The Duties Act 1997 (‘the Act’) provides that stamp duty is payable on the acquisition of an interest in a Landholder. Landholder duty is a scheme that was initiated to impose stamp duty on acquisitions in landholding entities. Before being introduced as the landholder regime,...
Summary The National Cabinet Mandatory Code of Conduct – SME Commercial Leasing Principles has been endorsed in New South Wales through the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2020. Its purpose is to impose good faith leasing principles for commercial tenancies and applies to those...
Internet usage has grown exponentially since it was fully commercialized in 1995 with an estimated 4.3 billion internet users in the world. The internet has permitted the growth in social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The ease at which users of social...
Changes to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law - Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Bill On 24 March 2020, new legislation was introduced which changes the rules for issuing bankruptcy notices, statutory demands, and extends safe harbour provisions for insolvent trading. Bankruptcy Notices and Statutory Demands Under the existing laws,...
The recent decision of the Federal Court in PC Case Gear Pty Ltd v Instrat Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] FCA 137 is of interest to software owners because it provides a rare insight into the mind of a respondent to an allegation...
In October 2019, the State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2019 was introduced to the NSW Parliament seeking to amend the treatment of acquisition duty and land tax for discretionary trusts with foreign persons as potential beneficiaries. The proposed amendments to the Duties Act 1997 (NSW)...
In December 2017, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a report on the impact that online search engines, social media and digital platforms have on competition in the media. As part of their inquiry, the ACCC recommended that certain measures be taken. Of...
In WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] FCAFC 131, the Full Court of the Federal Court found that a labour hire worker employed as a casual was in fact an employee entitled to leave payments under the National Employment Standards (NES) under the Fair Work...
The judgement in Albury & Anor v Sammut [2019] QSC 105 in the Supreme Court of Queensland demonstrates the operation of the Succession Act 1981 (Qld) in the making of a family provision application and in ensuring spouses are provided with adequate support for their...
Whistleblowing is … a process whereby an organisational insider with knowledge of wrongdoing takes steps to disclose that information to a party capable of intervention ...