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A teacher’s summary dismissal for serious misconduct causing harm to a student was not deemed to be unfair despite holes in the dismissal process.

Principals should immediately obtain legal advice if they are unsure of their school’s obligations to comply with a subpoena.

Effective notetaking is essential for meeting your reporting obligations and protecting your staff and students when an incident occurs. Read our five top tips to understand how you can avoid common deficiencies in notetaking.

The Partner of the Year Awards recognise the achievements of the legal industry’s most respected and sought-after partners.

The national minimum wage will increase to $772.60 per week (or $20.33 an hour) from 1 July 2021.

The national minimum wage will increase to $772.60 per week (or $20.33 an hour) from 1 July 2021.

Tax is inevitable but its treatment can vary widely in family law matters. CGW partner Justine Woods talks us through the basics.

In this video, CGW family law partner Justine Woods explains what a binding financial agreement must anticipate, what happens when something hasn’t been anticipated and how this might affect the agreement.

In this video CGW senior associate Craig Turvey talks us through the discrete property list The Federal Circuit Court has rolled this out for all financial matters that don’t involve parenting issues or child support matters.

On 19 March 2021, the Federal Court handed down a decision that clarified the scope of section 21 of the Australian Consumer Law. The Court indicated that, while exploitation of some vulnerability or disadvantage will often be a feature of unconscionable conduct, it is not is not an essential element in establishing that a party has engaged in statutory unconscionable conduct.

The Federal Government has recently announced reforms to the regulation of not-for-profit entities that self-assess as income tax exempt.

In this week’s edition of ‘It depends’, associate Keeghan Silcock talks about whether resettlement of a discretionary trust will trigger duty.