Commercial Law

As of 1 April 2020, changes to the Director Penalty Notice Regime will take effect. These changes will increase the personal liability of directors in the case of company debt. If you’re a company director, you probably want to read on to find out what the changes are and how...

The rights of shareholders to request information from a company We often find ourselves acting in matters where information has been requested of a particular entity. In some scenarios an individual might have sought disclosure of certain information from a company they are a shareholder in, or even a trust...

 The beginning of a new year sees the introduction of new laws that may well affect you or your loved ones.  Read more to get the scoop.   Speed camera locations From 1 January 2020 the WA government is no longer publishing the location of speed cameras! Don’t get...

We’ve all done it – called in sick to spend the day at the beach, headed home after a conference rather than returning to work for the last half hour of the afternoon, fraudulently raising $25 million worth of fake tax invoices against your employer over the course of 11...

In recent months we at Lynn & Brown Lawyers have been asked a number of times to amend trust deeds to add a new class of excluded person.   We have been asked to vary trust deeds to ensure that persons who are living overseas and not Australian Tax Residents...