Legal Updates

Posted on July 29, 2019

Last December there was a subtle change to the law around gift cards and vouchers in South Australia. These must now have an expiry date of…

Posted on March 01, 2019

In a legal update last year, I wrote about the case of Mercanti v Mercanti on the matter of control and succession of discretionary family…

Posted on February 13, 2019

In 2018, a number of decisions in Victoria and New South Wales saw an increase in willingness for interstate regulators to pursue company…

Posted on January 23, 2019

While the rest of us were busy making our 2019 #newyearnewme resolutions, planning our next holiday and getting back into the swing of work…

Posted on December 12, 2018

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The weather is warm and the celebrations are nigh. Employees are hanging out for the end of…

Posted on November 27, 2018

The Government announced a Royal Commission into the Aged Care sector on 16 September 2018. The first tranche of letters to the sector’s…

Posted on October 15, 2018

There has been a fair bit of media commentary on the My Health Record (MyHR) system. If you do not ‘opt out’ before 15 November 2018, a…

Posted on October 03, 2018

With the recent call for a Royal Commission into aged care, there is now closer scrutiny on elder abuse. This comes as a relief to many who…

Posted on September 21, 2018

In a recent decision of WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] FCAFC 131 the Full Court of the Federal Court has found that a casual employee, who…

Posted on September 21, 2018

Last Friday, the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia delivered its judgment in Samwise Holdings Pty Ltd v Allied…