Can I travel interstate and internationally in 2022?
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a drastic impact on interstate and international travel. In Australia, there have been strict travel requirements including the closure of interstate and international borders. The control of border entry requirements is administered by the state and territory governments and subsequently rules varies from state to state. In 2022, Queensland has
Prini Avia
01/07/2022
The Ongoing Fight against Domestic Violence
As a widespread community issue, domestic violence is a top national priority for the Australian Government. Annually, violence against women costs the government $26 billion. [1] This includes the costs associated with increased demand within the health system and justice system, and the impact on employment. [2] In its fight against domestic violence, the Australian Government recently allocated $150 million within the 2020-2021
Prini Avia
12/23/2021
Three Billy Goats Gruff: Addressing the Troll under the Bridge
The proposed Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 Context behind Bill The Federal Government’s proposed Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 has begun being drafted in Canberra largely as a response to the High Court decision of Fairfax Media Publications; Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 (Voller). This landmark
Corney & Lind Lawyers
12/21/2021
Religious Discrimination Bill
The Commonwealth and State governments have legislation in place which prohibits discriminating individuals on the basis of sex, gender, race and disability, but what about religion? Under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) ‘unlawful discrimination’ will occur if an individual is treated less favourably because of an ‘attribute’. Religion has been considered to fall under the
Francisca Mayer
12/17/2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Educational Workers
On 30 November 2021, Queensland’s Premier has announced that all staff employed by a school will need to receive their first vaccination against COVID-19 (if not already vaccinated) before 17 December 2021 and their second vaccination by 23 January 2022. On 11 December 2021, the Chief Health Officer published the ‘COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Workers
Corney & Lind Lawyers
12/14/2021
What are the Privacy Laws for Employment Verification?
When applying for a new position, a potential employer will want to verify a candidate’s credentials. Falsifying information is not uncommon and this process ensures employers are hiring candidates with bona fide experience. According to the Future of Work 2021 Special Report “employers reported that 66% ‘exaggerate skill level’ on their resume “ These statistics combined with the growing job seeking population demonstrate the value
Prini Avia
12/07/2021
Corney & Lind Archives
Commercial & Business Law
- Assignment of Lease: Practical Tips and Potential Pitfalls
- Assignments of Lease: Seeking Permission Rather Than Forgiveness
- Banks clamping down on foreign lending impact on off-the–plan contracts
- Business Structuring: Making the Right Decisions for your Start-up
- Can you contract out of proportionate liability in a commercial contract?
- Case Note: State Street Australia and section 203D of the Corporations Act
- Centro Case – Director’s Duties – the ‘bar has been raised’
- Changes to ATO Director Penalty Regime – Personal liability of Directors for Company debts
- Checklist for Starting a Small Business in Australia
- Commercial & Business Law: Are Emails Legally Binding?
- Commercial and Retail Shop Lease Risks on Sale of Business
- Contesting the Refusal of a Body Corporate to Grant Exclusive Use: Lessons from Ainsworth v & Ors v Albrecht & Anor
- Corney & Lind Federal Budget Update 2015
- Debt Recovery and Debt Collection
- Directors signing on behalf of Companies are not personally liable
- Discretionary and Family Trust Traps
- Does GST apply to Services for Ride-Sharing Arrangements (such as Uber)?
- Enforceability of Online Contracts in Australia
- Export: New Finance Opportunities for SMEs
- Family or Discretionary Trust Diagram
- Foreign resident CGT withholding payments that purchasers are obliged to remit to the ATO
- How online contracts may contravene the Australian Consumer Law
- Increasing Giving via Discretionary Trusts
- Information Security and Privacy: A New Year Refresher for 2015
- Insolvency trumps loss of bargain claim
- Is your “Licence” really a Lease – and why does this matter?
- Is Your Commercial Lease (or Retail Shop Lease) Incentive / Inducement Subject to GST?
- Lease Disputes – What you need to know before “Changing the Locks”
- Leases – Landlord Unable to Rely Upon Incentive Deed for Damages
- Notice to Remedy Breach – What is it?
