Legal insights
We strive to optimise value for our clients, and apply our legal insights and commercial advice to best support our clients’ needs. Our expert practitioners provide updates and insights into the areas of law in which we work on an ongoing basis. We think differently to most other law firms, and are recognised as a ‘go-to’ firm for legal insights and expertise. We regularly publish updates and articles on a range of legal topics and industry sectors.
New National Gift Card Law
Following New South Wales and South Australia introducing a minimum 3 year expiry date on gift cards /
Sponsored posts on social media: what do I need to know?
Advertisers and social media users (importantly, social media influencers) must ensure that posts or comments made on social
Employment Lifecycle Series | On-boarding and induction essentials
Now that you have bedded down your recruitment processes (with the tips from the first article in our
Victorian Government reinforces commitment to Solar Energy with new Guidelines
The Victorian Government recently released draft Solar Energy Facilities – Design and Development Guidelines (Guidelines) to assist the
Employment Lifecycle Series | Getting your recruitment processes right
Gadens’ Employment Advisory Team is pleased to introduce its new series of alerts covering the employment life cycle:
Introducing the Australian Financial Complaints Authority: A Comparison Guide
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority commences on 1 November 2018. We have prepared this guide which sets out
Taxpayers sacrificed at the accountant’s altar
The Government has released its new framework for taxing private company loans which will create significant cash flow
Update on unfair preferences and statutory set-off
One of a liquidator’s most powerful tools is the ability to seek to recover unfair preferences from creditors
Pleash (Liquidator) v Tucker and the production of documents in public examinations: whether trust assets are ‘Examinable Affairs’
In Pleash (Liquidator) v Tucker,[1] the Federal Court makes clear that the scope of ‘examinable affairs’ in public
High Court decision validates Holding Deeds of Company Arrangement
In Australia of Mighty River International Limited v Hughes, Mighty River International Limited v Mineral Resources Limited [2018]
Unfair preferences and insolvent transactions – ‘knowledge’ of insolvency and the good faith defence
In Stimpson v Commissioner of State Revenue [2018] QDC 140, the District Court of Queensland considers the statutory
