Valuable legal updates

The Work Groups at Moores Legal attempt to 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 Briefing - Discovery

Designed for our business and commercial clients, our Discovery newsletter keeps 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.

EPSS Advisor Update

The EPSS Advisor 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.

Current Newsletters

• Business Briefing - Discovery (28 Jun 2010) -

  Special Edition June 2010

  New Law on Unfair Contracts from 1 July 2010

• EPSS Advisor Update (19 Jul 2010) -

  This Update contains a recent article written by Allan Swan for CCH on amending the definition of income in family trust deeds following the release on 2 June 2010 of the Australian Taxation Office's decision impact statement in respect of the High Court's decision in FCT v Bamford.

• Elder Law Briefing (26 Jul 2010) -

  In this Briefing we discuss effective ways of ensuring that medical wishes are honoured and also look at an example of a provision claim brought against an estate by a de facto partner.

• Employment Alert (29 Jul 2010) -

  In this edition of Employment Alert, we take a closer look at some recent decisions of Fair Work Australia and the Federal Court, and the potential implications they present for employers.

• Family Law Briefing (19 Oct 2009) -

  This Family Law Briefing looks at some practical issues confronting those going through the family law process, recent developments in Family Law and the Less Adversarial Trial process.

• Injury Briefing (11 Mar 2010) -

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

• Not for Profit Briefing (03 May 2010) -

  The Henry Report was handed down on Sunday 2 May.  Our Not for Profit team has analysed the report as to how it affects not for profits.  See our Time Saving Guide to Dr Henry's Report.