Articles
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27 March 2007
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Claiming legal costs in litigation of in-house counsel
Cases in which the ability of a successful party to claim in-house counsel?s costs have shown there is no real difference between in-house and external lawyers for this purpose.
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22 February 2007
Workplace Law & Culture
Changes to workplace laws introduced - January 2007
2007 begins with some new workplace laws, some answers, and some solutions in the transition to Work Choices.
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29 January 2007
Property
New legislation to manage disputes between property ....
The Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 will commence operation on 2 February.
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24 January 2007
Intellectual Property
Website links: potential legal liability risks
Did you know that website links can be very dangerous for both you and the operator of the linked website?
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15 January 2007
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Case law: warranties under the Home Building Act
The Home Building Act radically changed the regulation of residential building in NSW.
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14 December 2006
Insolvency
Insolvency and administration: I lose, you pay - last minute adj…
One factor which weighs heavily in the mind of hostile creditors is the costs of the contested adjournment application.
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05 December 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
Celebrations turned sour - sexual harrassment at the workplace Ch…
The following scenario, with names changed to protect the guilty, illustrates the countless liabilities that may arise from a seemingly harmless staff celebration.
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30 November 2006
Work Health & Safety
Medical Reports - Revisited: workers compensation & the claims ma…
We discuss Oz Cabs Pty Limited v Boadu [2005].
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24 November 2006
Wills & Estate Planning
Wills and Estates Law Update - terminating trusts set up under a…
Trust structures set up by deed or by Will for a particular purpose may outlive their desired objective
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14 November 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
High Court decision on Work Choices sees State industrial relatio…
After a hard fought six day hearing in May the High Court has just handed down its decision on the most important Constitutional case in decades
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09 November 2006
Property
Smoke alarms - obligations for real estate vendors
One can be excused for not being too happy about the new record keeping and pay slip obligations under Work Choices.
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09 November 2006
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
When more is less - the rise of proportionate liability
Until recently, as a general rule the greater the number of potential defendants to an action the greater the likelihood of a full recovery.
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27 October 2006
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: approved medical specialist certificates ch…
Since 2002 disputed impairment claims have been determined via approved medical specialist (AMS) assessment.
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10 October 2006
Contracts & Procurement
Confidentiality Agreements and the Standard Salad Sandwich: issue…
We are often asked to prepare a standard confidentiality agreement. There is really no such thing.
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05 October 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
Paper work, paper work and more damn paper work: record keeping o…
One can be excused for not being too happy about the new record keeping and pay slip obligations under Work Choices.
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03 October 2006
Wills & Estate Planning
Wills & Estates Law Update: new succession legislation for NSW
When audit time comes around, it is normal practice for a company to ask its lawyers to send a "solicitor?s representation letter" to its auditors.
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29 September 2006
Taxation
Customs duty overpaid on bonded goods in the transition to free t…
The Australian Customs Service and certain importers of goods from the US disagreed as to the transitional effect of AUSFTA.
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22 September 2006
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Solicitor's representation letters - can auditors be required to…
The Succession Bill 2006 passed through the Legislative Assembly on 26 September 2006 and will be debated soon.