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Avoiding a Super Sting
Avoiding a Super Sting One of the statements we [...]
Property finance and windfall gains tax
Property finance and windfall gains tax The Wind [...]
Limitation periods for building actions – Are you Out of Luck and Out of Time?
Limitation periods for building actions – Are you [...]
FIRB application fees set to double from 29 July 2022
FIRB application fees set to double from 29 July [...]
ALERT: ASIC extends deadlines for 30 June 2022 unlisted entity financial reports
ALERT: ASIC extends deadlines for 30 June 2022 un [...]
ALERT: AFSL HOLDERS – CYBER RISK TO YOUR LICENCE
ALERT: AFSL HOLDERS - CYBER RISK TO YOUR LICENCE [...]
EOFY Checklist – Employment Law
EOFY Checklist - Employment Law The new financia [...]
But if I change the plans by 10% that’s ok, isn’t it?
But if I change the plans by 10% that's ok, isn't [...]
New Employee Share Scheme Legislation
New Employee Scheme Share Legislation BACKGROUND [...]
Proposed Changes to the ASX Listing Rules: Capital Raising
Proposed Changes to the ASX Listing Rules: Capita [...]
Industrial Manslaughter – Critical lessons for business operators
Industrial Manslaughter – Critical lessons for bu [...]
A Super Surprise: Are contractors entitled to superannuation?
A Super Surprise: Are contractors entitled to sup [...]
Off The Plan Sales and Commissions
Off The Plan Sales and Commissions In a recent c [...]
On the Rise and Rise of Stablecoins
On the Rise and Rise of Stablecoins While digita [...]
Influencers in the property market
Influencers in the property market Over the last [...]
Earnings guidance provides Australia’s first successful securities class action
Earnings guidance provides Australia’s first succ [...]
Commissioner of Taxation v Carter [2022] HCA 10 (Carter)
Commissioner of Taxation v Carter [2022] HCA 10 ( [...]
Warning for social media influencers – comply with financial services laws or risk substantial penalties
Warning for social media influencers – comply wit [...]
Commissioner’s draft guidance on section 100A
Commissioner’s draft guidance on section 100A In [...]
New entitlement to paid sick leave for casual employees
New entitlement to paid sick leave for casual emp [...]
Australia’s deregulation agenda – ASIC search fees to be axed
Australia's deregulation agenda - ASIC search fee [...]
2022/2023 – Federal Budget Update: Key Tax Measures
2022/2023 – Federal Budget Update: Key Tax Measur [...]
Commencement of a new regime: The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV)
Commencement of a new regime: The Corporate Colle [...]
Reminder for new directors – Director ID requirements to come into effect on 5 April 2022
Reminder for new directors - Director ID requirem [...]
Virtual and hybrid shareholder meetings and electronic distribution of meeting materials are here to stay – finally!
Virtual and hybrid shareholder meetings and elect [...]
Signing, made easy
Signing, made easy Small but significant changes [...]
Employee or Contractor? High Court Alters Approach to Determining Working Relationships
Employee or Contractor? High Court Alters Approac [...]
Contractual timeframes have real teeth
Contractual timeframes have real teeth Ordinaril [...]
What should employees be paid while isolating?
What should employees be paid while isolating? A [...]
Crypto Assets: To Disclose or Not to Disclose
Crypto Assets: To Disclose or Not to Disclose It [...]
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Payroll Tax Surcharge commences from 1 January 2022
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Payroll Tax Surch [...]
Remote Witnessing in NSW
Remote Witnessing in NSW The ongoing effects of [...]
ASX Listing Rules – Guidance Note 11 Update
ASX Listing Rules – Guidance Note 11 Update Intr [...]
Cornwalls advises Webcentral Limited (ASX:WCG) on merger with 5G Networks Limited (ASX:5GN)
Cornwalls advises Webcentral Limited (ASX:WCG) on [...]
Are crypto-assets ‘tainted assets’ under the controlled foreign company (CFC) provisions?
Are crypto-assets 'tainted assets' under the cont [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: Cornwalls merges with boutique migration firm Verity Law
Cornwalls merges with boutique migration firm Ver [...]
Can a typo cost you millions?
Can a typo cost you millions? In short, yes. Com [...]
Australian Company Director Identification Number Requirements
Australian Company Director Identification Number [...]
Change to choice of superannuation fund rules from 1 November 2021
Change to choice of superannuation fund rules fro [...]
