Promotion Announcement - Daniel Rappoport
Gavin Parsons and Associates are very proud to announce the promotion of Daniel Rappoport to the position of Senior Associate. This promotion is in recognition of Daniel’s unique skills, knowledge and experience in all areas of his practice, his ongoing care and attention to our clients’ needs and his contributions to improve and expa...
Read moreDate posted: 2017-08-30 | Comments(0)
Changes to the Law on Unfair Contract Terms will come into effect from 12 November 2016
Between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2014 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") was contacted by 1,375 small businesses to complain about unfair contracts. From 12 November 2016 small businesses will benefit from changes to the current laws governing unfair contract terms as a result of the T...
Read moreDate posted: 2016-10-24 | Comments(0)
Directors and advisers can be sued for a company’s wrongdoing - Fair Work and third-party liability
In a first of its kind, the Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced proceedings against an accounting firm for their involvement in contraventions of workplace laws committed by their client (Fair Work Ombudsman v Blue Impression Pty Ltd & Ors MLG2721/2015) ("Blue Impression"). Blue Impression is a...
Read moreDate posted: 2016-09-23 | Comments(0)
Freedom of Tweet
Rights of Employees and Employers regarding Social Media Use The line between our private and public life has blurred once again. Recent decisions of the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia have re-enforced the idea that there is not an 'unfettered freedom of political expression in Australian law' regard...
Read moreDate posted: 2015-09-07 | Comments(0)
R.I.P. WorkCover NSW
Health and safety in the workplace has a new regulator – SafeWork NSW As we say goodbye to winter for another year, we also bid farewell to WorkCover NSW ("WorkCover") and the Motor Accidents Authority ("MAA"), which have been replaced under the Insurance and Regulation Reform Package 2015. The package is designed to simplify the old s...
Read moreDate posted: 2015-09-03 | Comments(0)
Business and General
- Reverse Onus of Proof is on Employers Who Do Not Keep Proper Books and Records
- Time is running out! Have you checked your PPSA Registrations?
- Unfair Contract Terms - Will Your Contracts be held to be VOID?
- Are Your Affairs In Order? The Importance of Specific Gifts in Wills and Communication with Beneficiaries - Case Study 4
- The Future: New Lawyers Acquired by GPA
- Are Your Affairs In Order? Have You Updated Your Superannuation Fund? Case Study 3
- Are Your Affairs In Order? What Happens If You Die and Don't Have a Will? Case Study 2
- New National Minimum Wage from 1 July 2018:
- Are Your Affairs In Order? What Happens If You Die and Don’t Have a Will?
- Are Your Affairs In Order? When Should Your Will Be Amended To Protect Your Loved Ones?
- GPA Law Co-Presents at the Annual State AICM Credit Symposium
- Director’s Personal Exposure to Employee Entitlements
- New Privacy Laws - Comply Now or Pay the Penalty
- Promotion Announcement - Tamara Scholl
- Are your small business contract terms void?
- Promotion Announcement - Daniel Rappoport
- Changes to the Law on Unfair Contract Terms will come into effect from 12 November 2016
- Directors and advisers can be sued for a company’s wrongdoing - Fair Work and third-party liability
- Freedom of Tweet
- R.I.P. WorkCover NSW
- Video Killed the Really Old Law
- OVERVIEW TO UNFAIR DISMISSAL
- National Credit Code
- Describing your collateral under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (“PPSA”) - what is required?
- Employment Awards under review - How will you be effected?
- Restraints of Trade: Are you properly protecting your business?
- Think Before You Post
