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MISLEAD THE PUBLIC ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS AND FACE A $50,000 PENALTY

27/09/2012

In a recent Federal Court decision, the Court ordered an individual to pay a penalty of $50,000 for misleading the public. The case related to selling eggs as "free-range" when they were "cage" laid eggs. It is not a poultry lesson! Misleading the public is something all business owners must avoid.

MISLEAD THE PUBLIC ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS AND FACE A $50,000 PENALTY

26/09/2012

In a recent Federal Court decision, the Court ordered an individual to pay a penalty of $50,000 for misleading the public. The case related to selling eggs as "free-range" when they were "cage" laid eggs. It is not a poultry lesson! Misleading the public is something all business owners must avoid.

COURT DECISION ATTACKS EXECUTOR'S PERSONAL ASSETS

26/09/2012

A recent court decision ordered the Executor of an estate to pay the deceased's daughters out of the Executor's personal estate, namely his superannuation. The case has sent shivers down the spine of all those who have agreed to act as the Executor of an estate.

THE CROSS EXAMINATION

26/09/2012

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DISQUALIFICATION AND THE YOUTHFUL INDISCRETIONS OF AN SMSF TRUSTEE WANNABE

04/09/2012

Your client wants to establish an SMSF but confides in you that they had some youthful indiscretions where charges were proven but no conviction was recorded. Where does that leave your plan for an SMSF? Can your client be a trustee or are they a disqualified person?