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A Report into the Diversity of Australian CEO's

Consultant Conrad Liveris released a report, based on the annual reports and websites of ASX200 companies, identifying commonalities and norms in the educational and professional..

Time to Secure Your Director's Loans

The Sydney property market has seen enormous growth. The median price has risen by some 412% in the past 25 years. Pegged to this has been the growth in certain industries such as..

Family Law for the Future: The ALRC Report

Last month, the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) released its report, ‘Family Law for the Future – An Inquiry into the Family Law System’ (‘the Report’). The ALRC spent..

The Family Violence Plan

With the update of the Family Violence Plan in April 2019, the Courts have continued to recognise the importance of protecting those experiencing family violence, and the..

Does someone with a mental disability owe a duty of care?

In the case of Carrier v Bonham [2002] 1 Qd R 474 Queensland Court of Appeal, Bonham was a psychiatric patient with a long history of schizophrenia. He was being detained in a..

What duty of care do medical professionals owe you?

Medical Negligence, also known as medical malpractice, is the failure from a healthcare provider to treat a patient with reasonable skill and care, causing injury as a result...

5 Ways to Respond to Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is unfortunately common. Today 1 in 3 women have been or are in an abusive relationship. As Domestic Violence Prevention Month, this May, begins we look at 5..

Directors Duties: Duties and Breaches

Currently there are 2,672,325 companies registered in Australia, therefore meaning that there at least 2,672,325 company directors in Australia. Fundamentally, the role of a..

Impacts of a Statutory Demand

In our previous article, “What is a Statutory Demand?” we outlined what a statutory demand is and the high-level impact of not complying with it according to the Corporations Act..