Bragging rights for Australia? The Senate’s twelve recommendations for regulating cryptocurrencies and digital assets and improving Australia’s international competitiveness
Bragging rights for Australia? The Senate’s twelv [...]
What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is the tax man’s
What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is the tax [...]
Why Disclosure is Not Nine-Tenths of the Law: The New Design and Distribution Obligations in Australian Credit and Financial Services
Why Disclosure is Not Nine-Tenths of the Law: The [...]
Full Court affirms decision – Commissioner permitted to request the information
Full Court affirms decision – Commissioner permit [...]
Internal succession: what is it?
Internal succession Internal succession: what is [...]
‘Dear Mother, for all your love and affection, I’m taking your house’: A case study on elder abuse
‘Dear Mother, for all your love and affection, I’ [...]
Electronic General Meetings in the COVID-19 Landscape – Update
Electronic General Meetings in the COVID-19 Lands [...]
FAQs: The actual difference between insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, and so on
FAQs: The actual difference between insolvency, b [...]
Material shortages and price increases in the domestic construction industry
Material shortages and price increases in the dom [...]
Retention of Property Managers
Retention of Property Managers It has always bee [...]
Can I sign this electronically?
Can I sign this electronically? With the majorit [...]
Interest expenses not always deductible
Interest expenses not always deductible In a dec [...]
Update: Round 4 of Gunns out and shots fired – Badenoch special leave application to the High Court
Update: Round 4 of Gunns out and shots fired – Ba [...]
Punk Rock to Smooth Jazz: will De-Fi challenge or be adopted by traditional finance?
Punk Rock to Smooth Jazz: will De-Fi challenge or [...]
Bluechain Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 3) [2021] VSC420 (15 July 2021) (Delany J)
Bluechain Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No [...]
Time to Revisit Employee Share Schemes for Start-Ups
Time to Revisit Employee Share Schemes for Start- [...]
Incentives for investments in early state innovation companies
Incentives for investments in early state innovat [...]
NSW Construction “Pause” and Extensions of Time
NSW Construction "Pause" and Extensions of Time [...]
COVID-19 border closures and the impact on Australian corporate tax residency
COVID-19 border closures and the impact on Austra [...]
Filling your (financial) bucket: The role of Bucket Companies in modern-day tax planning
Filling your (financial) bucket: The role of Buck [...]
Online onboarding of corporate borrowers and guarantors in Australia: Financiers will soon have additional comfort about due execution assumptions
Online onboarding of corporate borrowers and guar [...]
Hybrid General Meetings in the COVID-19 Landscape – an Interim Solution
Hybrid General Meetings in the COVID-19 Landscape [...]
End of Financial Year Guide 2021
End of Financial Year Guide 2021 Effective plann [...]
More change is coming… Phase 2A of Queensland’s project trust regime on the horizon
More change is coming... Phase 2A of Queensland's [...]
2021/2022 Victorian State Government Budget Update: Relief for developers, concessions to move excess housing stock, cash grab on windfalls
2021/2022 Victorian State Government Budget Updat [...]
Home is where the ‘central management and control’ is: Upcoming changes to the corporate residency test
Home is where the 'central management and control [...]
Taken for a ride: Deliveroo rider found to be an employee
Taken for a ride: Deliveroo rider found to be an [...]
The “Consumer Data Right (CDR) as a service” for Australian Fintechs: A workable way out of a scrape
The "Consumer Data Right (CDR) as a service" for [...]
Peak indebtedness gets sin binned
Peak indebtedness gets sin binned The pavlova, w [...]
2021/2022 Federal Budget Update: Big spending to bolster post-pandemic economic recovery
2021/2022 Federal Budget Update: Big Spending To [...]
Location, location, location: the Australian Federal Court finding against Google and trends in Australian privacy regulation
Location, location, location: the Australian Fede [...]
Your words have power – Expert evidence and witness statements
Your words have power - Expert evidence and witne [...]
Cornwalls recognised in Best Lawyers Australia 2022
Cornwalls recognised in Best Lawyers Australia 20 [...]
Domain names and business branding: New changes
Domain names and business branding: New changes [...]
Director crackdown: ASIC tightens rules on resigning or removing business owners
Director crackdown: ASIC tightens rules on resign [...]
Gateways and Risk Assessments: The ATO’s compliance approach to the allocation of professional firm profits
Gateways and Risk Assessments: The ATO's complian [...]
