Articles
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26 August 2014
Personal Property Securities
PPSA - light at the end of the tunnel for the hire industry?
The PPSA Review is aware of the matters pointed out by the hire industry and to the losses suffered by hire businesses.
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25 August 2014
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Creditor's Statutory Demands - Defects in the Supporting Affidavi…
Creditors should take great care to comply strictly with the Act and the Rules when drafting a statutory demand.
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25 August 2014
Work Health & Safety
NSW WCC (NSW Workers Compensation Commission) Presidential Update…
This monthly update includes recent decisions from the Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) in New South Wales.
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15 August 2014
Workplace Law & Culture
Bullying: Dear worker, be prepared to see an alternative point of…
The Commission will take a common sense approach to bullying and not interfere with genuine management actions or decisions.
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14 August 2014
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Unravelling the fiduciary tangle, as applied to joint ventures, p…
The case is a useful summary of fiduciary duties and how they may be breached by diversion of a commercial opportunity
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15 July 2014
Work Health & Safety
Weekly compensation payments - Court of Appeal clarifies Commissi…
Without a WCD, the Commission retains jurisdiction over disputes about an entitlements to weekly compensation payments
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03 July 2014
Personal Property Securities
PPSA update - new definition of 'motor vehicle'
Secured parties should be aware of the new definition to ensure registrations are made in the correct collateral class.
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03 July 2014
Corporate Governance
Update: Increase in ASIC fees with 2014-15 financial year
A complete summary of the revised ASIC Fees is on the ASIC website, but these changes are to the most common fees.
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26 June 2014
Workplace Law & Culture
Changes to all things Employment at the end of the financial year
The end of the financial year is a time of change, and in particular to the Fair Work Act and related legislation.
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26 June 2014
Deceased Estates
Gifts in contemplation of death - prudent estate planning can avo…
Proactive and prudent estate planning prior to death may overcome the risk and costs associated with legal proceedings .
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25 June 2014
Work Health & Safety
Lump sum compensation - further clarification post Goudappel
We anticipate an increase in the number of \"top up\" claims being made by workers who previously made lump sum claims.
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12 June 2014
Finance & Capital
When is a release not a release (and settlement of debt)?
This case is a good reminder to take care when negotiating a settlement to a dispute involving a number of co-sureties.
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12 June 2014
Personal Property Securities
The hire industry's submission to the Whittaker Review of the PPS…
The Hire & Rental Industry Association and the Elevating Work Platform Association have lodged a submission to the review.
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11 June 2014
Work Health & Safety
Is it too late to transition workers to the new weekly compensati…
WIRO considered the problem of validly transitioning weekly payment entitlements of an existing recipient of compensation.
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05 June 2014
Workplace Law & Culture
The fight for talent: all is fair in love and war - employment co…
Many businesses prosper by their capacity to lure the best and brightest away from their competitors to work with them
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26 May 2014
Workplace Law & Culture
Care and common-sense in safety in the workplace
The duty to ensure safety, so far as is practicable, is more likely if the business can show a strong safety culture.
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19 May 2014
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
A principal's antidote to adjudication - recourse to security?
This decision may provide an effective alternative for a principal who is disappointed by an adjudicator?s determination.
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16 May 2014
Work Health & Safety
High Court decides the Goudappel appeal for workers compensation
Mr Goudappel?s entitlement to lump sum impairment compensation was extinguished as he did not meet the 11% WPI threshold.