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Media

• Workplace Relations & Employment practice continues to grow
• Thomsons Lawyers Poised to Deliver on Health Reform
• Thomsons Lawyers Advises Neller Pty Ltd in Global Transaction
• Thomson Playford Cutlers expands workplace profile
• Thomson Playford Cutlers Strengthens Property Team
• Thomson Playford Cutlers boosts senior lawyer ranks with key appointments
• Thomson Playford Cutlers advises Harbert Australia Private Equity Fund
• Thomson Playford Cutlers named 2009 Adelaide Law Firm of the Year
• Thomson Playford Cutlers named as a finalist for 2009 Adelaide Law Firm of the Year
• Thomson Playford Cutlers appoints new Chief Executive Partner
• Thomson Playford Cutlers announces Melbourne Merger
• Thomson Playford Cutlers’ Adelaide office relocates to new state-of-the-art building
• Thomson Playford Merges With Cutler, Hughes & Harris – And an Exciting New Commercial Law Firm Emerges
• Key board appointment at Thomson Playford
• Thomson Playford named 2008 Adelaide Law Firm of the Year
• Thomson Playford recognised for community service
• Thomson Playford strengthens dispute resolution and litigation practice in Sydney
• Thomson Playford expands Environment, Climate Change and Energy practice
• Franchising failures costing business owners
• Small and medium-sized business given more opportunity to fight corporate bullies
• Thomson Playford Wins Award for Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering
• New Chairman Appointed at Thomson Playford - Loretta Reynolds
• Thomson Playford’s community initiative with RSL & Services Clubs Association

Publications

• HEALTH Alert - September 2010
• PROPERTY Alert - The effects of the Retail and Commercial Leases Regulations 2010 (SA) (No. 199 of 2010) and the Retail and Commercial Leases Variation Regulations (SA) (No. 200 of 2010)
• BANKING & FINANCE Alert: Personal Property Securities Register
• PROPERTY Alert - The new Torrens Assurance Levy in NSW
• PROPERTY Alert - The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Scheme
• INSOLVENCY Alert - July 2010
• HEALTH Alert - July 2010
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - July 2010
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Alert - A little vino saves the day for Barefoot
• TRADE PRACTICES Alert - Unfair Contract Terms: Are you ready?
• INSOLVENCY Alert - Sons of Gwalia ruling reversal
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Paid Parental Leave
• FRANCHISING Alert - Federal Government announces amendments to the Franchising Code of Conduct will take effect on 1 July 2010.
• TAX Alert - Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
• HEALTH Alert - June 2010
• FRANCHISING Alert - Revolutionary changes in Consumer Law now in effect
• HEALTH Alert - April 2010
• TAX Alert - Division 7A: Use of Assets
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Understanding Modern Awards
• HEALTH Alert - March 2010
• MEDIA & DEFAMATION Alert - Be Alert, Not Alarmed: Legal Pitfalls for Companies Using Social Media
• FRANCHISING Alert - Government announces additional disclosure requirements
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Alert - Apple's iPod does not stop dopi
• HEALTH Alert - February 2010
• DIRECTORS & OFFICERS Alert - Directors' Duties: at the top of ASIC's agenda for 2010
• Information Sheet - Retirement Villages Regulation 2009 (NSW)
• HEALTH ALERT - January 2010
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Final Fair Work provisions about to commence: what you need to know before New Year
• DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Alert - ASIC v Rich: Don't be discouraged
• CONSTRUCTION Alert - December 2009
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Countdown to award modernisation, and OHS laws shaping up
• FRANCHISING Alert - Proposed new "Australian Consumer Law"
• FRANCHISING Alert - Federal Government announces changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Why do you need to understand the legal concept of 'repudiation'?
• HEALTH Alert - October 2009
• PROPERTY ALERT - Changes to the NSW Contaminated Land Act - Are you ready?
• HEALTH Alert - September 2009
• PROPERTY ALERT - The current status of the NSW Planning Reforms - how do they affect you?
• HEALTH ALERT - August 2009
• DIRECTORS & OFFICERS ALERT - James Hardie penalties handed down...
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS ALERT - Avoiding unlawful discrimination: new challenges
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - New Fair Work Regulations now in force
• HEALTH ALERT - July 2009
• CASE NOTE - James Hardie Case
• BRIEFING NOTE - James Hardie Case
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS ALERT - Changes to workplace laws at both State and Federal levels
• HEALTH Alert - June 2009
• FRANCHISING ALERT - May 2009
• DIRECTORS & OFFICERS ALERT - Entire board of directors and executives facing heavy fines and bans
• HEALTH ALERT - April 2009
• TAX ALERT - Tax Office sets sights on uncommercial WET practices - April 2009
• PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT Alert - April 2009
• HEALTH Alert - March 2009
• TAX ALERT - The investment allowance is here. now..... what does it really mean?
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS ALERT - What is happening with the Fair Work Bill?
• TRADE PRACTICES Alert - Proposed Changes to the Trade Practices Act - we are on the road to nationally consistent consumer laws, but there will be bumps for business along the way
• PRO BONO Alert - Social Security Appeals Tribunal extends assets hardship provisions to income tested pensioners
• TRADE PRACTICES Alert - Clarity in pricing for consumers is murky water for corporations and advertisers - with a $1.1m sting
• HEALTH Alert - February 2009
• CONSTRUCTION Alert - Security of payment claims & schedules - service by fax: what you really need to know
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Priority industry modern awards released
• TAX Alert - Changes to stamp duty, land tax and land dealings
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Alert - .Tel domain name registration
• FRANCHISING Alert - Federal inquiry report released
• HEALTH Alert - December 2008
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - The Fair Work Act 2008 - what does it mean for you
• TAX Alert - Director penalty notices
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Fair Work Bill 2008 - new discrimination provisions
• HOSPITALITY, REGISTERED CLUBS & GAMING Alert - Finding and keeping the right long-term partner
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - What impact will the global financial crisis have on the introduction of the CPRS?
• TAX Alert - Asset rich and not carrying on a business? The small business CGT concessions may be available...
• FINANCIAL SERVICES Alert - AML & CTF laws update - ongoing customer due diligence and reporting obligations
• Health Alert
• HEALTH Alert - November 2008
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - Commonwealth and States take action towards Murray-Darling Basin reform
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - Garnaut delivers his final report on Australian Climate Change Policy – prepare for a $35 carbon price by 2020
• HOSPITALITY, REGISTERED CLUBS & GAMING Alert - Directors' duty of confidentiality: it is real!
• WINE INDUSTRY Alert - Winery sales and acquisitions anticipated... beward the hidden tax pitfalls on vineyards
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - A busy few weeks in industrial relations...
• HEALTH Alert - Oct 2008
• TRANSPORT Alert - Chain of responsibility & fatigued drivers - is your business at risk?
• IP, ADVERTISING & TECHNOLOGY Alert - Saab's green ads declared misleading
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - Solving a diabolical problem - Garnaut suggests targets and trajectories for emissions reduction
• PROPERTY & PLANNING Alert - Development proposals - new requirements for the disclosure of political donations and gifts in NSW
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - Operational Control - the key test for determining the extent of your compliance obligations under the NGER system and the CPRS
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - The tax and commercial consequences of the CPRS - what businesses and their accountants need to know
• FRANCHISING Alert - Ketchell - what does it mean?
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - What does the green paper mean for the mandatory renewable energy target (MRET)?
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - The implications of the green paper for the waste and forestry sectors
• HOSPITALITY, GAMING & REGISTERED CLUBS Alert - Liquor double whammy for clubs
• CLIMATE CHANGE Alert - The Government's green paper - how will it affect my business
• HOSPITALITY, GAMING & REGISTERED CLUBS Alert - The Liquor Act is repealed - long live the Liquor Act
• ENVIRONMENT Alert - A new regulation for major hazard facilities in NSW
• PROPERTY & PLANNING Alert - Proposed changes to the NSW planning system
• FRANCHISING Alert - Reflections of a mediator
• PRE-PUBLICATION & DEFAMATION Alert - The Mercedes Corby decision - the impact of increased jury involvement in NSW defamation hearings
• IP, ADVERTISING & TECHNOLOGY Alert - Are all Saabs green? - the ACCC takes action against GM Holden and releases a guide to green marketing claims
• ENVIRONMENT Alert - A new regulation for underground petroleum storage systems in NSW
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Recent OHS changes - penalties tripled, personal liability for officers
• CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE Alert - Security of payment - soon a national phenomenon?
• PROPERTY Alert - Is your new residential development "BASIX" compliant?
• PROPERTY Alert - GST margin scheme & residential property development
• TRADE PRACTICES Alert - Old scams in new clothing - The Trade Practices Act and carbon offset claims
• FRANCHISING Alert - Important recent franchising decision
• IP, ADVERTISING & TECHNOLOGY Alert - The ogre in children's advertising
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Forward with fairness - a summary
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - New developments in workplace surveillance law
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - A Labor win - so what's next for Australia's workplace relations system?
• TRADE PRACTICES Alert - Trade Practices Act - radical changes - "The Birdsville Amendment"
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - Termination payments...transitional traps for employers
• CORPORATE Alert - Rules for use of company names, business names and logos
• CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE Alert - Residential developers liable for builders' sins
• CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE Alert - When BIGCorp comes knocking - BIGCorp and recoveries against builders
• HOSPITALITY & GAMING Alert - Maximising your land potential - the new game for registered clubs
• FINANCIAL SERVICES Alert - Anti-money laundering & counter terrorism financing explained
• INSURANCE Alert - Greater certainty for claims made policies
• CORPORATE Alert - Sale of business - potential liability of sellers
• TAX Alert - Small business CGT concessions - new opportunities and restructuring implications
• PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT Alert - Your registered title and your development consent
• INSURANCE Alert - Non-disclosure - am I "Bovered"
• TAX Alert - Simplified superannuation measures become law
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - New amendments to the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 (SA) - Occupational Health & Safety
• TAX Alert - Small business CGT concessions - new opportunities & restructuring implications
• CORPORATE Alert - Fundraising and the Corporations Act
• CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE Alert - A wake up call for owners corporations in NSW
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - WorkChoices - more amendments announced
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - The Independent Contractors Bill 2006
• DISPUTE RESOLUTION & LITIGATION Alert - Is your organisation complying?
• ENERGY & RESOURCES Alert - China update
• WORKPLACE RELATIONS Alert - WorkChoices - The new national workplace relations system

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