Summer Report 2015
Client Profile: Port Adelaide Football Club – On the Rise
March 19, 2015The Port Adelaide Football Club will be seeking to top the table on and off-field in 2015, and DW Fox Tucker will be...
Finders Keepers – Who Owns Abandoned Goods?
March 19, 2015Take a drive around the suburbs of any Australian city and you will usually come across things sitting on the footpath, commonly furniture...
Guarantors Beware
March 19, 2015Settling with the bank may not be the end of the matter You are a director of a company. You and the other...
Environment Protection Act
March 19, 2015Site contamination: What to do when selling The Environment Protection Act provides that the “appropriate person” may be issued with a “site contamination...
Business Transactions – Myths & Tax Traps
March 19, 2015When you buy a business venture or invest in one you are putting your money into something someone else has set up, organised...
Calling All Failed “Blockheads” – Building Works Gone Wrong
March 19, 2015Many of you may have been inspired to build a new house or renovate your existing house/property by television shows such as “The...
Supreme Court Clarifies when an Employee is Absent and when an Employee is on Leave
March 19, 2015The Full Bench of the Supreme Court, in a majority judgment, in Flinders Ports Pty Ltd v Woolford [2015] SASCFC 6 has clarified...
Buying or Selling a Business?
March 19, 2015How to ensure the best outcomes Buying or selling a business can involve complex legal processes and documentation. What may seem like a...
Land Tax: The Commissioner’s Views on Trust Beneficiaries
March 19, 2015Land tax is imposed at progressive rates on the aggregate taxable value of the taxable real property owned by a taxpayer. Where land...
National Electronic Conveyancing System Coming to SA
March 19, 2015Will it provide a shock to clients? After successfully conquering New South Wales and Victoria, the National Electronic Conveyancing System has its sights...
Receivership: Post Appointment Employee Entitlements
March 19, 2015To pay or not to pay? That is the question What is receivership? Receivership is a form of external administration which may apply...
Workplace and Employment Law – Significant Events & Predictions
March 19, 2015Significant events in 2014 and predictions for 2015 Developments and significant events in 2014: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCA 32...
Miscellaneous Purpose Licences Under the Mining Act 1971 (SA)
March 19, 2015Applications, conditions and compensation Section 52 of the Mining Act 1971 (SA) (Mining Act) allows the Minister to grant a miscellaneous purpose licence...
The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
March 19, 2015What is it and what are the likely impacts on agribusiness? A Free Trade Agreement (“FTA”) is an agreement between two or more...
Omissions Must Cause or Contribute to Loss to Allow Rejection of Insurance Claims
March 19, 2015Implications of Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33 Background Highway Hauliers (the insured) is an interstate freight transport business that...
Staff Profile: John Tucker
March 19, 2015There are essentially three ways someone can discover a passion for their work. Some are undoubtedly born with it. Others stumble into it...