We congratulate Shenelle Teunissen on her promotion to Special Counsel. Shenelle has been an important cog in a very busy team. Shenelle works across all facets of commercial property development and retail and commercial leasing.

Doyles Guide is a comprehensive and independent directory which showcases Australia’s best firms and lawyers. The 2022 listing of leading Victorian Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law Firms details law firms practising within the areas of Wills, Estates and Succession Planning matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Sladen Legal is pleased to announce promotions within the Property and Development and Employment Law areas of practice at the commencement of the 2022/23 financial year.

Sladen Legal’s Bernie O’Sullivan, Daniel Smedley, Victor Di Felice, Phil Broderick, Robert Jeremiah and Neil Brydges have received recognition in the Best Lawyers® in Australia 2023 Edition.

Congratulations to Sladen Legal Principal, Victor Di Felice, who has been has been identified by clients and peers for his expertise and abilities as Recommended in Doyle's Guide's Leading Real Estate Property Lawyers - Victoria, 2022.

Sladen Legal is pleased to announce that our new offices are now open in a new tower within the same Collins Square precinct.

Sladen Legal’s Daniel Smedley, Neil Brydges, Phil Broderick and Bernie O’Sullivan have received recognition in the 14th Edition of Best Lawyers in Australia.

Sladen Legal have launched Sladen Smart, an online membership providing access to premium legal resources. This exciting new offering will give professionals on demand access to interactive content and publications not publicly available and also includes impressive discounts on their online service offerings.

Whether you are a creative about to enter into a book deal or an editor looking to commission, acquire or licence an existing literary work for publication, an understanding of copyright is essential.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have far reaching impact on our clients, referrers and staff, their families and communities. We remain committed to helping ensure the health and safety of all people in our broader networks.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a significant impact across Australia. At Sladen Legal we remain acutely aware of the impact this is having, and may continue to have for the foreseeable future, for our clients. We are taking a position of ‘business as usual’ with our offices still being attended, whilst keeping abreast of the evolving direction from various authorities.

As announced in 2019/20 budget, the Government has released draft legislation and draft regulations to extend the work test start date to age 67 and to allow the use of bring forward contributions for persons aged 65 and 66.

Sladen Legal is delighted to announce that Principal, Phil Broderick has been recognised by the SMSF Association by being presented with the SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) Top Achiever 2019 Award.

The clampdown by revenue authorities on investigating medical, dental, optometry and other allied clinics is anticipated to continue, with the High Court refusing to grant special leave to appeal the Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision in the Optical Superstore case.

The ATO has released a draft legislative instrument and explanatory statement that would permit a holding trustee/bare trustee to borrow under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA).

The recent AAT decision of The Trustee for the Whitby Trust and Commissioner of Taxation
[2019] AATA 5637 signifies the dire tax implications of family trusts failing to observe documentary formalities.

Writers and journalists who are looking to reproduce or adapt existing content in their own work should read up on the risks of using copyright-protected content without permission.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) has determined, in opposition to the Commissioner of Federal Taxation (Commissioner), that a luxury car dealer was entitled to decreasing Luxury Car Tax (LCT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) input credits on the acquisition of a luxury vehicle.

As outlined in our previous article, the State Revenue Further Amendment Bill 2019 (NSW) was introduced to NSW Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 22 October 2019, and proposed to make changes to New South Wales land tax and duty legislation.

The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has issued a timely reminder that a lengthy period of service is not a “get out of jail free card” for an employee when challenging the fairness of their dismissal in BlueScope Steel Ltd v Habak [2019] FWCFB 5702.