Newsletters

Issue 1, No.1: Strata Law, win for owners corporation against builder; New super tribunal, bringing tribunals under one umbrella; Multinationals’ obligation to redeploy, overseas posting not a right; Paying it forward, former employers up for workers compensation; Hard sell not tolerated, ACCC unconscionable conduct appeal; Technology, 3D Printing; Freezing orders

Issue 4, No.2: First Byte, ACCC wins by forfeit in the first unfair contract terms case; Owners corporations, a new approach to duty to repair and maintain; Intellectual property, disputed territory: protecting domain names; Bullying at work, commission warns against “excessive sensitivity”; Medical negligence, doctor’s duty to warn; LinkedIn problems, sacked for soliciting clients; Who counts as a parent? Family Court holds conflicting views; Security Interests; Social Media; Property; Tax Disputes

Issue 3, No.3: : Social Media, loose tweets sink fleets; The good oil, new food standards, Personal injury, liability for dangerous recreational activities; Family Law, relocating your child; Immigration Law, penalties for failure to ensure employees have correct work visas; Repudiation of contract, duties and responsibilities as important as job title; Wills, Logging off for life; Unfair contract terms, let the supplier beware; Workplace relations

Issue 2, No.4: BYO Devices, the risks and trends; New privacy laws; Raising the bar: patents and intellectual property; Emails: does your company own your CEO’s emails; Family law: changes to family violence definition;  Are executors of wills entitled to be paid; Employment law: restraining ex-employees from poaching clients; Mis-selling a lesson to banks and investors; Sellers of land face GST bill; Changes to directors’ liability

Issue 1, No.5: Family arrangements; Time with grandkids; Negotiating skills; Qantas GST headache; Sacked for sending porn; Motor accidents: opening the door to CTP claims; Preparing wills: a gift halved by company taxes; Recycling; Immigration: not only punishment to fear; Superannuation: make sure your death benefit nomination is valid; Cloud computing: managing disputes in the cloud

Issue 4, No.6: New technologies: crowd funding; Financial agreements: interpreting new law is complex; Family law: obstacles in setting aside a property settlement; Moral rights: intellectual property rights in building designs; When a house is not a home: how you could lose your input tax credit; Negotiations: failure to bargain may jeopardise your interests; Planning ahead: what is a power of attorney; Mortgages: lender loses priority to Tax Office; Defective works; Buying or selling a home: online guides; Drug testing and privacy

Issue 3, No.7: Liquor licensing: liquor freeze extended; Motor accidents: obligations to take vehicle details; Warning for directors: lessons from the James Hardy case; Negligence: company found liable; AVOs: increased efficiency for apprehended violence order applications; Lease renewal: email with clear intention would suffice; Suppression orders: public interest outweighs private rights; Workplace: out-of-hours conduct leads to dismissal; Trans-Tasman families: new laws to help untangle assets; Faked evidence: photo forensics can trace the edits

Back issues

Issue 2, No.8
Issue 1, No.9
Issue 4, No.10
Issue 3, No.11
Issue 2, No.12
Issue 1, No.13