- Partnership or Shareholder Agreement – Why you need one
- PPSA & PPSR: take swift specialist legal advice today
- Amendments to the PPSA in the definition of Motor Vehicles
- Protecting Privacy – Checklist for Business Seminar
- Qld Real Property Reforms – Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act
- Recovering land tax under commercial leases or retail shop leases
- Registered Office of a Company: Requirements Under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
- Retail Shop Leasing in Queensland – A few things you need to know as a Tenant
- Richstar – The Court’s Powers to Dismantle Discretionary Trust Structures
- Sale & Purchase of Business Checklist
- Sale of Business – sale of defective stock and designs
- Setting Aside Transactions | Directors’ Breach of their Duties
- Start-up Business: Legal Changes to look for in 2016 (Part 1)
- Start-up Funding: Legal Changes to look for in 2016 (Part 2)
- Start-ups – Increased Incentives to Assist Entrepreneurs in Starting a Business
- The Queensland Retail Shop Lease Amendment Bill 2015 Passed – A Look At The Upcoming Changes
- The Risks of Failing to Settle Off the Plan Contracts
- Tips to help get your business ready for sale
- Trust Resettlements
- Unfair Contract Terms
- UPDATE: The Australian Tax Office releases a Guide for Small Business Directors
- Vendor Finance as a tool to achieve an appropriate sale price for your business
- What does using Best Endeavours or Reasonable Endeavours mean?
- What is the Difference Between a Warranty and an Indemnity?
- When can a buyer terminate an off-the-plan contract?
- When is my lease a retail shop lease?
Commercial Litigation
- Can a default interest clause be a penalty?
- Contacting a Lawyer From the Start – Is it a Good Idea?
- Credit Applications – Directors beware – Are you Signing as a Guarantor?
- Offsetting a Debt – Lunapas Pty Ltd v Palermo Seafoods Pty Ltd
- Protect your personal property rights by registering your security interest on the PPSR – Lessons on the ‘PPS Lease’ from the Forge case
- Real Property, Equitable Claims, & Justice
- Reviewing Off the Plan Contracts to Avoid Substantial Alterations – Lessons from Gough & Ors v South Sky Investments
- Strata Managers Beware – Emails can be a Payment Schedule?
- You Want Your Money Back? Talk to Debt Recovery Lawyers
Compensation Law
- Sexual abuse matters, removal of time limitation and the need for consistent evidence: Case Study – Connellan v Murphy [2017]
- How are damages calculated in Motor Vehicle Accidents?
- Consistency is key when dealing with Workplace Injury Law
- What the Court considers when deciding how much compensation to award?
- Crime doesn’t pay! – What happens if you are complicit in a joint illegal enterprise?
- A child witness to fatal car crash receives compensation for psychiatric injury
- Brisbane Lawyers No Win No Fee – Compensation for Sexual Assault at Work
- Brisbane Personal Injury Lawyers – Why Plaintiffs need to Disclose Past Injuries to Doctors
- Caring for the well-being of your Staff: Pastoral care in the minefield of WorkCover Statutory and Common Law Claims
- Case Decision: School Ordered to Pay $1, 124, 428.00 to Ex-Student for Sexual Abuse by Teacher
- Case Note: Apportionment of liability
- Case Note: Crawford v Forna [2016] QSC 309
- Case Note: Djuric v Wai Kit & Anor [2016] QDC 194
- Case Note: How much is my claim worth?
- Case Note: Kennedy v Queensland Alumina Limited [2016] QCA 159
- Case Note: Psychiatric Injury Compensation
- Case Note: Whitley v Aldi Stores [2017] QDC 50
- Case Note: Workplace Bullying Compensation
- Challenging findings of fact on appeal
- Changes to Limitation of Actions (Child Sexual Abuse) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (Qld)
- Changes to the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse
- Civil Liability Reform NSW – Child Abuse
- Compensation for Boating Personal Injury – Experienced diver successful in claiming damages
- Compensation for Injured Worker: Jockey Successful in Claim 9 Years post-injury
- Five Tips to Prevent Injuries at Work
- How much is my personal injury claim worth?
