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Legal Alerts
Cooper Grace Ward regularly publishes alerts on a range of legal issues affecting our clients' businesses and industries. Please click on the links below to access our recent legal alerts. Relevant Legal Alerts also appear on our Services and Industries pages.
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The Strategic Cropping Land Act (Act) has been passed to protect ‘strategic cropping land’ in Queensland from development that would permanently alienate the land, or reduce its agricultural capacity. The...03 February 2012 , Categorised In:
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Since 2006, families with a disabled child have been able to establish a Special Disability Trust (SDT). SDTs allow immediate family members and carers to provide for the future care and accommodation needs of a ‘...17 January 2012 , Categorised In: Revenue, Tax & Superannuation, Estate Planning
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So you’ve separated and don’t really want your ex-spouse or de facto partner to be able to claim against that house you bought out of your hard-earned savings. After all, you were the one who went to work...11 January 2012 , Categorised In: Family Law
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Have you been divorced from a former spouse? Were you previously in a de facto relationship that ended? If your answer to either of those questions is ‘yes’, and you never formalised your property settlement...09 January 2012 , Categorised In: Family Law
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Niccolò Machiavelli once famously remarked, ‘A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.’ The treatment of inheritances often...23 December 2011 , Categorised In: Family Law
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A different perspective During school holiday periods, children frequently have the experience of spending considerably more time than usual with the parent with whom they do not usually live. Particularly during the...20 December 2011 , Categorised In: Family Law
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Contemplating holiday travel with the kids? Do you have court orders about parenting? Are you paying child support? Well, you would never live it down if you got to the airport and either you or the children weren...19 December 2011 , Categorised In: Family Law
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The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) comes into effect on 30 January 2012 and brings sweeping changes to business, how you will go about protecting your clients’ business assets and the ownership...16 December 2011 , Categorised In: Corporate & Commercial, Personal Property Securities Act
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The New South Wales Supreme Court has ordered an accountant to pay $117,995 in damages after he used his former employer’s confidential information to poach at least 776 clients. In 2002, Mr Denis Cummins, an...15 December 2011 , Categorised In: Employment & Workplace Relations
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The business judgment rule The business judgment rule is a defence to breach of the statutory duty of care and diligence in section 180 of the Corporations Act. The Australian form of the rule is found in section...13 December 2011 , Categorised In: Corporate Governance & Compliance
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Separating from a long-term spouse or de facto partner is considered to be one of the most traumatic events a person can experience. The circumstances giving rise to the separation, which typically include infidelity,...21 November 2011 , Categorised In: Family Law
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On 20 October 2011, the Small Business Commissioner Bill 2011 was passed, creating controversial and unprecedented powers for the South Australian Small Business Commissioner (SBC). Under the new provisions, the...14 November 2011 , Categorised In: Franchising, Corporate & Commercial
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It is common for separated parties to be anxious about their property settlement and the assets they are likely to retain when the separation-dust settles. This is only natural given that family law is often poorly...14 November 2011 , Categorised In: Family Law
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On 13 October 2011, amendments were introduced to make directors personally liable for unpaid superannuation contributions where the company does not comply with its superannuation guarantee obligations. ...19 October 2011 , Categorised In: Revenue, Tax & Superannuation
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A recent ruling in New Zealand has cast doubt on the extent to which directors can rely on their Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) liability insurance cover to help fund defence costs. The decision is...18 October 2011 , Categorised In: Corporate Governance & Compliance
