Are you keeping your clients safe? If not, what are the consequences? In the past month, both Westpac and the Australian National University’s databases were reported as being breached. The ANU released a report on June 2019 which said their database had been illegally accessed in late 2018 and only
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  Many West Australians will be familiar with the Blue Cow Cheese Company Pty Ltd (“Blue Cow”).  It was established in 1998 in Belmont with the vision to “introduce the people of Australia to the world’s best cheese, dairy and fine foods.” On June 25, after 21 years of business,
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  THE VOLLER CASE The recent case of Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 766 in the Supreme Court of New South Wales has held that media companies that are the owner of a
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  Historically, society has interpreted the role of the sperm donor to be one clearly limited to the process of artificial conception.  Following this assumption, the donor typically holds no prospective legal rights to that future child.  Such a black and white understanding of the donor and child relationship is,
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On average, one women is murdered by her current or former partner every week in Australia.   Intimate partner violence is also a leading contributor of illness, disability and premature death of women aged 18-24. Given these statistics, it is likely that you may know someone who is experiencing family
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  Separating from a partner often causes significant emotional and financial stress. This is further heightened when there are children are involved, and the separating couple are hit with the reality that they will need to learn to co-parent with their estranged ex-partner in order to move forward. When determining
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  You know your ex very well, good and bad, but their new partner is probably a stranger to you. There is no greater trust than allowing someone to take care of your children so how do you extend that trust to your ex’s new partner? And what is the
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The mystery disappearance of Lynette Dawson in January 1982 has been brought back into the public eye following the release of the Teacher’s Pet podcast. The podcast was created by journalist Hedley Thomas and published by the Australian newspaper earlier this year. The story Lynette went missing in January 1982,

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  What a great year 2018 has been for us here at Lynn and Brown Lawyers! We look back at your favourite articles for last year, here are the top read articles for each month. January, the beginning of 2018, we heard so much in the news regarding companies going

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  With every New Year, we often experience changes in many different areas of our lives. One area that you may not have thought about, however, is the law. The beginning of 2019 brings with it a few new laws that you might not be aware of yet, so we

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  Most Australians would not be familiar with the capital gains tax (“CGT”) event K3.  Any such readers can be forgiven for this, as the arcane rules surrounding CGT events can be difficult terrain for even experienced tax and estate planning professionals to navigate. This short article will highlight (in

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It can be difficult to know what to do when someone dies. See below for a simplified flowchart of the main steps you may come across. If you are an executor or administrator and need assistance at any point during the administration of an estate, do not hesitate to contact

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It’s completed, but will we see real change?   After its establishment on 14 December 2017, the Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has reached its conclusion. The Honourable Justice Hayne submitted his Final Report on 1 February 2019 and on 4 February the Report was

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Do you have a loan from your company? Change may be coming. Division 7A of the Tax Assessment Act 1936 aims to prevent companies from avoiding tax by distributing tax-free profits to shareholders and associates through payments, loans and forgiven debts. A division 7A loan can include an advance of

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The PPSR is seven years old:  Are you still protected?   The Personal Property Security Register (“PPSR”) commenced on 30 January 2012. It was created pursuant to the provisions of the Personal Property Security Act (“PPSA”).  The default registration period and the period for migrated registrations is seven years.  Therefore

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Revenge Porn Laws passed in WA Parliament On the 19th February, The Criminal Law Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2018 was passed making the non-consensual distribution of intimate images a form of image-based sexual abuse. According to the WA Attorney General Mr J.R. Quigley: “Despite the impression created by the term

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Can my former partner get part of my inheritance? Or – will my inheritance be protected if I divorce? The short answer to these questions is maybe! In typical lawyer-fashion, the longer answer is sometimes and maybe! Unfortunately for those involved in a separation there are no hard and fast
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