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Victorian property tax surcharge on foreign purchasers and absentee landowners
Insight 12 May 2015

The Victorian Government has introduced legislation to impose a 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge on foreign purchasers of residential land and a 05 per cent land tax surcharge on absentee owners of both residential and other land The proposed legislation is very broad and applies to both direct and ...

When is a trust a commercial necessity?
Insight 10 Mar 2015

The High Court has held that the proceeds of a forestry investment scheme were not held on trust for the investors by the operators of the scheme. ...

ASIC's employee incentive scheme class orders - new and improved
Insight 31 Oct 2014

After much anticipation ASIC has released new employee incentive scheme class order relief Partner Greg Bosmans and Special Counsel Gadi Bloch members of Allens Head Office Governance team report on the implications for listed and unlisted companies ...

Update strengthens legal avenues for online copyright rights holders
Insight 24 Apr 2015

Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has submitted an updated Copyright Notice Scheme to allow rights holders to better use existing legal avenues to defend their rights The updated Notice Scheme resolves a number of issues that were left open when the first draft of the ...

Third parties are no bar to arbitration: A win for arbitration?
Insight 07 May 2015

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has confirmed in a recent case that the impact of any dispute on third parties will generally not determine its arbitrability which rather will be determined on the proper construction of the arbitration agreement Partner Nick Rudge Senior Associate Alex Price ...

Comply or say bye to your franchise!
Insight 23 Oct 2014

With the new Franchising Code of Conduct and civil pecuniary penalties set to commence in 2015 a recent Full Federal Court decision is a timely warning to franchising parties to ensure their practices comply with the Code ...

100 member rule to be abolished
Insight 24 Oct 2014

The 100 member rule for convening company meetings will be abolished under legislative amendments introduced into Parliament this week following consultation by the Federal Government on draft legislation earlier this year Proposed streamlining of remuneration disclosure obligations is also still ...

What do ASIC and APRA want from Murray?
Insight 01 Oct 2014

Although more than 6500 second round submissions have been made to the Financial System Inquiry submissions made by ASIC and APRA will be read with greater interest than most The recommendations in these submissions are likely to be given greater weight by the FSI panel members and could find their ...

The Public-Private Partnership Law Review
Insight 21 Apr 2015

Partners David Donnelly and Nicholas Ng examine public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia including the year in review the general framework bidding and award procedures recent decisions and the outlook for 2015 ...

Resource Capital Fund IV LP: what's all the fuss about? Foreign partnerships and liability to Australian tax
Insight 23 Feb 2018

The Federal Court has concluded that the profit made on disposal of shares in an Australian mining company by a private equity fund formed as a Cayman Islands Limited Partnership was not subject to Australian tax ...

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