The times they are a-changin’ – New tiers, new rules, new responsibilities | Amendments to the Owners Corporations Act
The times they are a-changin' - New tiers, new ru [...]
Are you ready for the greatest generational wealth transfer in history?
Are you ready for the greatest generational wealt [...]
Marina and boatyard storage: Solving the problem of owners who don’t pay
Marina and boatyard storage: Solving the problem [...]
International Women’s Day: Celebrating the women of Cornwalls
Sarah Bullock Sarah Bullock is a Senior Associat [...]
The Tax Upside of a Mostly Downside Year: Temporary Full Expensing of Depreciating Assets
The Tax Upside of a Mostly Downside Year: Tempora [...]
CUB Australia Holding Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] FCA 43
CUB Australia Holding Pty Ltd v Commissioner of T [...]
Cautionary Caveat Considerations
Cautionary Caveat Considerations A caveat is a l [...]
Scene of a murder, drug lab, combustible cladding? | What do you need to disclose when selling a property?
Scene of a murder, drug lab, combustible cladding [...]
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? In December 20 [...]
Important Award Development
Important Award Development There can be little [...]
ASIC Corporate Finance Update (December 2020): COVID-19 Landscape
ASIC Corporate Finance Update (December 2020): CO [...]
Further boost to Consumer Law protections: Unfair contract terms law extended and clarified
Further boost to Consumer Law protections: Unfair [...]
Tis the season to be (jolly) flexible
Tis the season to be (jolly) flexible 2020 has b [...]
What happens if a mandatory standard changes after you submit a tender?
What happens if a mandatory standard changes afte [...]
The impact of settlement agreements on claims under the SOP Act
The impact of settlement agreements on claims und [...]
Registering Foreign Judgments
Registering Foreign Judgments With the advanceme [...]
Last step of Victoria’s Roadmap to Reopening: 24 November 2020
Last step of Victoria's Roadmap to Reopening 24 N [...]
Scope of purchases protected by the Australian Consumer Law enhanced
Scope of purchases protected by the Australian Co [...]
Overhaul of Insolvency Laws – Part 2: The impact on creditors
Overhaul of Insolvency Laws - Part 2: The impact [...]
Contractors, the Superannuation Guarantee Charge (SGC) and personal liability for company directors
The directors of many corporate businesses remain [...]
Making Payment Claims under more than one contract?
Making Payment Claims under more than one contrac [...]
Unmasking directors’ duties and insurance during COVID-19 and the insolvency moratorium
Unmasking directors’ duties and insurance during [...]
Third Step Update: Metropolitan Melbourne 29 October 2020
Third Step Update: Metropolitan Melbourne 29 Octo [...]
WHS: Not just an employer/employee obligation
WHS: Not just an employer/employee obligation Ma [...]
Transfer duty exemption for small business restructures (Queensland)
Transfer duty exemption for small business restru [...]
Second step update: Metropolitan Melbourne 19 October 2020
Second step update: Metropolitan Melbourne 19 Oct [...]
COVID-19: A catalyst for overdue change in the legal industry
COVID-19: A catalyst for overdue change in the le [...]
Alert: Federal Budget 2020/21
Alert: Federal Budget 2020/21 On 6 October 2020 [...]
Effect of COVID-19 on material adverse change clauses
Effect of COVID-19 on material adverse change cla [...]
What ASIC expects of lenders when the loan deferral periods end: COVID-19
What ASIC expects of lenders when the loan deferr [...]
Where there’s a Will, there’s a Will dispute
Where there's a Will, there's a Will dispute I a [...]
What do the proposed new responsible lending laws mean for small business financing?
What do the proposed new responsible lending laws [...]
Risk allocation for hacking and insolvency of cryptocurrency exchanges
Risk allocation for hacking and insolvency of cry [...]
Overhaul of Insolvency Laws: How will it work?
Overhaul of Insolvency Laws: How will it work? A [...]
Lenders beware: Big player hit with infringement
Lenders beware: Big player hit with infringement [...]
The latest changes in law applying to the building and construction industry in Queensland
The latest changes in law applying to the buildin [...]
A ‘Roadmap for Reopening’ – COVID-19 Restrictions
Sunday 6 September 2020 Premier Andrews announced [...]
Easing of Restrictions – Second Step
COVID-19 Update, Metropolitan Melbourne, 28 Septe [...]
