Questions: Yes No Are you a company director? Is your address registered with ASIC up to date? Are you aware of director’s personal liabilities? Are you aware of your duties as a director pursuant to the Corporations Laws? Are you employed? Are you having a dispute with your employer? Have you informed your insurer of [...]
Probate In Victoria, probate is the process of officially proving a will as the last will of the deceased and registering such will with the Supreme Court of Victoria. Probate is the court’s official recognition that the will is legally valid, and the executor(s) is authorised to deal with the deceased’s estate. The main objective [...]
Probate In Victoria, probate is the process of officially proving a will as the last will of the deceased and registering such will with the Supreme Court of Victoria. Probate is the court’s official recognition that the will is legally valid, and the executor(s) is authorised to deal with the [...]
We often see businesses suffer or not grow to their full potential because the legal health of the business is inadequate. What is the legal health of a business? It is simply the adequacy of the legal structures, policies, procedures and systems that a business has in place. Just like your personal health, the early [...]
This checklist has been designed to help you consider and understand your employment conditions and entitlements. Questions: Yes No Do you know the full legal name of your employer? Do you know your job title and what work you are required to perform? Do you know the name of the award or agreement covering your [...]
This checklist has been designed to help you consider and understand the advantages and rules of using a self-managed superannuation fund ('SMF'). Questions: Yes No Do you have or have you considered establishing a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF)? Are you aware that an SMSF can borrow in certain circumstances to purchase property? Are you aware [...]
This checklist has been designed to help you consider and understand the important issues when preparing your will and estate, as well as your powers of attorney. Questions: Yes No Do you have a will prepared by a solicitor and executed properly? Have your circumstances changed since you prepared your last will? For instance, have [...]
Pointon Partners recently hosted Rob Macdonald, a Senior Fellow in the Sports Law Program at the University of Melbourne, for a seminar which he presented to the members of our firm’s Sports Law Practice Group. Rob’s seminar was based upon research conducted ahead of the November 2014 edition of the popular Melbourne Law Masters subject [...]
CI JI Family Pty Limited v National Australian Nappies (NAN) Pty Limited [2014] FCA 79 In a recent Federal Court decision, it was found that having a registered trade mark, did not protect the trade mark owner from other legal action, when using its own registered mark. In this case, the trade mark owner was [...]
International Wealth Structuring and Estate Planning By Robert Gordon[1] PRÉCIS • Pre planning – income & inheritance tax issues for: • Incoming residents • Outgoing residents • Outgoing investors • Use of companies & trusts in low tax jurisdictions • The problems and challenges when you fail to plan effectively • Recent legislative developments [...]