- I fell off a building – can I make a personal injury claim?
- I threw my back out at work but I had a pre-existing back injury – will this impact my ability to make a claim?
- Increases to Workplace Health and Safety penalties for Queensland on the horizon
- Injury Compensation – Carelessness of employees – will an employer be liable?
- Lessons from Talty v Cotton On Group Services Pty Ltd for Brisbane Personal Injury Lawyers
- Negligence in the Workplace – The Foreseeability of Risk and its Significance
- Not happy with your PI Lawyer? Our Brisbane Personal Injury Lawyers can help you
- Occupier Liability: Strict Limitation Period Apply
- Personal Injury Claims • Are professional sports considered dangerous recreational activities?
- Personal Injury Damages / Awards – High Court Guidance
- Plaintiff receives significant boating compensation as a result of a on-board fire
- Practical Jokes in the Workplace – A Personal Injury Case
- Proposal to alter the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
- Psychiatric Injury and Employers Duty of Care: Precautions to take
- Psychiatric injury at work – Victorian teacher successful against employer
- Psychological Workplace Injury from failure to provide a safe work environment
- Threshold for access to Workers Compensation claims to be repealed
- Time limits removed for victims of child sexual abuse
- What Brisbane Personal Injury Lawyers can learn from Davis v Terrivic Pty Limited to define ‘in the course of employment’
- Why repealing the Common Law Threshold is important for injured workers
- Workers’ Compensation Common Law Damages Threshold Removed
- In the event of injury or death on a construction site, who is responsible?
- Sexual abuse matters, removal of time limitation and the need for consistent evidence: Case Study – Connellan v Murphy [2017]
- How are damages calculated in Motor Vehicle Accidents?
- Consistency is key when dealing with Workplace Injury Law
- What the Court considers when deciding how much compensation to award?
- Crime doesn’t pay! – What happens if you are complicit in a joint illegal enterprise?
Criminal Law
- ‘Finders Keepers’ or Stealing by Finding?
- 20 Surprising Things You Probably Didn’t Know Were Illegal in Queensland
- Assault – Brisbane Criminal Lawyers
- Assault Defence – What Possible Defence Do I Have to an Assault Charge?
- Bail and Bail Conditions
- Cannabis Souvenirs and Medicinal Oil – Marijuana and its Legality in Queensland
- Dangerous Driving
- Helpful Tips for Going to Court
- Medicinal Marijuana has been Legalised in Australia – But only a little
- One Punch Can Kill – Unlawful Striking Causing Death
- Provocation and the “Gay Panic” Defence
- R v Agius Clarifies What Constitutes a Limb 2 Assault – Brisbane Criminal Lawyers
Employment Law
- “Should I be getting paid super?” – The Superannuation Obligations of an Employer
- Addressing Mental Health and Injury in the Workplace
- An Implied Duty of Mutual Trust and Confidence in Australian Employment Law Does Not Exist According to the High Court
- Are You A Casual Worker Or An Employee?
- As an employer, have I dealt with a bullying complaint consistently? The case of CFMEU v BHP Coal
- Avoiding Contravention of Discrimination Laws
- Brisbane Employment Lawyers – Procedural Unfairness Can Void an Entire Misconduct Investigation
- Case Note: James Wolfgang v Boeing Defense Australia [2016] FWC 3807
- Case Note: Rogers v Allianz Insurance Australia T/A Club Marine Insurance [2017] FWC 537
- Case Note: SAI Global Property Division Pty Ltd v Johnstone [2016] FCA 1333
- Dealing With Staff Discipline
- Employment Law – evidence for Personal, Carer, Sick Leave
- Employment Law – Flexible Working Arrangements – Information for Employers and Employees
- Employment Law – Challenging “Fake” Medical Certificate
- Employment Law — General Protections or Unfair Dismissal?
