
How to get the highest price on the sale of your business
By Charlie Tapper, Hudson Kasper, Accountants, Auckland. Every buyer will have a differing view of what the acquisition target is worth ...

How to turn a good business into a great one
by David Carpenter, Cutcher & Neale, Accountants, Newcastle. The key to the success of any SME is the passion and ...

Victorian laws on powers of attorney are changing
By Kathy Wilson, Aitken Partners, Lawyers, Melbourne. The Powers of Attorney Act 2014 will come into effect on 1 September 2015. ...

Establishing Value in your business: Shareholders’ agreement
By Charlie Tapper, Hudson Kasper, Accountants, Auckland. A well drafted shareholders’ agreement is a key document in private companies. It is a ...

Applying a Handbrake to Auckland Property Prices?
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Auckland, NZ. Auckland house prices rose 18% in the last year making the average house price ...

Taking the Risk Out of Managing Risk
By Mark O'Connor, Cutcher & Neale, Accountants, Newcastle. For Leadership teams, July is about closing the year off, assessing performance against ...

Your entitlement to a UK State Pension
By Alec Blacklaw, McKinley Plowman & Associates, Accountants, Perth. Have you worked in the UK? If you have you are probably ...

Employee Discretionary Bonuses: Is there an unfettered right to withhold them?
By Rodney Commins Patterson Houen & Commins Lawyers, Sydney. Many employment contracts include terms relating to ‘discretionary’ bonuses and the employer ...

Tucker & Cowen Solicitors appoints new partner Daniel Davey
Daniel Davey (pictured) began his legal career as a trainee solicitor at Tucker & Cowen in 2007, and quickly progressed ...

The emerging and often murky area of Defamation Law and the internet
By Ted Guthrie, Johnston Withers, Lawyers, Adelaide. The old saying went: ‘Today’s news is tomorrow’s fish ‘n chips paper’. In previous ...