For parents, the thought of their children travelling overseas with the other parent post separation, can be stressful and trigger anxiety. However, children’s lives should not be affected by the separation of their parents – they should still have the same opportunities they would have had, had their parents remained together. This is of course … Read more
While the nature and type of commercial transactions a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) can undertake with a related party are heavily restricted, the SIS Act does not prohibit all such transactions. However, such related-party transactions carry a risk of the ATO assessing the SMSF under the non-arm’s length income (NALI) rules in s 295-550 of … Read more
Melbourne based travel technology business Rome2rio, an online multimodal transport search engine, has been acquired by Europe based Omio (formerly GoEuro). The deal closed on Thursday 31 October 2019. Rome2rio was started by founders Michael Cameron and Bernie Tschirren. The platform focuses on multimodal travel search and compares different modes of travel and routes. The … Read more
KHQ Lawyers has expanded its family & relationship law team with the appointment of an additional principal solicitor. Formerly of Moores Legal and with a background in general practice, Greg Oliver brings to the team more than 15 years’ experience. He is known for his compassion and empathy in supporting his clients through some of … Read more
IN THIS UPDATE: Mondelez v AMWU, minimum wage changes, modern awards, enterprise bargaining, labour hire licensing, the SKM appeal case, and recent developments in industrial manslaughter. The financial year is well underway and with the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in Mondelez v AMWU [2019] FCAFC 138, it really has started with a … Read more
KHQ Lawyers has bolstered its tax, M&A and private wealth capabilities with the recruitment of Prath Balasubramaniam as Principal Solicitor, and his team. Prath joins from Macpherson Kelley where he led the Commercial and Tax teams. The breadth of Prath’s team’s expertise complements and extends KHQ’s existing capability and service offering. Commenting on the move, … Read more
A recent unfair dismissal decision of the Fair Work Commission highlights that it is never enough to merely establish that an employer had a reasonable belief that a performance-based termination was for a “valid reason”. Rather, the Commission still needs to make a finding on the balance of probabilities that the performance was, in fact, … Read more
By Adrian Faelli (Lawyer) and Venn King (Special Counsel) On 14 October 2019, ASIC and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (“AFM”) released a joint report critical of current disclosure regimes in respect of the full range of financial products across multiple jurisdictions. Entitled “Disclosure: Why it shouldn’t be the default”, the report acknowledges … Read more
By Bronwyn Montgomery (Lawyer) and Kristina Antoniades (Special Counsel) Any parent can appreciate the anxiety another parent feels when their former partner makes the unilateral decision to remove their child from the country in which they are living, without that parent’s consent or knowledge. This is known within family law as child abduction. If your … Read more
