The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (Qld) received royal assent on 14 April 2011. ...
The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (Qld) received royal assent on 14 April 2011.
The Body Corporate and Community Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (Qld) was passed on 6 April 2011 and will commence on a date to be set (but expected shortly).
Many Australians appreciate the benefits and convenience of retirement village living. But some retirement village ownership structures require special care in Will drafting, or the estate may not pass as you expect.
Shortage of skilled workers? Considering employing overseas skilled workers? There are different types of visas available for employers who wish to employ overseas workers. Some are permanent visas, others are temporary visas. By sponsoring employees for these visas, an employer can secure the employment of the skilled workers from overseas.
Full Federal Court hands down decision on Roundup and the meaning of “substitutable goods produced in Australia”
In the decision in Ben Starkey v Cootes Transport Group Pty Ltd [2011] FWA 228, Fair Work Australia dismissed an employee’s unfair dismissal application. The employee had been dismissed for serious misconduct when he was observed using a mobile phone while driving the employer’s fuel tanker.
We have been recommending that clients amend their trust deeds to clarify a number of issues of uncertainty arising from recent cases and changes in the ATO position on trusts.
Fair Work Australia dismissed a truck driver’s unfair dismissal claim after finding that termination of his employment for falsifying his fatigue management records was not unfair.
The recent Federal Court decision of Colonial First State Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2011] FCA 16 further highlights the danger of assuming that unit trusts will qualify as “fixed” trusts.
An employee was recently awarded $74,000 in damages (reduced by an ex gratia payment the employer made to the employee on appeal) because the employer failed to set objectives and review the employee’s performance.
Financiers routinely require borrowers to take out insurance cover and to note the insurer’s interests on the policy. This case illustrates the limited cover available to financiers who are noted as “interested parties” in circumstances where the insured’s actions trigger an exclusion in the policy.
Australian retailers have recently campaigned for the government to remove the exemptions that allow certain imported goods to be exempt from customs duty and import GST.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.