On 3 August 2010 the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendments Bill 2010 was passed by the Queensland parliament. ...
On 3 August 2010 the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendments Bill 2010 was passed by the Queensland parliament.
A Brisbane gym operator was recently held liable in contract and negligence after a woman slipped and fractured her ankle during a ‘Body Attack’ class.
CGU Insurance Limited v One.Tel Limited
Lenders in New South Wales breathed a sigh of relief earlier this month when the Supreme Court ruled in Bank of Western Australia Ltd v. Primanzon [2010] NSWSC 862 that two part-time commercial property investors could not claim relief under the Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) because the loans advanced
Section 84 of the Property Law Act in Queensland provides that a mortgagee may not exercise the power of sale unless a notice under section 84 has been served on the mortgagor and the specified default is not remedied within 30 days from service of the notice.
The Queensland Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 has been amended by the Heavy Vehicle Speed Compliance Act with the insertion of a new Chapter 5D in the Act. The new provisions are effective from 1 July 2010 and adopt national reforms in this area, which have been developed
New versions of the REIQ Contracts for House and Residential Land (7th edition) and Residential Lots in a Community Titles Scheme (3rd edition) were introduced on 1 July 2010. The amendments to previous versions of the REIQ Contracts are primarily due to the new national unfair contracts laws and are
The Government recently introduced a Bill to amend the super fund borrowing rules by replacing the existing exception in section 67(4A) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 with sections 67A and 67B.
The decision in SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v. Commissioner of Taxation [2010] FCA 635 is good news for Australian businesses with international operations. It is the first Federal Court decision handed down on substantive transfer pricing issues.
Recent amendments to the Commonwealth’s taxation legislation have significantly changed the regime relating to the ATO’s power to issue director penalty notices (DPN) to a director of a company.
The High Court decision in Bamford clarified a number of issues in relation to how income can be defined in a trust deed and whether provisions giving the trustee a discretion to adopt different concept of income are effective.
Transport companies need to ensure they are correctly paying GST when they receive any form of government rebate. Not all government payments will attract 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.
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