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Company directors are now personally liable for both unpaid Pay As You Go (PAYG) obligations together with unpaid Superannuation Guarantee...

In Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 v Brookfield Multiplex [2012] NSWSC 1219 the Supreme Court has limited the ability of...

The Federal Court has recently issued a stark warning about the need for insolvency practitioners to do their homework, thoroughly,...

Many of you will be familiar with the decision in Tang & Anor v. Bassili & Ors [2011] FMCA 544,...

On Friday, the District Court of New South Wales handed down a decision with potential relevance to any director penalty...

A Queensland Supreme Court decision has introduced uncertainty over whether winding-up proceedings brought against a company on the basis that...

A stitch in time… A $7.40 outlay, and ten minutes filling in a online form, can save your clients ten...

In the recent case of Vitek v Taheri & Ors [2012] FMCA 536, Federal Magistrate Raphael observed that a Summons...

Recent decisions such as Amir Ashrafinia v Mohammad Reza Ashrafinia [2012] NSWSC 500 (“Ashrafinia”) and Cranes ‘R’ Us Pty Ltd...

Home owners, including Owners Corporations of strata plans have seen a steady erosion of rights surrounding residential defects over the...

The Security for Payment Acts (‘SOPA‘) give contractors a statutory right to follow a process which aims to secure quick...

A builder has recently been ordered to perform community service, ordered to pay costs and placed on a 12 month...