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Eliminating COVID-19 Risk From Australian Workplaces
February 23, 2021 / Employment, Workplace Relations & SafetyWe can now prevent people from developing COVID-19, but when is it lawful and reasonable for employers to direct employees to undergo vaccination...
Terms and Conditions for Sale of Goods/Incoterms® 2020 and Vienna Convention
January 21, 2021 / Corporate & CommercialINCOTERMS® 2020 came into effect on 1 January 2020, so have now been operative for over a year. These do not replace INCOTERMS® 2010,...
Can You Choose Your Own Conveyancer?
December 30, 2020 / ConveyancingYES! In any circumstance you can always choose your conveyancer. Please remember, you can always choose your conveyancer, no matter what anyone else...
What Should You Look for in a Conveyancer?
December 30, 2020 / ConveyancingA specialist in their craft, registered in all the right places. Beware of conveyancing “on the side” The most important thing for you...
What is Conveyancing?
December 30, 2020 / ConveyancingIt may surprise you to hear that, after decades of specialising in conveyancing, the most common question our experts get asked at the...
Client Profile: Detmold Group
December 17, 2020 / Client ProfilesSouth Australian paper & packaging group calls on long history of innovation to contribute to the COVID-19 response. In what is regarded as...
Last Chance to Avoid Casual Worker “Double-Dipping” Disaster
December 17, 2020 / Employment, Workplace Relations & SafetyLeave entitlements to be challenged in the High Court after the Federal Government’s epic fail in Federal Court The High Court has granted...
Family Law Court Initiatives
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020It is a well recognised fact, amongst lawyers and the community, that family law claims can be expensive and take a long time...
Debt Recovery and Maximising Costs Recoveries
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020No business wants the cashflow interruption or the diversion of attention that having to chase a debt brings. Almost inevitably, though, businesses at...
Onus of Proof in Tax Disputes
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020For taxpayers engaged in matters with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) where facts are in dispute, the ATO will point out that the...
No Thanks! Effective Disclaimer of a Trust Entitlement
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020Attempts to disclaim an entitlement to trust, income or capital have arisen in various contexts for various reasons. The contexts often include receipt...
A Win for Women in Pelvic Mesh Class Action – for the Moment …
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020GILL v ETHICON SÁRL & ORS (NO 5) [2019] FCA 1905 This was a representative proceeding under Part IVA of the Federal Court...
All for One and One for All!
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020South Australian Employment Tribunal finds that all members of a group under a licence of self-insurance are equally and severally liable for suitable...
Building and Construction Contracts: The Importance of Good Contract Administration
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020Adelaide’s landscape is constantly changing. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied the growth of many industries, the State Government’s Renew Adelaide project and...
King Reigns All: High Court Decides Holding Companies May Be Held Accountable for Subsidiary Company Actions
December 17, 2020 / Spring Report 2020The High Court of Australia decision broadens section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 interpretation, meaning that potentially anyone can be considered an...
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