Peter Fraser has presented to the Gunn Club on the topic “Has the High Court decision in Bywater Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation changed the law regarding corporate tax residency?”. The presentation addressed how auditors might now approach the issue of corporate residency, especially in relation to foreign subsidiaries of Australian multinationals.
Month: August 2017
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Peter Wood appeared for Harris Farm in Woolworths Ltd v About Life Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1117, which concerned competing claims to a lease in Double Bay.
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Peter Wood appeared for Ares Management LP and Ascribe II Investments LLC in In the matter of Boart Longyear Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1105 in support of Boart Longyear Limited’s application for approval of altered schemes of arrangement pursuant to section 411 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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Sheila Kaur-Bains appeared for the successful Chief Commissioner in Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Smeaton Grange Holdings Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 184, which concerned the effect of disclaimers by an object of a discretionary trust on the operation of the grouping provisions in the Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW).