A will is a legal document that primarily deals with the distribution of your assets upon your death. It names the persons who are authorised to administer your estate (your executors) and sets out who receives your assets and in what proportions (your beneficiaries).

Harwood Andrews is delighted to have been identified by clients and peers for expertise and abilities in two areas for Victoria in the 2021 Doyles Guide. Doyle's Guide is a highly regarded independent annual peer review of the leading corporate law firms and lawyers in Victoria.

Are you thinking of selling your business? It will be a typical requirement that all assets you are selling are provided to the buyer free of encumbrances.

A raft of changes to the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic) were introduced this week, with the Planning and Environment Amendment Act 2021 (Vic) given Royal Assent on Tuesday 23 March 2021.

As it currently stands, employers cannot force their employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

While the question of whether an employer can direct an employee to have the COVID-19 vaccine has not been answered by a court or tribunal, employers should consider these factors first before such a direction is given to employees.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has determined that wind farm infrastructure (such as wind turbines, towers and wind-monitoring buildings) were chattels, rather than fixtures.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released guidelines which set out the ATO’s proposed compliance approach to the allocation of profits by professional firms. The Draft Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2021/D2 Allocation of professional firm profits – ATO compliance approach (Draft PCG) make substantial changes to the former guidance that the ATO suspended in late 2017.

The decision made by the NSW Court of Appeal in Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Downer EDI Engineering Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 126 was an unsatisfactory outcome for the NSW chief Commissioner of State Revenue’s (Commissioner).

With bitcoin prices skyrocketing, investors becoming aware of the instability of fiat currencies (AUD, GBP, USD etc), and low interest rates stemming from the economic downturn of COVID-19, the world of cryptocurrency is once again filling up social media feeds.

For some time, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has been issuing notices for a compliance program focussed on the “Next 5000” private groups in Australia (Next 5000 Tax Performance Program).