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The House faces 100-bill logjam as government scrambles to pass legislation before Parliament dissolves

The House faces 100-bill logjam as government scrambles to pass legislation before Parliament dissolves

The tenancy dispute-resolution service is drowning in AI-generated claims because tenants are using it to submit grievances running to hundreds of pages, containing nonsensical legalese and seeking unrealistically large compensation

The tenancy dispute-resolution service is drowning in AI-generated claims because tenants are using it to submit grievances running to hundreds of pages, containing nonsensical legalese and seeking unrealistically large compensation

Businesses warned they’ll be liable if their AI tools communicate and collude with competitors

Businesses warned they’ll be liable if their AI tools communicate and collude with competitors

Anthony Grant reminds trustees that all serious decisions should be the subject of collaborative discussion in which all trustees take part

Anthony Grant reminds trustees that all serious decisions should be the subject of collaborative discussion in which all trustees take part

Diana Clement chases down the pressures on many businesses arising out of new anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Is it a 'war' that isn't working, or just the price for a cleaner civil society?

Diana Clement chases down the pressures on many businesses arising out of new anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Is it a 'war' that isn't working, or just the price for a cleaner civil society?

Anthony Grant explores the issues around the ignorance of many trustees of their duties, especially their duty to act impartially, and the need for trust deeds to have provisions enabling trustees who develop dementia to be removed and replaced

Anthony Grant explores the issues around the ignorance of many trustees of their duties, especially their duty to act impartially, and the need for trust deeds to have provisions enabling trustees who develop dementia to be removed and replaced

Anthony Grant reveals pitfalls for passive solicitor trustees, when clients drop the ball on their tax obligations

Anthony Grant reveals pitfalls for passive solicitor trustees, when clients drop the ball on their tax obligations

Anthony Grant sees an undeclared drive by the Government to tax people associated with trusts in ways they have never been taxed before behind a truncated consulting process about trusts

Anthony Grant sees an undeclared drive by the Government to tax people associated with trusts in ways they have never been taxed before behind a truncated consulting process about trusts

Heavy Covid infringement hikes will most likely fall the people most unable to pay – those for whom lockdowns have probably already been financially ruinous

Heavy Covid infringement hikes will most likely fall the people most unable to pay – those for whom lockdowns have probably already been financially ruinous

Anthony Grant says the Courts support the use of corporate trustees where a family member/beneficiary is its sole director giving them complete access to the trust’s assets

Anthony Grant says the Courts support the use of corporate trustees where a family member/beneficiary is its sole director giving them complete access to the trust’s assets

Anthony Grant says Trustees who lead a beneficiary to believe a trust will make a particular payment but who change their mind and fail to make it, may face a claim

Anthony Grant says Trustees who lead a beneficiary to believe a trust will make a particular payment but who change their mind and fail to make it, may face a claim

Diana Clement updates how the extended pandemic is pushing evolving law for business interruption, travel, and employment situations. And what policy makers are doing to keep up

Diana Clement updates how the extended pandemic is pushing evolving law for business interruption, travel, and employment situations. And what policy makers are doing to keep up

The sudden mid-trial collapse of the $220 million James Hardie leaky-building class action exposed some hard realities of these types of legal actions. The Law Commission is considering whether regulation has a role

The sudden mid-trial collapse of the $220 million James Hardie leaky-building class action exposed some hard realities of these types of legal actions. The Law Commission is considering whether regulation has a role

Parties seeking to sell or issue shares should be emboldened by the fact that doing so will now be far less likely to result in the forfeiture of prior year tax losses

Parties seeking to sell or issue shares should be emboldened by the fact that doing so will now be far less likely to result in the forfeiture of prior year tax losses

Absent an agreed Purchase Price Allocation (PPA), a vendor can unilaterally determine a PPA that may significantly impact the purchaser’s tax position

Absent an agreed Purchase Price Allocation (PPA), a vendor can unilaterally determine a PPA that may significantly impact the purchaser’s tax position