COVID-19 fallout: Creditor options for recovery
COVID-19 fallout: Creditor options for recovery [...]
Government Announces Extension of Temporary Relief for Financially Distressed Businesses
Government Announces Extension of Temporary Relie [...]
Mad for money – Unfair preference claims against a third-party payer
Mad for money – Unfair preference claims against [...]
The sky is falling – 24 September 2020 looms large for Construction Industry
The sky is falling – 24 September 2020 looms larg [...]
What’s in a day? – Order restored
On 13 August 2020,the High Court of Australia han [...]
Franchising and the importance of “brand”
The success of any franchise network is closely t [...]
Insolvent Trading Casts A Long Shadow
Insolvent Trading Casts A Long Shadow An ASIC in [...]
Reference dates – Still important?
Reference dates - Still important? A recent deci [...]
Metropolitan Melbourne Stage 4 Restrictions: our operations and support will continue
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the econ [...]
Which port in this storm – Part 2
The Federal Government is extending its lending g [...]
Creating deeds in electronic form: Why we should not be deterred by the ghosts of the past
Creating deeds in electronic form: Why we should [...]
You have dispute and monies are paid by the other side into a Trust Account or held in Escrow, pending an outcome. You win and then they go broke – NOW WHAT?
You have dispute and monies are paid by the other [...]
Questionable caveats – cunning or ill-conceived?
In the recent Supreme Court decision of Justice G [...]
Australia Introduces the DIN (Director Identification Number) Regime
Australia Introduces the DIN (Director Identifica [...]
End of Financial Year Guide 2020
End of Financial Year Guide 2020 Effective plann [...]
Have you lent money? If so, can you spare $21 million?
Have you lent money? If so, can you spare $21 mi [...]
Zero thresholds and last resort divestment powers: Protecting national security but at what cost?
Zero thresholds and last resort divestment powers [...]
Tick, tick, tick….the Adjudication Application time bomb
Tick, tick, tick….the Adjudication Application ti [...]
Beware time limits or pay
Beware time limits or pay Introduction On 18 Oct [...]
COVID-19 and the Building and Construction Industry – Some practical considerations
COVID-19’s impact on the economy is profound. The [...]
Key elements of the Australian Government’s ‘HomeBuilder’ scheme
Key elements of the Australian Government’s ‘Home [...]
Wills in a COVID-19 era
Wills in a COVID-19 era Making a will and updati [...]
Interpretation of Contracts – An Update
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Pty Ltd v Bulgana [...]
To be Casual or Not to be Casual? That is The Question!
The Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia [...]
Corporate Governance in the not-for-profit space: A Tri-Peaks presentation
Corporate Governance in the not-for-profit space: [...]
Last Minute Payment Claim Guide
Last Minute Payment Claim Guide What is a paymen [...]
Two recent cases shed some light on annual leave and sick leave entitlements for employees during Covid-19
Two recent cases shed some light on annual leave [...]
What we Know and Don’t Know about Cryptocurrency Exchanges: A Summary for Finance and Insolvency Lawyers
Legal issues arising in relation to cryptocurrenc [...]
Opened up in lockdown
Opened up in lockdown Digitisation of Australian [...]
Commercial leases in the COVID-19 environment – The code, regulations and case law
Commercial leases in the COVID-19 environment - T [...]
Obligations of Owners of Properties with Swimming Pools or Spas
Obligations of Owners of Properties with Swimming [...]
Kraft Heinz fails in appeal to reclaim prized trade mark from Bega
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia [...]
Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions in a COVID-19 World
Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions in a COVID- [...]
How easy is it to get an Order from the Court to remove and sell an abandoned vessel in Queensland?
How easy is it to get an Order from the Court to [...]
Unpaid marina and shipyard fees and abandoned boats: The problems and the solutions
Unpaid marina and shipyard fees and abandoned boa [...]
Which port in this storm? The Australian Federal Coronavirus Economic Response Package and non-ADI financiers
Which port in this storm? The Australian Federal [...]
Summary of Federal Government Stimulus Packages
As you will be aware, the federal government has [...]
Personal liability exposure to directors for company taxes to increase from 1 April 2020
Under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Ille [...]
New annualised salary provisions in modern awards
Does your business or organisation pay an annual [...]
