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Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... as part of this process. Sukkar also highlighted the significant decision handed down on April 6 by the High Court of Australia in Commissioner of Taxation v Carter. "The decision concerned the effect, under tax law, of a beneficiary 'disclaiming' a ...

Westpac exec goes part-time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. The bank also had its appeal dismissed by the High Court of Australia regarding two of its subsidiaries providing unlicensed personal financial advice. In addition, APRA's review into Westpac's ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... Westpac subsidiaries provided unlicensed personal financial advice. In a decision handed down today, the High Court of Australia dismissed Westpac's appeal, determining the financial product advice Westpac gave to 14 members via two 2014 telephone ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... and specifically the grounds on which it could seek special leave to appeal against the decision to the High Court of Australia," the council said. QBE responded to the ruling in a release to the ASX. It estimated the next cost of any business interruption ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Commonwealth Treasury. Bird started off her career as an associated to the Honorary Michael McHugh, of the High Court of Australia, who served from 1989 to 2005. She worked with McHugh as an associate for one year in 1990. After this, she worked as a ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... lower consumer access. "Our industry is at a critical crossroads. The outcome of this challenge in the High Court of Australia will affect the industry for years to come," Ardino said. "We believe we should be doing as much as we can to ensure that outcome ...

Federal Government names Royal Commission lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... Kenneth Madison Hayne be appointed Royal Commissioner by the Governor General. Hayne was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1997 to 2015, having previously served on the Victorian Court of Appeal and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne, the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia said confidence in the superannuation system rests on the stability of assumptions on which the system is based. With the Government ...

Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... and has served in justice-related roles in Australia and abroad for five decades. He was Justice of the High Court of Australia for a decade and before that he was a renowned Queen's Council (QC), with an extensive practice across Australia. In January ...

Wellington Capital to take PIF case to High Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... obtained the consent of PIF unit holders to do the transaction. "We will take the appeal decision to the High Court of Australia," Wellington Capital managing director Jenny Hutson told Financial Standard. "We are very disappointed by the court's decision ...
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