Moving into a retirement village like any new chapter in life is an exciting opportunity, however retirement village contracts are often extensive and contain many financial aspects which you and your beneficiaries should be aware of. Often residents spend most of their life in their new home, leaving the trustees of their will with the...
In the recent case of Anson & Meek [2017] FamCAFC 257, the Full Court allowed an appeal (successfully) by the husband from the trial Judge’s decision that the wife receive 40% of the overall asset pool. This is a case where the parties were married for five years (short marriage) and had no children. The...
On 15 September 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017 (‘’Act’’) came into operation. The Act introduces wide-ranging changes in the employment sector, including higher penalties for breaches of record-keeping and pay-slip obligations, strengthening the Fair Work Ombudsman’s powers of investigation, and importantly, significantly increasing penalties for ‘serious contraventions’ by employers. A...
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