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Vanessa Thompson from Cooper Grace Ward's property, planning and environment team sits down with private client partner Scott Hay-Bartlem to share her professional journey and insights into the firm. The conversation explores the evolution of planning and environment law while offering a glimpse into balancing a legal career with family life.

The paper considers tax-effective structuring and implications of tax planning strategies in an asset protection context.

This episode of Taxland discusses tax evasion - from historic cases on the eastern ports to cash coming in via airports.

Partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Linda Tapiolas break down the 2026 federal Budget's proposed changes to discretionary trusts, examining new tax rates, beneficiary credits, and exemptions. As legislation continues to evolve, they explore the complexities of restructuring trust and company arrangements and explain why businesses should adopt a cautious approach to these significant reforms.

There has been a recent trend for the ATO to investigate cases of GST 'base erosion'.

The Senate has voted to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal and repeal the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012.

Discover what drives lawyer Janice Yong in her legal career at Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers. Learn about her journey in the profession, her passion for the work, and what alternative path she might have taken outside of law.

Partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson break down the critical tax distinctions between superannuation benefits paid during a member's lifetime versus death benefits distributed after passing. They explore timing considerations, beneficiary designation rules, and strategic estate planning approaches to optimize tax outcomes and ensure effective management of superannuation death benefits.

This paper looks at some specific issues that may be relevant in dealing with State tax issues.

The amendments to protect small businesses from unfair contract terms in contract arrangements has come into force.

On 26 October 2013, the Queensland Parliament passed the Directors' Liability Reform Amendment Act.

Senior associate Sophia Ousager and private client partner Scott Hay-Bartlem discuss Sophia's career progression at CGW, from law clerk to senior associate, while exploring her personal interests and approach to client problem-solving. The conversation offers insights into life at the firm and the motivations that drive legal professionals in corporate advisory and private client work.

Cooper Grace Ward's Damien Jarrett and Jess Byrne examine Hunter v Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd, a Supreme Court workers' compensation case involving a cabin crew member's back injury from a jammed galley cart. The discussion explores how the case evolved from maintenance and staffing allegations into a training dispute, and examines the court's approach to quantum arguments when the injured worker chose to pursue her own business rather than return to employment.

There are a number of steps to be followed and laws that govern how and when employers can make an employee redundant.

This paper highlights recurrent problems in estate administration, but more obscure as they are not immediately obvious.

This paper, superannuation in an estate planning context, gives a useful insight into the breadth of issues in a will.

The paper considered the elements that must be considered and balanced when dealing with superannuation death benefits.

This paper addresses common issues that can arise with superannuation and death benefits in a blended family estate plan.