab in BRW Magazine

Nov 30, 2011

In Brief In this Busi­ness Review Week­ly arti­cle Glob­al Net­works, Man­ag­ing Part­ner Fred Swaab dis­cuss­es Swaab’s inter­na­tion­al alliance with the Mer­i­tas…
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Com­mence­ment of the Civ­il Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion Act 2011 (Cth) — News Alert

Nov 30, 2011

The fed­er­al gov­ern­ment has announced that the Civ­il Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion Act 2011 (Cth) will com­mence on 1 August 2011. The leg­is­la­tion…
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