In this case, Mr Damon settled the claim with the defendants on the morning of trial. However, the trial proceeded to decide the apportionment between each of the defendants. ...
In this case, Mr Damon settled the claim with the defendants on the morning of trial. However, the trial proceeded to decide the apportionment between each of the defendants.
A Mobicon at a distribution centre operated by Spotlight Pty Ltd ran over a truck driver who had been knocked to the ground by a container straddle carrier. The man sustained several serious injuries.
An unnamed food and catering business pleaded guilty to contravening the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to provide a safe system of work, which exposed a young teenage worker to a hazardous cleaning product.
On 24 May 2018, the Government first introduced a 12-month superannuation guarantee amnesty. The relevant Bill failed to pass the Senate and then lapsed when the federal election was called on 11 April 2019.
The High Court has refused to grant the ATO special leave to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision in Harding v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCAFC 29. The effect is that the Full Federal Court decision stands.
In the recent decision of ASIC v Vocation Limited (In Liquidation) [2019] FCA 807, the Federal Court found three directors personally liable under section 180 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for allowing Vocation Limited to breach its statutory obligations as an ASX listed entity.
Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) contained an exemption for transactions involving licensing or assignment of certain intellectual property rights from certain prohibitions against anti-competitive conduct.
Dr Anthony Lynham, Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy has introduced legislation to Parliament to establish an independent safety and health regulatory body funded by a levy on Queensland resources companies.
The Queensland Government has opened five new areas of Queensland’s Bowen Basin for tenders to explore for coking and thermal coal.
There have been several cases where SMSF advisers have been held liable for loss suffered in an SMSF. However, in a recent case, the AAT did not accept a director of an SMSF trustee blaming their accountant for SMSF compliance breaches.
The AAT has upheld the disqualification of a director of a trustee of an SMSF in Fitzmaurice and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2019] AATA 2217.
We get asked this question a lot. There appears to be a lot of uncertainty about when a relationship becomes a de facto relationship. This isn’t surprising given that different agencies, such as Centrelink or the Department of Immigration, apply different rules.
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.