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Keep it in the Family: First case to consider new family provision laws

Private Client Dispute Resolution| 19 Aug 2016

Keep it in the Family: First case to consider new family provision laws

The Victorian Supreme Court decision in Brimelow v Alampi [2016] VSC 135 (Brimelow) marks the first case to consider recent law reforms regarding disputed estates.

Misconduct and mismanagement: Winding up on the just and equitable ground

Litigation & Dispute Resolution| 19 Apr 2016

Misconduct and mismanagement: Winding up on the just and equitable ground

In most cases, the precondition for the appointment of a liquidator and the winding up of a company by a court is that a company is insolvent.

Notices best served ungarnished

Litigation & Dispute Resolution| 13 Oct 2015

Notices best served ungarnished

Federal Court confirms the ATO cannot issue garnishee notices to a company being wound up to collect post-liquidation tax liabilities.

ACCC continues battle against misleading and deceptive credence claims

Competition & Consumer Law| 11 Oct 2015

ACCC continues battle against misleading and deceptive credence claims

In the latest instalment in the ACCC’s long running battle against misleading credence claims the Federal Court has imposed a pecuniary penalty of $250,000 on a Queensland egg producer for its misleading labelling and marketing of its products as ‘free ...

ATO v Liquidators – The tables are turned

Insolvency & Reconstruction| 12 Aug 2015

ATO v Liquidators – The tables are turned

The Federal Court’s decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Warner [2015] FCA 659 has clarified that the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) coercive powers requiring a taxpayer to produce documents and information to the ATO prevail over section 486 of the Corporations ...