Quarterly Report

DW Fox Tucker’s quarterly Report is a comprehensive publication containing news, commentary and analysis of significant contemporary legal issues impacting the Australian business community.

Summer Report 2020

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• Client Profile: Eldercare
  April 10, 2020
• The Covid-19 Outbreak and Contract Relief in the Form of Force Majeure
  April 10, 2020
• The Issue of Capacity
  April 10, 2020
• Land Tax Reform – What Does it All Mean?
  April 10, 2020
• Who Owns Intellectual Property? Employer or Employee
  April 10, 2020
• “Confidential” Means Confidential
  April 10, 2020
• On the Hook: Directors in the Tax Firing Line
  April 10, 2020
• The Long Reach of Spousal Maintenance
  April 10, 2020
• Modern Issues in Business Succession Planning
  April 10, 2020
• Residence Issues for Trust Estates With Foreign Corporate Trustees
  April 10, 2020
• Staff Profile: A Life-changing Year
  April 10, 2020

Winter Report 2019

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• Client Profile: Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT)
  September 26, 2019
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
  September 26, 2019
• Good to Give
  September 26, 2019
• Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain
  September 26, 2019
• Insurers to be Barred from Using Unfair Contracts
  September 26, 2019
• Top Tips for Creating your Trade Mark
  September 26, 2019
• Damages for Disappointing Holiday
  September 26, 2019
• Direct Marketing and Data Sharing: Shahin v BP Australia
  September 26, 2019
• Separated but Living Under the One Roof: Together but Apart
  September 26, 2019
• Using the PPSR to Protect your Deposit
  September 26, 2019
• Staff Profile: Sandy Donaldson
  September 26, 2019

Autumn Report 2019

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• Client Profile: Wine Industry Suppliers Australia (WISA)
  June 21, 2019
• Succession Planning
  June 21, 2019
• Do You Have Goodwill?
  June 21, 2019
• Director Identification Number Bill
  June 21, 2019
• Provision of Suitable Employment Under Section 18 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA)
  June 21, 2019
• FWC Proposes the Introduction of Additional Requirements for Award Based Annualised Wage Arrangements
  June 21, 2019
• Fair Work Rejects ‘Living Wage’ Argument of the ACTU in Minimum Wage Review Decision
  June 21, 2019
• Registration of Everything (Commonwealth) Bill
  June 21, 2019
• Offloading Tax Liabilities Between Spouses
  June 21, 2019
• Crowd-Sourced Funding for Private Companies
  June 21, 2019
• Staff Profile: Joe DeRuvo
  June 21, 2019

Spring Report 2018

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• Client Profile: National Electrical and Communications Association
  November 7, 2018
• DW Fox Tucker & Bradbrook Lawyers: Two eminent employment law specialists join forces
  November 7, 2018
• Retirement Village Unit
  November 7, 2018
• Trust Splitting
  November 7, 2018
• ATO Raids
  November 7, 2018
• Engine of Luxury Yacht Burns Out
  November 7, 2018
• “As Told by Hassold”: A Tale of Many Wills
  November 7, 2018
• Workers Compensation Case Studies
  November 7, 2018
• Parallel Universes Converge: Trade Mark Act Amendments
  November 7, 2018
• Passing Control of a Discretionary Trust to the Next Generation
  November 7, 2018
• Branding for WET
  November 7, 2018
• Staff Profile: Ben Duggan
  November 7, 2018

Autumn Report 2018

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• Client Profile: Calvary Group
  July 4, 2018
• Another Award for One of Our Tax “Gurus”
  July 4, 2018
• Online Incorporations Services
  July 4, 2018
• EU Data Bomb: Australian Collateral Damage
  July 4, 2018
• Buried in the Budget: Directors in the Firing Line
  July 4, 2018
• Looking into the Crystal Ball
  July 4, 2018
• Wills: Greedy v Needy
  July 4, 2018
• Making Sense of the Personal Property Securities Register
  July 4, 2018
• Set-off Defence Gains Ground in Unfair Preference Claims
  July 4, 2018
• Contract Termination for Insolvency – Not Anymore!
  July 4, 2018
• New International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety
  July 4, 2018
• Do You Own Your Trade Mark?
  July 4, 2018
• Staff Profile: Patrick Walsh
  July 4, 2018

