Yearly Archives: 2014
On 31 March 2014 Thomsons Lawyers & Herbert Geer merged their legal practices to form Thomson Geer. This document sets out the basics of what we do and who we are.
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On 31 March 2014 Thomsons Lawyers and Herbert Geer merged their legal practices to form Thomson Geer.
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The Australian Government is developing
a White Paper on the Competitiveness of
the Agricultural Sector. Its intention is to
provide policy directions for enhancing
profitability and boosting agriculture’s
contribution to economic growth, trade,
innovation, productivity and regional
communities.
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The evolution of the wheat industry in
Australia is gathering pace. The Wheat
Industry Advisory Taskforce, established
last year to examine a range of issues
across the wheat export supply chain,
has released its second report entitled
Grain Pools as Financial Products.
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In Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (in
liquidation) v Commissioner of Taxation
[2014] FCA 116, Justice Logan was
asked to clarify the circumstances where
a capital gains tax liability will be
imposed on liquidators by section 254 of
the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
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Thomsons Lawyers is delighted to announce a merger with Herbert Geer.
Under the merger the legal practice of Herbert Geer will become part of Thomsons and we will change our name to Thomson Geer.
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The Charities Act 2013 took effect on and from 1 January 2014. The Charities Act 2013 sets out the legal meaning of charity for the purposes of all Commonwealth laws. The government has also announced what tax changes relating to the NFP sector will and won't proceed
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Thomsons Lawyers' Brisbane office has advised global mining products supplier Austin Engineering Ltd (ASX:ANG) on a $190m debt and equity raising.
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Thomsons have acted on a transaction in which the client sold its Hong Kong operating entity and Dubai subsidiary.
The transaction involved a divestment by the client of its shares in the Hong Kong entity to the existing management of the Dubai business. The sale price was AED30,000,000 (approximately A$9m).
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CONSTRUCTION Alert: Queensland Court of Appeal overturns both first-instance decisions in Agripower and BMA v BGC
14 January 2014
On Friday, 20 December 2013, the Queensland Court of Appeal delivered two significant decisions which provide some important changes to the application of the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) (BCIP Act).
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