Directors of companies that are in financial trouble are always wary of Section 588G of the Corporations Act which provides that directors are personally liable if their company incurs a
The Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)(“the Act”) is now well and truly up and running having taken effect on the 1st of January 2012. At its commencement there
In September of last year the Queensland government introduced a Bill to parliament to once again amend the Body Corporate and Community Management Act. Two of these amendments we believe
Do you own a business that could benefit from being able to serve alcohol to your customers? Are you buying a business for which a liquor licence needs to be
A testamentary trust by definition is a trust created by a Will. Most Wills create a trust of some sort in that upon the death of the person who made
If you invest or trade through a discretionary trust structure then after the decision of the High Court in “Bamford” your trust deed should be checked to confirm it gives
The scrapping of the much maligned Sustainability Declarations was part of the LNP’s pledge to cut real estate red tape in the lead up to the recent state election. This
There has been a lot of talk recently with respect to developers building on flood prone areas. Proposed new changes to the Queensland Development Code should result in less damage
Last month the Queensland government announced that from 1 July 2012 the principal place of residence concession on stamp duty will be re-instated after it was scrapped as part of
As of 28 May 2012 the process of registering a business name in Australia will change. Previously each state in Australia operated their own business name registry which caused issues
