No 4 of 2011

The law is constantly changing and this newsletter describes developments which may be relevant to you. If you are in any doubt about these or any other aspects of the law, please make an appointment to see your solicitor.

In this issue

• Directors’ duties: Approving financial statements a serious matter
• Planning ahead: What is an enduring guardian?
• Personal information: Lessons from recent privacy violations
• Handling a tax debt: Identifying technical issues is key
• Strata law: Court puts limit on insurer taking it to excess
• OH&S: When is it safe to dismiss employees?
• Disputed debt: Company not saved from insolvency
• Astroturfing: Misleading advertising on social media
• Carbon price gouging: Prevention is better than cure
• Road Rules: Heavy vehicle signage found to be outside the rules

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• Social networking: Can you control it?
• Facebook: Liability for publication
• Illusory savings: Misleading two-price comparisons under attack
• Sham contracting: Two parts to employee test involves intuition
• Your will: Where is it?
• Cloud computing: Legal issues for service contracts
• Family trusts: Losing out on land tax threshold
• Mediation: Court is not the only way to resolve a dispute
• Green retrofits: New environmental upgrade agreements
• Overseas jaunts: Tax Office review of conference expense

Read more on the above articles on our Law Society Articles page.

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