The appointment of a representative to an insolvent or bankrupt entity creates GST complexities. Who is responsible for which aspects of GST reporting and remittance, and when do these obligations crystallise? This session steps through the practical issues that arise in respect of GST obligations of incapacitated entities and identifies some of the key complexities that arise in practice.
Featuring: Neil Brydges, Sladen Legal, Melbourne
[20.23 minutes] [0.33 CPD hours]
Part of the rationale behind establishing the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia was to create a consistent national case management system. The newly combined court placed great emphasis on mediation, arbitration and dispute resolution and designed a new structure through which appeals and applications for orders of review were to be made.
Performance management of employees who have a mental illness is a complex and growing issue for employers. In this program, Belinda Winter, from Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers in Brisbane, looks at: employers’ obligations in relation to the mental health of employees; the legal risks in performance managing employees suffering from a mental illness, including recent cases; and what employers can do to manage and minimise the risks.
Eight years after the Queensland Law Reform Commission signed off on a report on the Queensland guardianship regime, a Bill, proposing reforms to the regime, is due to be debated in Parliament. In this program, Margaret Arthur, from CRH Law in Brisbane, reviews the key changes proposed in the Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018, and the implications for legal practice.
Featuring: Margaret Arthur, CRH Law, Brisbane
[33 minutes] [0.55 CPD hours]
Even though the small business CGT concessions (SBCC) are intended to be used by small businesses, they are highly complex and contain various integrity provisions which can trip up taxpayers and advisers. This session explores legislative changes, case law and ATO guidance on the SBCC provisions over the last few years and provide examples and tips of how the provisions operate in practice.
Dung Lam, Coleman Greig Lawyers, Sydney
[45 minutes] [0.75 CPD hours]
The commencement of the new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia on 1 September 2021, has brought with it new Family Law Rules, introducing major changes to family law practice and procedure, including major new rules about costs. In this program, Barry Frakes, from Watts McCray Lawyers in Sydney, provides an overview of the major changes, and what family lawyers need to know in filing applications in the Court.
43 minutes / 0.72 CPD units
Purchasers of new residential premises or land in new subdivisions will have to remit GST to the ATO from 1 July 2018. The changes have important implications for property developers, including the need to amend contracts to protect their position. This presentation explains how the reforms are expected to operate in practice.
Featuring: Matthew Cridland, K L Gates, Sydney
[18.48 minutes] [0.30 CPD hours]
A key obstacle to a person contemplating bringing an action to contest a Will, and/or the administration of a trust, is the ability to obtain information about such matters as the contents of the Will, the circumstances of the making of the Will, and whether they are beneficiaries of a Will or trust. In this program, barrister John Armfield, from Second Floor Wentworth Chambers in Sydney, looks at the recent decisions of the courts in relation to disclosure in Wills and estate matters, including preliminary disclosure, in the context of the courts’ increased emphasis on case management.
The new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia commenced operating on 1 September 2021. In this program, Barry Frakes, from Watts McCray Lawyers in Sydney, goes back in time to the original purpose of the Family Court, how the court processes and family law practice changed and developed over time, the issues and problems that arose, and the extent to which the new amalgamated Court has changed the processes of the Court for the better in the last 12 months, as well as the new problems that have been created, and possible further reforms.
Testamentary capacity is often raised as a ground for challenging the validity of Wills, and the 150 year old seminal case, Banks and Goodfellow, continues to be applied by the Courts in assessing and dealing with such challenges.