- Employment Termination Checklist
- Fair Work Commission – A New Forum for Workplace Bullying Complaints
- Genuine Redundancy? The importance of Consultation & Redeployment
- Jetstar Airlines Case highlights the Importance of Treating all Employees Fairly when Reprimanding Misconduct
- Keep Your Records
- Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
- New Bill could mean significant Changes to Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
- Police Investigations & Unfair Dismissal: A Note to Employers
- Protect my Business against Unhappy Employees: A Guide for Employers
- Queensland Industrial Relations Power Referred to The Commonwealth
- Redundancy Defence to Unfair Dismissal
- Restraint of Trade clauses
- Seeking an Extension of Time under the Fair Work Act
- Sham Contracting Arrangements and Knowing Your Employment Rights
- Social Media and Privacy in the Workplace
- Social Media and Workplace Bullying
- Superannuation & Independent Contractors or Consultants
- The correlation between bullying and discrimination in the workplace
- The importance of an employment contract review, before signing the dotted line
- The importance of workplace policy training of your employees
- Uber Landmark UK Case – How will this impact Uber Australia
- Unfair Dismissal – The importance of knowing your time limits
- Unfair Dismissal: Applicant’s failure to disclose leads to costs award
- Uniform/Dress Codes: Employee Dismissed for Breach of ‘Clean-Shaven’ Policy
- VIDEO BLOG: Employment Termination Redundancy
- VIDEO BLOG: The Importance of an Employment Contract Review (For Employees)
- When is online bullying considered workplace bullying?
- WorkCover Employer rights for prospective workers
- Workplace Harassment or Bullying? What Steps Should You be Taking?
Estate Litigation
- Adult Child Claims More from Father’s Estate
- Do I have to leave anything for my Partner’s children?
- Estate Litigation: Real Property Transfers, Undue Influence & Unconscionable Conduct – do you have grounds for an equitable claim to increase the size of an estate?
- ESTATE PLANNING – Factors impacting the Risk of a Family Provision Application
- ESTATE PLANNING – Have your considered the Family Provision risks?
- ESTATE PLANNING – How is the need of a Family Provision Applicant assessed? (Large Estates)
- ESTATE PLANNING – What is ‘Adequate’ and ‘Proper’ Provision for Family?
- Family Maintenance claims: Duty to advise the Will Maker
- Family Provision Application Cases Involving Large Estates
- Family Provision Applications against a deceased estate / Will Dispute
- Family Provision Applications brought by Grandchildren
- Family Provision Time Limit to bring an Application
- Quarantining of funds – the ademption principle in action
- Recent Trends: Crisp Orders
- Statutory Wills Brisbane Lawyers (Case Note Re Matsis)
- Superannuation Death Benefits – Remedies for Disappointed Beneficiaries and Dependants
- The Cost of Extensions of Time for Applications made under a Deceased Estate – Lessons from Mortimer v Lusink & Ors
- The Effect of Cognitive Impairment on Testamentary Capacity
- The impact of estranged relationships in bringing a Family Provision Application
- Will Rectification Applications – When the Will does not represent the intentions of the Willmaker
Estate & Elder Law
- Binding death benefit nominations – is yours valid? Lessons learnt from Munro & Anor v Munro & Anor [2015] QSC 61
- Can I prevent my children from receiving their inheritance until they are 25 years old?
- Cutting people out of a Will
- Death and Taxes – The Executor’s Responsibility to Administer Deceased Estate Tax Returns
- DIY Will making risks in Estate Planning
- EPOA & Undue Influence – A Look at Baker & Ors v Affoo & Ors [2014] QSC 46
- Estate Administration: Do you know how much power you are placing in the hands of your power of attorney?
- Estate Planning – What happens to my superannuation when I die?
- Executors and Tax Returns
- Homemade wills: Overcoming the curse
- How can a person lacking testamentary capacity change their Will?
- Keeping your Enduring Power of Attorney up-to-date
- Left out of a Will for no Reason?
