The trust that usually exists in family relationships often leads to arrangements between family members, even major financial ones, being made on an informal basis. This can cause problems when …
The Special Relationship of Grandparents
In a recent case, a paternal grandmother asked the Family Court to order that she be permitted to spend time with her grandchildren. The mother of the children opposed the …
What is Taxable Supply?
GST is only levied on “taxable supplies”. The difficulty in determining what is a taxable supply is illustrated by a recent Qantas case. The case involved $26.5m in forfeited air …
Employee Loses Appeal after being Sacked for Sending Porn
An Australia Post employee who was sacked after sending pornographic emails from his work email address to a friend, had initially been reinstated, but finally the courts found his dismissal …
Debt agreements rise to avoid bankruptcy
By Jacob Carswell-Doherty On 11 January 2013 the Australian Associated Press published an article reporting findings that nearly 50,000 Australians have used Debt Agreements to avoid Bankruptcy in the last …
What is unfair dismissal?
By Jacob Carswell-Doherty An employee may be eligible to lodge an application for unfair dismissal with Fair Work Australia if they have completed the minimum employment period of: – 12 …
