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The amount of general damages awarded in sexual harassment cases is rising. Historically, the damages awarded in sexual harassment cases have been fixed at a conservative level and there has been a large disparity between the general damages awarded ...
Following a series of decisions by the Fair Work Commission with respect to the validity of Notices of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) that employers have issued to employees, the Federal Government has attempted to take step...
The Government’s plan to prevent employees from “double dipping” paid parental leave is set out in both the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016 and the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care reform) Bill 2...
Background In August 2015, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruled that Uber drivers must register for Goods and Services Tax (GST) regardless of turnover. Uber commenced a legal challen...
Many Australians hold the majority of their assets in a super fund. In this article we outline the way the assets of a self-managed super fund can be passed to beneficiaries on your death. Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs
In November 2016, the High Court of Australia heard a challenge brought by Clive Palmer in respect of the constitutional validity of the power of a liquidator to examine a former director of a company before the court. At the conclusion of that hear...
Privacy is becoming an increasingly important issue as technological developments make it easier to observe people when they are not expecting it. The issue is all the more problematic in the employment context where surveillance legislation operate...
The Supreme Court recently considered, on appeal, client legal privilege and section 119 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) in the case of Hamilton v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWSC 1213. Ms Hamilton sued the State of NS...
Cheng v Farjudi [2016] NSWCA 316 Background The appellant and the respondent were involved in an altercation at the Parramatta Leagues Club. The appellant was criminally charged for the assault, pleaded guilty and was given a good behaviour ...