- Mead v Lemon – Daughter awarded $25 million dollars in a Family Provision Application
- National Rollout of My Aged Care Portal – Providers to pre-register by 19 June 2015
- Poor Will Drafting can be an Expensive Exercise– Lessons from Hope v Schneider [2016] QSC 044
- Pre-Nups in Estate Planning | Binding Financial Agreements
- Rectification of a Will: Case Summary – Dillon & Anor v Henderson [2018]
- Special Disability Trusts
- Statutory Wills
- Succession changes – The effect of the end of a de facto relationship on a Will, and a Stepchild’s standing to bring a family provision application
- Succession Plan – Discretionary Trusts
- Superannuation | Binding & Non-Binding Death Benefit Nominations
- The Risks of Preparing an Informal Will – Lindsay v McGrath [2015] QCA 206
- The Tax Benefits of Creating a Testamentary Trust – Brisbane Lawyers
- Top FAQs – Wills, Will Disputes and Estate Litigation
- What are Mutual Wills?
- What happens if all my beneficiaries die?
- What is a Testamentary Trust?
- When aged clients are violent or abusive – the ability of home care providers to cease care
- Will Construction: When a gift to Joint Tenants may be construed as a gift to Tenants in Common
- Will Gifts to Charities – the Importance of Independent Legal Advice
- Will Making – top issues to consider
- WILL MAKING 101 – 7 things you need to think about when making your Will
- Wills for Children
- Wills for International Estates
Family Law
Child Support
- Changing a Binding Child Support Agreement and Disclosure
- Child Protection Litigation in Queensland
- Child Support Agreements
- Child Support Assessment Process
- Family Law: Ways to Formalise an Agreement Reached Between Parties
- How do I change my Child Support Assessment?
- Looking after a child that is not biologically yours? Claim non-parent child support.
- Non-parent child support
Divorce
Domestic & Family Violence
- Domestic and Family Violence – frequently asked questions
- What is Domestic and Family Violence and How does the Court Address it?
- Online Safety tips for survivors of Domestic and Family Violence
- Removing your former partner from the matrimonial home – What are the requirements for Family Law Sole Occupancy Orders?
- How can I help someone who is suffering domestic violence?
Financial Agreements
- Binding Financial Agreement – a dual purpose or “two-in-one”
- Binding Financial Agreements – Ensuring a Pre-Nup is “Binding”
- Binding Financial Agreements and Estate Planning – Gaining Maximum Leverage
- Duress in Binding Financial Agreements
- Family Law: Ways to Formalise an Agreement Reached Between Parties
International Family Law
- Case Study: Commonwealth Central Authority & Cavanaugh
- Hague Convention application for child abduction
- I have an international family law case. Where do I lodge?
- My ex wants to take my child overseas. What can I do?
- Potentially Polygamous Foreign Marriage – are they recognised as valid in Australia?
- We own property overseas. What is the geographical requirement for property settlement?
Parenting
- How do I make arrangements for my children after separation? Parenting arrangements fact sheet and FAQ
- Parenting Plans – general information and FAQ
- Consent orders – general information and FAQ
- Parental Responsibility: : Who makes decisions for the children? How?
- Can I make parenting decisions without the other parent? Sole parental responsibility, sole care and special needs
- My ex wants to take my child overseas. What can I do?
- 4 Things to know about Family Reports
- A Child’s Surname – Case summary of Reynolds & Sherman
- Adopting a Step-Child in Queensland
- Bail v Scott-Mackenzie [2016] VSC 563 – The “Stepchild” of a Deceased Now Includes the Child of his or her Domestic Partner under the Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic)
- Changing a Child’s Name
- Changing Final Parenting Orders
- Does the Court Need to be Involved in Our Parenting Plan?
- Family Law: Ways to Formalise an Agreement Reached Between Parties
- Parenting Agreements Fact Sheet
- Rights, decision making power and custody – Myths and misconceptions
- Surrogacy Arrangements in Queensland
- Violent Parents and Unacceptable Risks
- Who decides what religion the children will be raised in?
