Ground-breaking reforms to mergers and acquisitions are set to take effect from January 2026. The reforms will move Australia away from a voluntary regime effectively creating a new single, mandatory, suspensory merger control system. Businesses can already notify on a voluntary basis from 1 July 2025.
Ground-breaking reforms to mergers and acquisitions are set to take effect from January 2026. The reforms will move Australia away from a voluntary regime effectively creating a new single, mandatory, suspensory merger control system. Businesses can already notify on a voluntary basis from 1 July 2025.
From November 2025, the most significant overhaul of Australia’s aged care system in a generation takes effect, with the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 and related reforms under the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025. This session will help practitioners get across the new legislative landscape and the implications for elder law clients, residential care providers, and their advisers. Topics include:
From November 2025, the most significant overhaul of Australia’s aged care system in a generation takes effect, with the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024 and related reforms under the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025. This session will help practitioners get across the new legislative landscape and the implications for elder law clients, residential care providers, and their advisers. Topics include:
The calculation and valuation of family assets, liabilities, contributions and financial circumstances and their subsequent division is an imprecise science and subject to many external factors which can change the equation at any time. Nevertheless, it is a task that must be undertaken with due diligence and the best tools available. This session will provide a guide to best practice in completing and drafting financial statements and information in family law matters, including:
Disputes between majority and minority shareholders are a frequent risk in private companies, but the law offers an array of tools to protect minority rights. In this session, attendees will learn how to leverage statutory remedies, shareholder agreements, and strategic litigation options to safeguard the interests of minority shareholders, including:
Disputes between majority and minority shareholders are a frequent risk in private companies, but the law offers an array of tools to protect minority rights. In this session, attendees will learn how to leverage statutory remedies, shareholder agreements, and strategic litigation options to safeguard the interests of minority shareholders, including:
For many clients, the focus of their estate planning starts and ends with their will. However, for many families it can be the decisions that are made prior to death (particularly once a client starts to lose capacity) that can cause the most conflict and devastation for the testator and their family relationships. An enduring power of attorney (EPA) can help minimise the risk of such disputes, but only when it is has been properly prepared – not merely tacked on or prepared as an afterthought.
Like a lot of issues in tax, there is not necessarily a bright line that distinguishes between acceptable practice and arrangements that may fall foul of the general anti-avoidance provisions. This session takes a look at how the general anti-avoidance provisions are currently being interpreted in a range of situations, including:
One of the trickier issues that can come up in practice is when a client seeks advice on a small-scale property subdivision. Often the advice is sought by someone with no previous property development experience, who has just happened to find that as landowners, they can reap greater rewards if further development to their property is undertaken. This session looks into the issues, including: