BLB News
THE WORKPLACE – WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT?
30/08/2010
It is timely to provide some comments on what conduct may be deemed to be discrimination or harassment in the workplace, given the recent action brought by a former employee of David Jones against the company, its CEO and others.ENDURING POWER OF ATTORNEY - ADDRESSING SMSF TRUSTEE SUSTAINABILITY
30/08/2010
Trustee sustainability is an ongoing issue for self managed superannuation funds due to the requirement of the SIS Act that a member must be a trustee or a director of the corporate trustee to meet the definition of SMSF. An Enduring Power of Attorney may help.ASIC SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON DIRECTOR'S DUTY TO PREVENT INSOLVENT TRADING
30/08/2010
ASIC has released Regulatory Guide 217 entitled Duty to prevent insolvent trading: Guide for directors, which is designed to assist directors to comply with their duty under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act) to prevent insolvent trading.AIR-CONDITIONING - THE BANE OF THE COMMERCIAL LEASE
02/08/2010
It is safe to say a major proportion of commercial lease disputes revolve around the air-conditioning. It either doesn’t work or it doesn’t work well enough and the argument then quickly develops as to whose job it is to fix it.AMEND THAT FAMILY TRUST – BUT NOT YET
02/08/2010
Now that the dust has settled on the High Court’s decision in Bamford’s Case, the question that is most on the mind of tax advisers, accountants, planners, lawyers and clients is: what now?