Summer Report 2018

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• Client Profile: Stoney Pinch
  March 26, 2018
• Tax Changes for Developers of New Residential Property
  March 26, 2018
• Attention Landlords, Leasing Agents and Tenants!
  March 26, 2018
• The Benefits of Incorporating a Testamentary Trust in Your Will
  March 26, 2018
• How to get to a Binding Deal
  March 26, 2018
• Easements in Gross
  March 26, 2018
• Wills
  March 26, 2018
• Mandatory Data Breach Notification
  March 26, 2018
• Binding Financial Agreements Following the High Court Decision of Thorne V Kennedy
  March 26, 2018
• Staff Profile: Patrick Cook
  March 26, 2018

Spring Report 2017

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• Client Profile: The Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc
  October 31, 2017
• DW Fox Tucker & Cleartitle Conveyancing Join Forces
  October 31, 2017
• Broadening the CGT Relief for Separating Couples
  October 31, 2017
• It can be a Crime to not Lodge Your Returns!
  October 31, 2017
• So You’ve Been Appointed as an Executor…….Now What?
  October 31, 2017
• Company Contracts
  October 31, 2017
• Succession Law: Tiburzi v Butler [2017] SASCFC 89 (28 July 2017)
  October 31, 2017
• The Risks of Acting for/as Trustee Companies
  October 31, 2017
• Copyright Infringement
  October 31, 2017
• 2017-18 State Budget Changes for Acquisitions of Property in South Australia
  October 31, 2017
• Oppression Claims by Minority Shareholders
  October 31, 2017
• Weatherill State Government to Regulate Labour Hire
  October 31, 2017
• Staff Profile: Joanne Cliff
  October 31, 2017

Winter Report 2017

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• Client Profile: Karidis Corporation
  June 22, 2017
• DW Fox Tucker Partners With One of SA’s Oldest Law Firms
  June 22, 2017
• The ‘Stepping Stone’ Doctrine
  June 22, 2017
• Super Reform: Are You Ready For 1 July?
  June 22, 2017
• A Safe Harbour From Insolvent Trading?
  June 22, 2017
• When Should “Without Prejudice” Be Used?
  June 22, 2017
• Update on Mining Acts Review
  June 22, 2017
• Long Live the Queen (Adelaide Trade Mark)
  June 22, 2017
• Joining the Crowd
  June 22, 2017
• Application and Transition: The Proposed WET Rebate Revision Legislation
  June 22, 2017
• Recognising the Health Benefits of Good Work
  June 22, 2017
• Staff Profile: Briony Hutchens
  June 22, 2017

Spring Report 2016

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• Client Profile: Paracombe Wines
  December 16, 2016
• Wild Geese Wines: The Bird Has Flown
  December 16, 2016
• China and SA Now
  December 16, 2016
• Community – Light The Night…to Support the Leukaemia Foundation
  December 16, 2016
• Planning Update – Where is SA at?
  December 16, 2016
• Making the Most out of a Producer’s Licence
  December 16, 2016
• Contractual Provision Fails to Exclude Overtime Payment
  December 16, 2016
• Tax Implications of Structuring for Holding Your Intellectual Property
  December 16, 2016
• Electronic Conveyancing
  December 16, 2016
• Inheritance Disputes
  December 16, 2016
• Taxation of Earnouts
  December 16, 2016
• Confidentiality
  December 16, 2016
• South Australians with Motor Neurone Disease
  December 16, 2016
• Staff Profile: Alex Bastian
  December 16, 2016

Autumn Report 2016

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• Client Profile: Felmeri Homes
  May 26, 2016
• The Return To Work Act Revisited
  May 26, 2016
• The Panama Papers – Are You Next?
  May 26, 2016
• Tax Transparency After the Panama Papers
  May 26, 2016
• Trustees Holding “With no Survivorship”
  May 26, 2016
• Wills for Different Countries
  May 26, 2016
• University of Adelaide Law School Prize Ceremony
  May 26, 2016
• Solicitor’s Duty of Care
  May 26, 2016
• Community Support
  May 26, 2016
• Licensee Update – Part 2 – Avoiding disciplinary action
  May 26, 2016
• New Risk for Accountants
  May 26, 2016
• Land Tax
  May 26, 2016
• Stamp Duty Amendments
  May 26, 2016
• Aged Care – Estate Planning and Substitute Decision-Making
  May 26, 2016
• Staff Profile: Brendan Golden
  May 26, 2016

