By Darrell Choong (Lawyer) and Amelia Edwards (Senior Associate) Imagine this: there’s a blank space on your product, or website, and there is a nagging thought at the back of your mind that it should be filled up. You are unable to shake it off. Inspiration strikes. You decide to put up a banner proclaiming … Read more
Many professionals regularly use the business-focused social networking site of LinkedIn to promote custom for themselves. The taxpayer in Fortunatow and FCT [2018] AATA 4621 failed to establish that his company was conducting a personal services business (PSB) under Divs 84 to 87 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) for the dispute years … Read more
The Federal Court recently ruled that encapsulation of imported supplements in Australia does not justify a “Made in Australia” label The Federal Court has ruled in favour of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), holding that the encapsulation in Australia of imported fish oil and vitamin D is not sufficient to permit the capsules … Read more
For many families, Christmas is a happy time of year. But for those who may be newly separated, it can be a time of heartbreak. This leads to the very important question – who gets the children at Christmas? Shared arrangements For young children, Christmas Eve and Christmas morning are full of excitement waiting for Santa, … Read more
A recent case in the Magistrates Court of Victoria is a timely reminder to check that safety guards are fully operational and to promptly remove faulty machinery from production for repair. What happened? A machine that individually wrapped small cakes and muffins in plastic film was fed the food product by two conveyors to the … Read more
By Kimi Shah (Senior Associate) and Darrell Choong (Lawyer) Last year, it was announced that a cryogenics facility was going to be opened in Holbrook, New South Wales which makes Australia the third country in the world to allow its citizens to be cryogenically frozen. As technology progresses, and the idea of immortality becomes a … Read more
A study published earlier this month in the Medical Journal of Australia revealed a concerning truth. Melbourne researchers tested 256 commonly-bought manufactured “gluten free”-labelled products and reported that almost 3% of these products actually contained small amounts of gluten, meaning that these products did not comply with the Australian standards. The Australian standards require that … Read more
This is the final in a three-part series about the changes to Child Support in 2018. This segment deals with how the amendments affect Binding Child Support Agreements. Binding Child Support Agreements Section 80C of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (“the Act”) enables parents to enter into a private agreement about child support, … Read more
There’s been a lot of coverage about country of origin labelling (CoOL) rules relating to labelling of food. But what about complementary healthcare products? Claims about where complementary healthcare products are made or manufactured need to comply with the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). Of course, compliance with the ACL is in addition to sponsors’ compliance … Read more
