by Greenhalgh Pickard | Nov 7, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Elder abuse is an increasing problem in our society, often hard to identify and with many ways it can be inflicted on vulnerable older people. It is important to identify the signs of abuse early and understand the available legal rights. Elder abuse occurs where...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Oct 14, 2016 | Articles, Blog
The current creepy clown craze now terrifying communities in Australia poses risks, not only for the public at large, but also the offenders, where their actions may lead to criminal charges ranging from assault to more seriously manslaughter or even murder. A person...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Oct 5, 2016 | Articles, Blog
The High Court in the recent Gerard Baden-Clay decision restoring the verdict of murder reminds us of the fundamental function of the jury to determine the issues of fact. Given the role of the jury trial in our criminal justice system and as representatives of the...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Oct 5, 2016 | Articles, Blog
When a person dies their tax obligations do not die with them. It is usually necessary to lodge a tax return for the financial year in which they died. However, if the deceased was not required to lodge a tax return before their death there may be no need to lodge a...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Jul 26, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Tax time is now in full swing with many of you visiting your accounting offices in hope of a decent bonus from a tax return, but there have been many changes in what we can claim and also how. E-Tax is now dead. Long live E-Tax. Its predecessor, MyGov, has now...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Jul 26, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Division 7A is a part of the tax law that is designed to discourage shareholders accessing money from their private companies, other than by way of those private companies paying them dividends. Division 7A does this by treating certain payments and loans made by the...
