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Duty to co-operate & duty of good faith - Famestock Pty Ltd v The Body Corporate for 9 Port Douglas Road

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • January 25 2013

In the Supreme Court case of Famestock Pty Ltd v The Body Corporate For 9 Port Douglas Road (No 2) 2012 QSC 339 the court clarified that while a

Directors liable for super guarantee contributions

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • January 25 2013

Since 28 November 2012, directors may now be held personally liable for unpaid super guarantee contributions. This resulted from new laws, which came

Employers duty to take into account employees inadvertance affirmed

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 1 2011

The plaintiff, a medical supplier's representative, worked in an office cubicle

Employee attacks

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 1 2011

The Plaintiff, a Brisbane City Council bus driver, was robbed and assaulted with a piece of timber whilst using bus driver rest room facilities at night

How to win a deck case

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 1 2011

The Plaintiffs claimed damages for personal injuries sustained when the timber pool deck of her rental property cracked under her weight

Flood insurance revisited

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 1 2011

The claim arose out of damage to Elilade's stock and plant as a result of the flow of water into its premises following severe tropical rainstorms

Labour hire and a dodgy pallet jack

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 1 2011

The Plaintiff was injured when he fell from a ride on pallet jack

Taking account of the accountants’ concession in ATO audits, investigations & litigation

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • February 23 2011

Tax audits and investigations undertaken by ATO officers involve the exercise of sometimes very extensive and wide ranging powers such as those under Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA) section 263 (allowing officers full and free access to all buildings, places, books, documents and other papers, and to copy any such books, documents or papers) and section 264 (requiring the taxpayer to furnish officers with information sought

Security for costs don’t be greedy

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • May 9 2011

A Plaintiff Responsible Entity of a Managed Investment Scheme recently succeeded in limiting an application against it for security for costs in a Supreme Court claim for negligence against a Quantity Surveyor to $50,000 up to the conclusion of an early mediation

Price signalling: new developments and impact on franchises

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • April 20 2011

On 24 March 2011, the Commonwealth Government introduced a bill to reform private information disclosures of pricing practices between competitors