Up to 12 million eligible Australians, around 58–60% of the adult population, have not made a valid Will. This can create unnecessary stress, confusion and financial burden for the people you care about most.
The end of the calendar year offers a moment to focus on your personal admin and estate planning.
A recent Federal Court decision has reinforced important protections for employees and highlighted risks for employers when dealing with political opinion.
When signing a lease, you will need to consider your obligations as tenant and closely review of your liability under the Make Good clause.
Congratulations to our Aintree Group Legal Director, Sophie Cohen and our Legal Operations Manager, Katie McRae on being selected as finalists in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2024. Sophie Cohen has been shortlisted in the category: Partner of the Year (SME Firm) and Katie McRae has been shortlisted in the Legal Operations Professional…
A number of changes to workplace laws will come into effect on 26 August 2024.
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024. Did you know recent changes to the law may invalidate agreements with contractors that you use in your business? From 26 August 2024, legislative changes will come into effect allowing the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to set-aside or vary contract terms contained in service agreements…
Estate Planning Movies that might count as CPD (but probably won’t): We’ll start this week by looking at director Wes Anderson’s best movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The Hotel Quarantine (Business Losses) Class Action seeks compensation for retail businesses as a result of the “second-wave” lockdowns that occurred in Victoria from July to October 2020.
Latitude Financial joins the list of companies affected by data breaches. The recent hacking of the personal information of 330,000 Latitude Financial customers is just the latest in a series of high profile data breaches. One aspect that distinguishes this story from other recent hacks such as Medibank and Optus is that Latitude is an…
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