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The family law courts have acknowledged the tension between a separated parent having the freedom to live where they want and parents living so far apart from each other that their children cannot have a meaningful relationship with each of them.
When family lawyers refer to ‘unilateral relocation’, we mean situations where a parent has moved their children’s residence a great distance without the other parent’s consent.
Cooper Grace Ward is pleased to announce that 12 lawyers have been promoted to senior positions including three new partners.
In this video, CGW family law partner Justine Woods explains how property settlements can be finalised during the pandemic, but they are happening slightly differently, in slightly different timing and informed by considerations that we’ve never had to really turn our minds to before.
The Queensland Government has released 1459 km² of land for petroleum exploration as part of the Unite and Recover for Queensland Jobs plan.
Section 561 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) provides that accrued employee entitlements must be paid in priority to the holder of a circulating security interest in a winding up.
The national minimum wage will increase to $753.80 per week (or $19.84 per hour). The weekly rate is based on a 38 hour week for a full-time employee. This constitutes an increase of $13 per week, or 35 cents an hour.
Between the bushfire disaster earlier this year and the ongoing pandemic, the need for charitable donations has been heightened.
A Brisbane scrap metal yard has been fined $3 million for industrial manslaughter and its two directors sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, wholly suspended, for reckless conduct after a worker was hit by a reversing forklift and later died from his injuries.
Where a director purports to enter into a contract on behalf of a company without authority or contrary to the company constitution, disputes can arise as to the enforceability of the contract.
Due to current social distancing measures, many organisations are considering whether they can hold general meetings using technology.
It is not uncommon for a repairer or the provider of storage facilities who is in possession of goods (a bailee) to be owed costs for work or storage services.