Property Settlements
- “Adding Back” Money Expended on Legal Fees
- Bankruptcy and Family Law – What if my ex becomes bankrupt?
- Can a Spouse Keep Property Obtained by Spousal Fraud?
- Can I get spousal maintenance when I am about to claim an inheritance?
- Claims by parents in property settlements
- Does the Family Court have the power to substitute a Tax Debt from one spouse to the other?
- Eufrosin & Eufrosin – Does a $6 million Lottery Win form part of the Property Pool?
- Fact Sheet on Spousal Maintenance
- Family Law Appeal
- Family Law Property Settlement – when is a miscarriage of Justice sufficient for the Court to set aside a Consent Order?
- Family Law – Involuntary separation – Can the Court still make a property order?
- Family Law & Family Trusts – Case note for Kennon v Spry; Spry v Kennon [2008] HCA 56
- Family Law Act – is future professional income “property”?
- Family Law and Discretionary Trusts – Loan Accounts in Discretionary Trusts – Case Note: Billington v Billington (No. 3) [2007] FAMCA 1465
- Family Law Interim Property Orders – Sully v Sully (No. 2) [2016] FamCA 706
- Family Law Property Settlement and Life Expectancy
- Family Law Property Settlement: Litigation funding prospects unrealistic where no fund of money is available
- Family Law Property Settlement: Busting the Trust
- Family Law Trusts
- Family Law: Property Settlement Documents Checklist
- Family Law: Ways to Formalise an Agreement Reached Between Parties
- Homemaker and Parent Contributions in Family Law Property Settlement
- How does a Court assess financial and non-financial contributions?
- Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Law Property Settlements – Marriage of Kennon (1997)
- Is my Super excluded from the property pool?
- ‘May He Beware of’ – Caveats and Family Law
- Post separation contributions in property settlements
- Property settlement contributions are significant where there is family violence
- Spousal Maintenance: Case summary Sadlier & Sadlier
- What assets are included in a family Property Settlement?
- What happens to spousal maintenance if a party can support themselves?
- When do we not divide property between a separated couple?
Separation
Intellectual Property
- Australian Trade Marks Overview
- Commercialising Your Intellectual Property – Copyright Assignment and Copyright Licences
- Commercialising your Intellectual Property – Licensing Options for your Copyright
- Copyright 101 – What is Copyright?
- Do Employees Own Copyright in their Work?
- Introduction of a Grace Period for Registered Designs
- Registering a Trade Mark for your Business: What, Why and How
- Similar brand names seen as passing off: The case of Clipsal v Clipso
- The Fight of Mite: OzEmite v Aussiemite
- Understanding Trade Marks and the Importance of Trade Mark Protection
Litigation
- Beware of Electronic Signatures on Directors Guarantees
- Brisbane Debt Dispute Lawyers
- Brisbane Lawyers assisting in Governance/Shareholder/Member Disputes
- Case note: Consequences of a Breach of Natural Justice – McCleverty v Australian Karting Assoc Ltd [2015] QSC 323
- Creditor’s Statutory Demands & the ATO
- Debt Recovery: Creditor’s Statutory Demand
- Estate Litigation (Family Provision) Case Note: Oswell v Jones & Ors [2007] QSC 384
- How are Civil and Commercial Disputes resolved in Queensland?
