"In Touch with the Law"

 

The Law Society's newsletter - Keep in Touch with the law - is the authoritative voice on developments in the law and legal practice in New South Wales and Australia.

It is published monthly from February to December, and its articles are packed with practical legal content, including analyses of recent legislation and cases.

Download the latest issue to keeping informed about legal basics, recent developments, and the sorts of services our firm can help to provide.

Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 1, 2008

Topics:

+ ONLINE CONTRACTS: ebay auction is binding
+ CULTURE OF COPYING: 'Almost identical' design infringes copyright
+ MADE IN CHINA: Getting what you paid for
+ RESPONSIBILITY TO EMPLOYERS: Employment agency’s duty of care
+ INTERNET LAWSUIT: Blogging the enemy
+ BUYING ASSETS: Structuring for capital gains tax
+ FOREIGN LAND: Who will get your estate?
+ LET THE DOGS IN: Disability laws protects right to bring assistance animals
+ LIQUIDATIONS: You can’t hide the assets
+ MISLEADING THE CUSTOMER: Online search engines taken to task
+ SELF-MANAGED SUPER: Be wary of financial pitfall

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 4, 2007

Topics:

+ BUYING A PROPERTY: Protect against new trap in exchange & completion
+ DISCRIMINATION: Laws apply to decisions made outside the country
+ DAMAGES CLAIMS: Limits on liability for injury
+ PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS: When is an employer negligent?
+ FIRST HOME BUYER RELIEF: Trustee parent seen as guardian
+ LONG SERVICE LEAVE: Federal agreement overrides state entitlement
+ LAND TAX: Avoid costly and complex disputes
+ TREE TROUBLEN: New law lets you go to court
+ CONTRACTORS: Who is held liable when someone gets hurt?
+ WILLS: Can I write my own?

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 1, 2007

Topics:

+ DISABILITY TRUSTS: Window of opportunity to convert existing trusts
+ PLANNING AHEAD: Enduring guardians can help if you lose capacity
+ VICTIMISATION: Health and safety watchdogs given protection
+ TAX TIPS: Timing can save you money
+ WARNING OF RISK: Would you have acted differently?
+ SIMPLIFIED SUPER: Broad changes established
+ DANGER AT WORK: Directors’ criminal liability for harm to employees
+ BUSH PRESSURE: Complexity of land use and regulations
+ FINANCIAL DROUGHT: Tax relief and tax danger in defaulting loans
+ SMOKE ALARMS: Warning notice required on contracts for sale of land

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 4, 2006

Topics:

+ Security Deposits: If a sale goes bung, will you pay tax on the deposit?
+ Felled: Court fines company which cleared bushland
+ Purple Haze: Is it misleading to use a rival’s signature product colour?
+ Children's Lawyers: New role for child’s advocate in family court
+ Work Choices: Industrial action main concern of employers
+ GST Trap: Selling disused residential premises
+ Litigation Funding: Underwriting your day in court
+ First Home Buyers: Beware the requirements to benefi t from grants
+ Register the Deeds: Losing original deeds can be costly

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 3, 2006

Topics:

+ Retail Leases: Be careful what you write
+ Business Identity: Dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s
+ Ticking Clock: What’s the time limit for making a discrimination claim?
+ Future Savings: Succession planning for the small business
+ Business Deal? Beware hidden traps in contracts when buying or selling
+ Family Home Fight: Fight for it has entered whole new era
+ Shared Parenting: Who will the children live with?
+ Price of Poluting: Drastic increase in environmental penalties
+ Tax Relief: Changes to land tax

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 2, 2006

Topics:

+ Work Choices: New Legislation on Industrial Relations
+ Licensed Premises: What Liability From Too Much to Drink?
+ Certification: New Board to Regulate Building Industry
+ Defamation: A Quick Apology May Be the Best Option
+ Trusts: Avoid Capital Gains Tax When You Transfer Assets
+ Pyramid Selling: When Is It (Legal) Multi-Level Marketing?
+ Buyer Beware: Look at Information ‘For What It Is Worth’
+ Sexual Harassment: Where Does the Workplace End?

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 1, 2006

Topics:

+ Shop Leases - New protections and obligations for retailers and landlords
+ Return of Deposits- Can you get your money back?
+ Super - Splitting the nest egg
+ Saving Tax - Financial planning after a marriage breakdown
+ Tax Fraud - It can mean going to jail
+ Volunteers - When is a person liable for damages?
+ Property Disputes - Are there differences for same-sex couples?
+ Get The Price Right- ‘Slash reductions’ claimed must be real savings

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 4, 2005

Topics:

+ New Trucking Laws - Chain of responsibility gets longer
+ Buying a Home - When what you see is not what you get
+ Tax Objections - What is the timeframe to appeal a tax assessment?
+ Office Art - Can your super fund buy it for you?
+ The Family Farm - Life estates can be dealt with tax effectively
+ Pre-nuptials - Can you break an agreement?
+ Sex Discrimination - Systemic unfair treatment claimed in professional roles
+ No Honey Pot - Ensure the label sticks
+ Leases - Negotiating to protect telecommunication site owners’ rights
+ Managing Fraud - Businesses need simple, inexpensive preventive measures

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Keep in Touch with the Law: Issue 3, 2005

Topics:

+ Surveilance at Work – New laws
+ Child Maintenance – The right to recover wrongly paid support
+ Sports Danger – Tackle seen as injury with intent
+ Tax Avoidance – Danger for directors in illegal tax advantage scheme
+ Misled on Pay – claims for potential earnings must be realistic
+ Stress– Onus on employee to send early warning signals
+ Sniffer Dogs - Evidence from over-keen pooch excluded
+ Sub-Division - Vendor’s obligation to register the plan
+ Radio Waves - managers responsible for exposure risk
+ Joint Ventures - How much do you have to share with your partners?

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