Cyber and Crypto that’s not Clickbait: What the High Court in London said in secret about cryptocurrency in December 2019 has now been revealed…
On 17 January 2020, a decision made in a closed c [...]
A warning for directors: failing to maintain a registered office with ASIC puts the company’s survival in jeopardy
The recent Victorian Supreme Court case of AXF En [...]
New law – disclosure of business tax debts
Late last calendar year, the federal government p [...]
Procedural fairness in the termination process
You may be surprised to learn that a worker who w [...]
Australians Living or Working Overseas: Full Federal Court clarifies Individual Tax Residency Rules
At the start of a new year, we always notice an i [...]
New Rules on Claiming Tax Deductions for Vacant Land
New Rules on Claiming Tax Deductions for Vacant L [...]
Cornwalls successfully defends contract claim
We recently acted for a national security service [...]
NSW duties changes: Please review all discretionary trusts before 31 December 2019
Recently, the State Revenue Legislation Further A [...]
Denial of CGT main residence exemption for foreign residents
A bill currently before Federal Parliament will d [...]
Collateral use of Disclosed Documents: Permitted?
During litigation, parties are required to exchan [...]
Changes afoot for retail leases- but do they go far enough?
The Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2019 (Bill) is c [...]
Beware Premature Payment Claims: MKA Bowen v Carelli Constructions
Beware Premature Payment Claims: MKA Bowen v Care [...]
Quantum meruit: Limited by the High Court
High Court of Australia handed down its decision [...]
When do you have to let the builder back in to fix defects?
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of New So [...]
Limiting Tax deductions for vacant land expenditure
Limiting Tax deductions for vacant land expenditu [...]
Contractual mechanisms for regulating, reducing or eliminating your liability
A contracting party that is in a dominant commerc [...]
Secret commissions and you
Is your business involved in paying or receiving [...]
The without prejudice fallacy: when words are not enough
It is not uncommon to see the words ‘without pre [...]
Punk Rock Becoming Smooth Jazz? New Zealand Tax Rulings May Ultimately Facilitate Crypto Going Mainstream in New Zealand
The New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (IRD) h [...]
Taxation and Digital Currency
Taxation and Digital Currency Digital currency [...]
She’ll be right, right? The impact of the £99 million Marriott fine on privacy due diligence in Australia M&A, and more
She'll be right, right? The impact of the £99 mil [...]
What to do if your builder becomes insolvent?
Australia’s construction industry accounts for a [...]
When is a Will a Will?
When is a Will a Will? What happens when a testa [...]
Minimum wage increase from 1 July 2019
The Fair Work Commission has announced that with [...]
Unfair preference claims and ROT creditors – how and when to value a security interest
Unfair preference claims and ROT creditors – how [...]
Combustible Cladding and Large Format Retail Stores
In recent times significant public attention has [...]
Can you dismiss an employee for dishonesty during the recruitment process?
Can you dismiss an employee for dishonesty during [...]
Combustible Cladding and Large Format Retail Stores
Combustible Cladding and Large Format Retail Stor [...]
Licence to Lend?
Why lending your Building Licence is riskier than [...]
The Victorian Building Authorities’ statutory powers to issue directions to fix limited by the Supreme Court
There are new implications for those in the const [...]
Taxation and Superannuation Policies- Federal Election 2019
The 2019 Federal Election will take place on Sat [...]
Time to Get Carried Away by Data Portability?
The New Consumer Data Right Rules and What They P [...]
New Labour Hire Laws in Victoria
Does your business or organisation use labour hir [...]
Funding the Future – What is Crowd-Sourced Funding?
In 2018 amendments were made to the Corporations [...]
Australia’s construction industry insolvency crisis – reform is underway
Australia's construction industry insolvency cris [...]
Important Development for Fixed-Term Employment
Does your business or organisation employ any sta [...]
Does Data Sharing Complement or Challenge Privacy Law?
The expected benefits of “big data” for citizens, [...]
Closing a deal on open banking
“Open Banking” is shorthand for implementing the [...]
Taking and enforcing security over cryptocurrency
Increasing numbers of individuals and corporation [...]
A Successful Blend
Cornwall Stodart and The Bean Alliance in Austral [...]
The treatment of retention of title claims under the PPSA Review: A silver bullet or a bitter pill for suppliers?
The treatment of retention of title claims under [...]
Do winding up proceedings need to be advertised where the debt has been paid in full?
We recently acted for a company that was a defend [...]