Where a court has ordered the winding-up of a company, a shareholder may be able to have the winding up terminated under section 482 of the Corporations Act 2001. ...
Where a court has ordered the winding-up of a company, a shareholder may be able to have the winding up terminated under section 482 of the Corporations Act 2001.
In Waugh v Simon Blackwood (Workers’ Compensation Regulator) [2015] ICQ 028, the Industrial Court of Queensland highlighted the breadth of an employer’s potential liability for activities undertaken by its staff, even where such activities have little connection with the employer’s business.
The obligation to comply with the requirements of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) applies to everyone and applies to any land in Queensland, including freehold.
There is a tussle taking place in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission regarding the right of an employer to be heard in an appeal by a worker against a decision of the Regulator. Two recent cases have come to very different conclusions in relation to the employer’s right to be
In a decision earlier this month, the New South Wales Supreme Court ordered Sims Group Australia Ltd and Delta Pty Ltd to pay compensation to New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services arising from a breach of load dimensional requirements that led to substantial damage to Sydney’s M5 tunnel. The
In this case, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission has found that ‘a nothing event’ was able to cause an aggravation to a previous work related neck injury, thereby allowing the worker to receive further compensation to cover the period of the aggravation.
In December last year, the Financial Systems Inquiry recommended removing the ability of SMSF trustees to borrow to acquire assets using limited recourse borrowing arrangements.
On 17 September 2015 the Queensland Parliament passed a Bill to amend the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (WCRA). The amendment saw significant changes to the WCRA and took effect from 9 October 2015.
There has been controversy over the impact of low or no interest related party loans to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) since the release last year of the ATO’s view that these loans can result in non-arm’s length income for SMSFs.
Small businesses, and those that deal with them, will soon have to review all of their standard commercial arrangements to ensure their terms are not unfair.
We have recently had a number of our clients receive pro-forma letters from the ATO asserting that they are tax residents of Australia and asking them to demonstrate that they are not. These letters are usually part of a bulk mail out based on the ATO data matching activities.
We have recently had a number of our clients receive pro-forma letters from the ATO asserting that they are tax residents of Australia and asking them to demonstrate that they are not. These letters are usually part of a bulk mail out based on the ATO data matching activities.
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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