- Lavin v Toppi – A Guarantor’s Right of Contribution From a Co-Guarantor
- Lease Disputes – The Right to Quiet Enjoyment
- Legal Update: Class Action Reforms coming to Queensland
- Partnership Disputes
- Responding to Child Sexual Abuse Claims – Redress and Civil Litigation Update
- Top 3 Strategies for Dealing with Unpaid School Fees
NFP & Charity Law
- ACNC Crackdown on “Double Defaulters”
- ATO Endorsement Review & Audit Guidance
- ATO: Useful links for NFPs & Charities – Australia NFP Lawyers
- Business Name overhaul – hidden traps for Charities & Not for Profits
- Business Names Register – Charities & Not-For-Profits – Update October 2013
- Case Note: The Study and Prevention of Psychological Diseases Foundation (SPED) v Commissioner of Taxation [2015] FCA 1117
- Case Notes
- Changes for Public Ancillary Funds (PAFs)
- Charities and Redressing Historic Wrongs
- Charity & NFP Reform
- ACNC Repeal Bill – March 2014
- ACNC repeal Bill withdrawn
- ACNC start date – 3 December 2012
- Australia Charity law: Charity fundraising regulation reform
- Australian Charities and Not-for Profits Commission (ACNC) – 2013 Annual Information Statement – due date extended
- Budget 2013 announcements affecting the Charitable sector
- Charities and Not for Profit Reform overview – START HERE
- Coalition breaks its silence on Charity Reform and the ACNC and announces a very different approach
- Coalition Government still intends to wind up the ACNC – 20 November 2013
- Consultation – Not for Profit “unrelated business tax” / UBIT reforms
- Consultation – Review of Not for Profit Governance Arrangements
- December 2013 – Tax Announcements for Charities and NFPs
- Does Charity End at Home? – Amendments to the ‘in-Australia’ test for tax-exempt entities (Thomson Reuters Not-for-Profit Law and Regulation Conference)
- Federal Budget 2018 – ACNC funding
- Fundraising reform – Select Committee on Charitable Fundraising Compliance Regimes
- Kevin Andrews – ACNC will go | Statutory Definition of Charity will be delayed | ACNC Public register may stay – 5 December 2013
- New “In Australia” test for charities / churches / missions
- New Charities Act 2013 commenced 1 January 2014
- New Governance requirements for all charities (proposed) – CMA Paper June 2012
- NFP & Charity Governance – ACNC Governance Standards – June 2013
- Not for Profit proposed reforms – 2011 Federal Budget
- Not for Profit Reform – Federal Government to move to shut the “Word Investments” gate and tax charities on unrelated business income
- Options Paper for the replacement of the ACNC
- Staging the introduction of regulatory reform for the not-for-profit sector
- UBIT start date deferred to 1 July 2014 (and 1 July 2015 for pre 10 May 2011 activities)
- Charity Directors’ Duties and Liabilities: Steering the Ship Through Murky Waters
- Charity Payroll Tax Exemption Limits
- Child Protection – Amendments to Working with Children in Queensland & Victoria
- Churches
- Common Law Meaning of Charity
- Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Conflicting Legal Duties – Lessons from Sullivan v Moody [2001] HCA 59
- Effective Governance Structures for Charities And Not for Profits: ACNC Requirements And More
- Expert Evidence Senate Economics Committee
- Legal Compliance & Directors’ Duties for Not for Profit Boards
- Managing Your Charity and Meeting ACNC Requirements
- Mergers, Collaborations & Strategic Alliances
- Migrating a Charity or an NFP from an Incorporated Association to a Company Limited By Guarantee
- More Bang for Your Buck?
- Narrowing of State and Territory Tax Exemptions for Charities in 2015
- New Quality Standards: Legal, Governance and Risk Management – Meeting Your Obligations In Home Care
- NEW TR 2013/2 – INCOME TAX: SCHOOL OR COLLEGE BUILDING FUNDS
- Not-for-Profit and Charities – More Law Reform On the Way Under a Labor Government
- Proposed Amendments to Public Ancillary Fund Guidelines and Private Ancillary Fund Guidelines
- Public Ancillary Funds – A “New” Vehicle For Public Philanthropy
- Public Ancillary Funds (PAF) – Annual Fund Returns
- Queensland charities may be able to seek exemption from Land Tax based on Word Investments
- Recent Legislative Changes Alter Visa Options for Ministers
- Reform Coming to Charities in 2018-9
- Shadow Directors and De Facto Directors in Charities
- The Effective Use of Public Ancillary Funds and Other DGR Funds by Schools to Fund Recurrent and Capital Expenditure with Deductible Giving
- The Roll Out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and What it Means for Participants
- UPDATE: Disposal freeze announced for Queensland Archives
PPSR & PPSA
- Amendments to PPSA Deeming Provisions
- Amendments to the PPSA in the definition of Motor Vehicles
- ASIC satisfied charges have migrated – PPSA
- Leases of Personal Property & proposed amendments to the PPSA – Do you know if the PPSA applies to your goods?
