Fair Work Act will soon provide a ‘right to disconnect’
The right to disconnect has received media attention as the trend of work extending into personal life is seen as an increasingly important issue.
By Paul Moorhouse - 7 min read
Criminal law: April 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
By Thomas Spohr - 7 min read
The latest from the Federal Court: April 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
By Dan Star QC - 6 min read
Trusts and hidden tax stings
Always be careful dealing with trusts. By JIM MAIN.
By Jim Main - 3 min read
High Court gives tick to asylum seeker processing and detention in Nauru
The Commonwealth has been substantially involved in establishing and running the immigration detention centre in Nauru. By ANDREW YUILE.
By Andrew Yuile - 7 min read
Supreme Court green lights concurrent class actions
Australian courts have broad powers to make orders to manage cases of multiple representative proceedings, or class actions, brought against the same defendant(s) if it…
By Michael Legg and Joshua Kang - 6 min read
Lenders beware: failing to assess a borrower’s repayment ability may let a guarantor off the hook
Where a lender agrees to incorporate the Banking Code in lending instruments, not only borrowers but guarantors may escape liability if that duty is breached….
By Brent Michael - 5 min read
Practical aspects of the new foreign resident CGT witholding tax
The new foreign resident CGT withholding tax applies to sales contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2016. By DUNG LAM and ALEX WHITNEY.
By Dung Lam and Alex Whitney - 6 min read
The Bail Amendment Act 2015
The Bail Amendment Act 2015 expands key sections of the Bail Act 2013, including those sections relating to show cause requirements and terrorism offences. By…
By Caroline Dobraszczyk - 7 min read
Changes to Supreme Court bail procedures
Legal practitioners are required to sign a Notice of Readiness to Proceed and provide undertakings that certain steps have been taken to ensure that the…
By Alanna Van der Veen - 4 min read
Executors: when duty and personal interests conflict
An examination of the key authorities demonstrates that the Court places great weight on a testator’s appointment of an executor and trustee and will not…
By Peter Baltins - 11 min read