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What is Document Automation?
The business of law is changing like never before. Even as the recession eases, corporate clients continue to pressure their law firms to cut costs, increase efficiency, and move to…
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Ramp Up Your Productivity: Tips to Improve Productivity at Work in 2014
No matter how much work you have to do, there are still only 24 hours in a day. Too many of us are spending too many of those hours working. Being conscious of how we work, and working smarter rather than longer, will increase productivity and potentially reduce working hours. But where do we start? Abi Gold offers some helpful tips to improve your productivity at work for 2014…
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Legislation By Press Release: Government Acts to Clean Up Unlegislated Announcements
Governments regularly announce changes to laws, that take effect from specified times, but don’t always legislate quickly to enact those announcements. This gives rise to what is known as “legislation…
Read moreTax Debts and Foreign Currency Notice – Currency Denomination Not Relevant: Commissioner Wins Battle But May Lose the War
The Full Federal Court has unanimously allowed the Tax Commissioner’s appeal and held that s 255 notices requiring a company to retain out of Canadian currency sufficient funds to meet…
Read moreEstate Planning: Superannuation Vulnerable to NSW Family Provision Claims
For estate planning and succession law purposes, superannuation is increasingly becoming an individual’s second largest asset behind the family home. While a deceased person may have a will outlining their…
Read moreSharing Property Ownership? Watch for Capital Gains Tax
Property ownership is still considered one of the most important achievements in an individual’s lifetime. Who doesn’t want to secure a roof over their heads? And parents, especially in this…
Read moreVendor’s GST Liability for Property Sale Should be Clear in Contract
A recent case before the Victorian Supreme Court (Cityrose Trading Pty Ltd v Booth & Anor [2013] VSC 504, handed down on 19 September 2013) has highlighted the importance for…
Read moreThe 50 Shades of Grey of Australian Evidence Law
Legal practitioners, academics and students would agree that the law of evidence in Australia is often frustrated by a mixture of statute, common law, and rules of court. With the…
Read moreResolving Building Contract Disputes Quickly and Cheaply
Disputes over building contracts are now required to be resolved quickly and cheaply and ideally without litigation. The “paramount object” of the uniform Commercial Arbitration legislation (in force in most…
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