Valuable legal updates

We keep clients, referrers and contacts informed and up-to-date on legal issues affecting different sectors, industries, companies and individuals by providing regular newsletters and alerts.

Moores Legal's stable of Briefings, Alerts and Updates covers business, employment, not for profit, estate planning, superannuation & structuring, family and elder law issues.

Within this section you will find current and archived editions of each of our newsletters and alerts together with the facility to register to receive future editions by email. Your feedback and suggestions are encouraged.

Business Alert

Designed for our business and commercial clients, our timely updates keep clients informed of recent developments in law relating to company specific issues, such as making the most of tax laws, succession planning, partnerships, buying and selling business.

Elder Law Briefing

The proportion of Australia's population at or nearing retirement age is increasing. Legal issues affecting older people and their families such as wills, probate, age discrimination and entry into aged care are all covered in this newsletter.

Employment Alert

Employment Law is constantly under review by Government in response to the changing needs of both employers and employees. Employment Alert has been designed for those working in the area of workplace relations and deals with legal issues relating to this ever-changing field.

Estate Planning Update

The Estate Planning Update looks at the changes impacting on Australian estate planning, superannuation and structuring of investments and businesses.  It provides a summary of how those changes might have an impact and alerts readers to possible review issues which may need to be considered.

Family Law Briefing

The Family Law Briefing looks at the changing face of parenting laws, child support laws and Collaborative Family Law.

The Family Law team at Moores Legal keep you up to date on legislative changes, interesting interpretations of the law and fascinating case studies.

Not for Profit Briefing

Not for Profit organisations are an integral part of Australian society and have special requirements. This newsletter is designed to enable those working in the sector to keep up-to-date with legal issues that can have an impact on their organisations.

Property & Construction Briefing

The Property & Construction Briefing is designed to bring you articles of interest in relation to legal issues in property.  It will draw your attention to legal matters that you should be aware of as you deal with property as an agent, manager, advisor, valuer, landlord, tenant, purchaser, vendor or developer.

Current Newsletters

• Business Alert (26 Sep 2011) -

  The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 is about to change the way we do business.

• Elder Law Briefing (07 Dec 2011) -

  In this edition we continue to focus on the development of the law by the Courts and a number of recent cases in the area of family provision claims.

• Employment Alert (23 Nov 2011) -

  In this edition of Employment Alert we look at redundancy entitlements and review a recent case in which an employer mistakenly made a redundancy payment to an employee.

• Estate Planning Update (11 Aug 2011) -

  This update provides a general summary of how recent and proposed changes in laws or their interpretation might have an impact on a person's estate planning objectives in the coming year.

• Family Law Briefing (14 Dec 2011) -

  It is a sad reality of Family Law that many couples decide to separate during the festive season.

• Injury Briefing (11 Mar 2010) -

  This briefing focuses on "hot spot" issues for TAC income benefits.

• Not for Profit Briefing (19 Dec 2011) -

   A series of public consultation papers have been released in recent weeks.

   

• Property & Construction Briefing (16 Nov 2011) -

  Two of our recent cases have involved the feeling of being ripped off.  Don't rip yourself off by the false economy of being self-advised.