In the recent case of Entello Pty Ltd v Firooztash [2016] QDC 50, a financial adviser has been restrained for up to six months from soliciting or undertaking professional services ...
In the recent case of Entello Pty Ltd v Firooztash [2016] QDC 50, a financial adviser has been restrained for up to six months from soliciting or undertaking professional services to clients of his former employer after allegedly breaching restraint of trade provisions in his employment contract.
The Federal Court has found that foreign corporations can be found to have engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when supplying goods or services to Australian consumers.
One of the major issues with LRBAs has been around the terms of loans from related parties.
The question of whether a trustee can make an effective distribution of capital to beneficiaries from an asset revaluation reserve has been clarified by the decision of the High Court in Fischer v Nemeske Pty Ltd [2016] HCA 11 (delivered on 6 April 2016).
On Friday evening 1 April 2016, the Federal Court in Brisbane (on the application of NatRoad) granted a stay of the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Order (2016 RSRO) until further order of the Court.
On Friday evening 1 April 2016, the Federal Court in Brisbane (on the application of NatRoad) granted a stay of the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Order (2016 RSRO) until further order of the Court.
In the recent case of McQuitty v Midgley [2016] QSC 36, the Queensland Supreme Court re-evaluated the test for assessing the likelihood of a future hypothetical event occurring.
In August last year, Cooper Grace Ward reported on the decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland in BRB Modular Pty Ltd v AWX Constructions Pty Ltd [2015] QSC 218
On 1 October 2015, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) commenced a new process for dealing with appeals against review decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Regulator.
Recently, the Valuer-General began issuing statutory valuations for all land in Queensland. Deductions for site improvements will apply for all land valued using site valuation, which is all residential and commercial land that is not zoned rural. Farmers may be eligible for the farming concession.
On March 4 2016, the Federal Government announced that the Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission (ACNC) will be retained.
In the recent case of Maggs v RACQ Insurance Limited [2016] QSC 41, the Supreme Court of Queensland ruled that fund management fees are not recoverable damages as part of statutory claims brought under the Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld) (‘CPA’).
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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