On 29 March 2023 the Parliament of Western Australia tabled the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 in the House of Representatives.
The proposed amendments are significant reform to the current Family Law System in Australia and the changes will impact families who are exposed to the same.
In the recent case of Debus v Condor Energy Services Limited [2022] FedCFamC2G 429, an employer, Condor Energy Services (the Employer) dismissed its accountant prior to completing his probationary period due to improper conduct in the workplace including obscene language towards colleagues and physically intimidating a colleague.
If you’re thinking of buying or selling a business or property, it is recommended that you engage a settlement agent to ensure that the transfer of the business or property is completed efficiently and correctly.
It is not uncommon that beneficiaries wish to change the distribution of a deceased estate. Where all beneficiaries agree, a Deed of Family Arrangement may be used to affect the financial consequences of a Will or the Administration Act 1903 (WA) for the beneficiaries.
As we edge closer to Christmas, we start to take stock of our relationships and marriages. So much so that some data experts claim that December 11 is the day of the year on which couples are more likely to break up than any other.
The cut-off for Family Court applications relating to parenting arrangements over the Christmas and holiday period is fast approaching, with the filing deadline set for 4:00pm on Friday 11 November 2022—now less than two weeks away.
An increase to the minimum wage has come into effect for several modern awards in the hospitality and aviation sectors as of 1 October 2022.
New laws allowing separated de facto couples in Western Australia to split their superannuation interests finally commenced on 28 September 2022.
In the recent case of Kristen Gordon v Sens Catering Group Pty Ltd [2022] FWC 1790, an employer, Sens Catering Group (the Employer) dismissed an employee as she had allegedly been ‘unfriendly’ in a text message to her manager because she failed to use a smiley face emoji.
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