Author: Rebecca Walker
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Fair Work Legislation Amendment
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes Bill No 2) Act 2024 brings in significant changes to employment laws this week commencing on 26 August 2024. From next Monday, for businesses with greater than 15 employees and from 26 August 2025 for businesses with less than 15 employees, those employees have the right to disconnect…
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Family Law Solicitor
About the Role Working with an existing client base and referral network, and also working on developing and fostering new business through networking and marketing opportunities, your case load will span a range of family law issues including parenting matters and child support maters, property and financial settlements including complex financial structures inclusive of companies…
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Office Junior
Join Willis & Bowring and be part of a team that is the trusted solicitors with a history of serving the Sutherland Shire for 63 years. We continue to respond to the needs of our clients remaining the obvious choice for all clients. At Willis & Bowring, we prioritize absolute client care, and you will…
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What is Letters of Administration?
Letters of Administration is an order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales which appoints an individual (known as an “administrator”) as the legal personal representative of a deceased person’s estate, in circumstances where: What does dying ‘intestate’ mean?When a person dies without a Will, that person is considered to have died “intestate”. What…
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Life at Willis & Bowring Solicitors: A Practice Manager’s Perspective
Hi, I’m Rebecca, the Practice Manager and Head of People and Wellbeing at Willis & Bowring Solicitors. I’ve been part of this wonderful firm for over a year now, and I’d love to share with you what makes working here such a unique and rewarding experience. Since our establishment in 1960, Willis & Bowring Solicitors…
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Artificial Intelligence in 2024
Within the legal profession technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have already drastically changed the way professional practice operates on a macro and micro scale. However, the recent boom in personal and professional use of AI has showcased the importance of being informed and adaptable; accompanying the positives of mass AI use is also un-navigated terrain…
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MAJOR REFORMS ANTICIPATED TO THE CORPORATIONS ACT: HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Background Since its commencement, the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (‘the Act’) has delivered on achieving national uniformity on corporate governance. Despite establishing a uniform framework, the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) has scrutinised the Act for its complexity, tabling its report ‘Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation’ (‘The Report’) late this January. To…
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The New Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth)
This week, on 6 May 2024, the “Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth)(the Amendment Act)” commenced containing a number of changes that effect the framework for making Parenting Orders and implemented new obligations in the legislation for Independent Childrens Lawyers. These amendments apply to all new and also to all existing matters from Monday except…
