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Farm Succession Planning Checklist

FARM SUCCESSION PLANNING CHECKLIST Succession planning for a farm is crucial for ensuring the smooth transition of ownership and management to the next generation or successor. Here’s a...

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Beware the Ides of Short Term Rentals – Short Term Lettings and Property Investors

Short Term Lettings and Property Investors Short term lettings have been for some investors and absolute bonanza, returning well above average returns. However, short term rentals have been in a legal...

A Cladding Tinderbox: Will your High Rise Insulate or Immolate?

A Cladding Tinderbox:  Will your High Rise Insulate or Immolate? No-one wants to get caught in a high rise fire.  A spate of external cladding fires around the world has prompted new...

Binding Death Benefits and Loss of Capacity and Powers of Attorney

Peter McNamara has previously warned that you get your superannuation death benefits sorted:  http://www.cml.com.au/wills-smsfs-and-binding-death-benefit-nominations-get-yours-in-line Now a...

Employees Steal the Business – But Employers get it back

Poaching staff from competitors is not uncommon, but can be risky.  Employers must be sure that new employees are not acting in breach of obligations to their former employers.  In a recent...

Casual gets Annual Leave

Casuals can get permanent entitlements.  In a recent case an employer was ordered to pay annual leave for a casual employee.  If the worker looks permanent, the worker probably is.  If...

New Obligations: Mandatory Data Breach Notification Laws

Just when you thought discovering a data breach within your organisation was already a headache – such as a lost company computer or an employee disclosing unauthorised information – from...