- PPSA & PPSR Brisbane Commercial Litigation Lawyers
- PPSA & PPSR Overview
- PPSA Security Interests and Credit Applications
- PPSR – Essentials and Registration Tips
- PPSR – Secured Parties Enforcing Security Interests
- PPSR – Some Tips and Traps
- PPSR – Time’s up for transitional security interests
- PPSR – Curing Defects in PPSR Registrations
- PPSR – Group Structures with Holding & Trading Companies
- PPSR – PMSIs and Retention of Title
- PPSR Searching – tips and traps
- Review of the PPSA – Report on the impact on small businesses
- The Maiden Case – Bringing home the importance of registering your personal property security interests on the PPSR
- VIDEO BLOG: Introduction to the PPSA
- Webinar Video: PPSR – Group Structures with Holding & Trading Companies
- Why it is important to register PPSA interests on time?
Property Law
- Body Corporate – Liability for Injury from Defective Common Property
- Changes to Smoke Alarm Legislation. Does your house comply?
- Off-the-Plan Contracts – Termination rights and risks
- Qld Asbestos Management compliance by building owners (and tenants)
- Qld Transfer Duty Exemption For Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements On Transfer From Bare Trust SMSF
- Reinstatement of Transfer (Stamp) Duty Home Concession (Qld)
Schools & Education Law
- New TR 2013/2 – Income Tax: School or College Building Funds
- ACNC – Non–government Schools to Receive Streamlined Reporting
- Changes to Childcare Vaccination Legislation
- CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY ACT 1988 (Cth): IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOLS
- Child Abuse – Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Teachers
- Child Protection (Mandatory Reporting – Mason’s Law) Amendment Bill 2016 – What the Proposed Changes will Mean for the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector
- Commonwealth Funding of Religious Schools is Constitutional
- Contract of Enrolment
- Discrimination in Schools – Uniform policy vs. Religious beliefs
- Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 – arrangements with associated charities
- Family Law & Court Orders: Answer to Essential School Questions
- Future – Privacy Laws – implications for schools
- Has your School been ‘Tagged’?
- Legal issues in enrolment for Schools
- Managing Risk for Extra-curricular School Activities
- Managing Workplace Relations – Schools
- Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Abuse by Queensland Schools – Forthcoming Changes
- Me Too Movement & Sexual Harassment
- Non-government schools – DEEWR financial questionnaires to the ACNC for the next 3 years
- Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme and its Implications for Schools
- Playing by the Rules – Managing Student Disabilities & Avoiding Claims of Discrimination
- Privacy and the recording of conversations
- Private Schools – Your Rights as a Landowner Still Exist
- Removal of the Statute of Limitations for Child Sexual Abuse: Can the Court still permanently stay a claim?
- Responding to Sexting and Student on Student Sexual Abuse
- Reviewing Legal Rights and Challenges Regarding Mental Health Issues in Schools
- School Enrolment Contracts 101
- Schools Dealing with Subpoenas
- The “Not-for-Profit” Requirement and School Kindergartens
- The Context: Why should there be mandatory reporting?
- Top Tip: What To Do If There’s a Data Breach at School
- Understanding and Navigating Informed Consent from Students and Parents
- Upcoming Privacy Law Reforms and the Importance of Updating your Privacy Policy
Traffic Law
- Drink Driving Offences – Brisbane Traffic Lawyers
- How to appeal a licence disqualification
- In trouble with SPER for speeding fines or other traffic offences?
- The Implications for Driving Without a Licence or Driving on a Recently Expired Driver Licence
- What to do if you are involved in a car accident
- Your guide to Demerit Points in Queensland
