BLB News

AGREEMENT TO AGREE

29/09/2009

What is an Agreement to Agree and is it a binding contract?

YOU MAY THINK IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN

29/09/2009

Trustees of SMSFs may well be forgiven for thinking notices of non-compliance are never issued by the Tax Office. Certainly, the Tax Office has made clear it will issue such notices as a last resort only. However, the recent decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in JNVQ v Commissioner of Taxation in which the Tribunal upheld a Tax Office decision to issue a non-compliance notice provides trustees with a timely reminder of the importance of super law compliance.

FINANCIAL PLANNERS TO BE FIDUCIARIES

29/09/2009

In a recent submission to the Ripoll Review which is looking into the financial planning profession ASIC has proposed that financial planners be deemed fiduciaries.

COURT PROTECTS WIFE FROM HUSBAND’S FORGERY

29/09/2009

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of New South Wales dismissed an application by a lender seeking possession on the property where the husband had forged the wife’s signature on the loan and mortgage documents...

GOOD NEWS STORIES

29/09/2009

Gone are the days when every channel on TV was about the worsening economy and every conversation we had was about how bad the future looked.