Summer Report 2016

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• Client Profile: Greenwheat Freekeh
  February 15, 2016
• Copyright in Cyberspace: Read the Fine Print
  February 15, 2016
• Crowdfunding
  February 15, 2016
• Unfair Terms in Small Business Contracts
  February 15, 2016
• Spotlight on Sham Contracting Arrangements
  February 15, 2016
• Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption
  February 15, 2016
• Stamp Duty
  February 15, 2016
• Liquidator’s Beware – Selling Assets of an Insolvent Corporate Trustee
  February 15, 2016
• Legal Capacity
  February 15, 2016
• Family Provision Claims in South Australia
  February 15, 2016
• Self-Managed Super Funds
  February 15, 2016
• Litigation Funding in Recovery Proceedings
  February 15, 2016
• Great Software, Great Idea – But is it Patentable?
  February 15, 2016
• Licensee Alert
  February 15, 2016
• A Personally Injured Bankrupt?
  February 15, 2016
• Staff Profile: Kate Bickford
  February 15, 2016

Winter Report 2015

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• Client Profile: Quality Wool
  September 7, 2015
• Agricultural Land Register
  September 7, 2015
• Advance Care Directives
  September 7, 2015
• The Enterprise Contract
  September 7, 2015
• Supreme Court Awards Injured Worker $1.3 Million
  September 7, 2015
• Nominee Directors
  September 7, 2015
• State Tax Reform
  September 7, 2015
• Proposed Stamp Duty Changes
  September 7, 2015
• Caveatable Interests
  September 7, 2015
• Signing on the Dotted Line in a Digital Age
  September 7, 2015
• Strategy is King
  September 7, 2015
• Privacy
  September 7, 2015
• Buying a New House?
  September 7, 2015
• Staff Profile: Lisa Harrington
  September 7, 2015

Autumn Report 2015

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• Client Profile: Torbreck Vintners
  May 31, 2015
• Grocery Retailers Agree to Self-Regulation
  May 31, 2015
• Start-up & Small Business Incentives
  May 31, 2015
• To Err is Human
  May 31, 2015
• The Final Report is Out – Where to Now?
  May 31, 2015
• Cheers!
  May 31, 2015
• Setting up an Online Business
  May 31, 2015
• Tax on Earnouts
  May 31, 2015
• The Employer Strikes Back
  May 31, 2015
• Disputes and Litigation
  May 31, 2015
• Disputed Progress Payment Claims
  May 31, 2015
• Share it Fairly but don’t Take A Slice of My Pie!
  May 31, 2015
• Transforming Workers Compensation in South Australia
  May 31, 2015
• Financial Benefits for Injured Workers
  May 31, 2015
• Employers Take On More Under New Scheme
  May 31, 2015
• Staff Profile: Girish Rao
  May 31, 2015

Summer Report 2015

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• Client Profile: Port Adelaide Football Club – On the Rise
  March 19, 2015
• Finders Keepers – Who Owns Abandoned Goods?
  March 19, 2015
• Guarantors Beware
  March 19, 2015
• Environment Protection Act
  March 19, 2015
• Business Transactions – Myths & Tax Traps
  March 19, 2015
• Calling All Failed “Blockheads” – Building Works Gone Wrong
  March 19, 2015
• Supreme Court Clarifies when an Employee is Absent and when an Employee is on Leave
  March 19, 2015
• Buying or Selling a Business?
  March 19, 2015
• Land Tax: The Commissioner’s Views on Trust Beneficiaries
  March 19, 2015
• National Electronic Conveyancing System Coming to SA
  March 19, 2015
• Receivership: Post Appointment Employee Entitlements
  March 19, 2015
• Workplace and Employment Law – Significant Events & Predictions
  March 19, 2015
• Miscellaneous Purpose Licences Under the Mining Act 1971 (SA)
  March 19, 2015
• The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
  March 19, 2015
• Omissions Must Cause or Contribute to Loss to Allow Rejection of Insurance Claims
  March 19, 2015
• Staff Profile: John Tucker
  March 19, 2015

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