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Directors of SMSFs should consider how they hold their assets, who will control the fund on death and estate planning.

One of the key recommendations of the Cooper Review related to self managed superannuation fund auditor registration.

This note focuses on Mr Shafron's appeal and the implications for general counsel and senior in-house corporate lawyers.

Businesses should use the lead-in time to understand these reforms and prepare for the impact of the new privacy laws.

This new visa stream could provide a new source of investment for Australian businesses, managed funds and governments.

This update considers commercial and superannuation law issues of developing property through a unit trust structure.

The Federal Government’s Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee recently released a discussion paper suggesting potential reforms to the Corporations Act 2001 under which shareholders claiming that they have been misled by a company will no longer need to establish that they relied on misleading or deceptive information when purchasing shares.

This year, 30 June means 30 June: all bets are off in relation to any ATO administrative accommodation.

The ATO targets employers and principals who fail to adequately discharge PAYG and superannuation guarantee obligations.

Superannuation funds will need to start thinking about how this change will affect their internal systems and processes.

This final instalment considers the commercial and taxation drivers of a land development project involving a SMSF.

An intriguing development in the admissibility of extrinsic material in the construction of commercial contracts.

The Act will give effect to around one third of the Panel's recommendations to reform and improve workplace relations.

Australia’s new merger control regime has been in force since 1 January 2026, with the ACCC noting it is ‘off to a positive start’.

The Federal Court of Australia has determined that ANZ was not entitled to insurance coverage for nearly $117 million in class action settlements and defense costs, examining whether these settlements qualified as insured Loss under excess insurance policies. This landmark decision provides critical guidance on policy interpretation, particularly regarding when repayments of premiums, commissions and charges may fall outside insurance coverage, and how exclusions for excessive or improper charges should be

ASIC will take decisive action against financial services industry participants who publish misleading advertisements.