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Cooper Grace Ward is a leading Australian law firm based in Brisbane.

We work for clients across Australia and internationally.

Established in 1980, Cooper Grace Ward has grown to become one of the largest independent Brisbane law firms. Our lawyers advise listed companies, private companies and individuals, local and foreign governments and quasi-government regulators in an array of industries, not only in Brisbane and throughout Queensland, but across Australia and internationally.

We are proud to be a full-service law firm providing a wide range of commercial legal services from our office in Brisbane’s CBD. Our firm’s areas of specialty are corporate and commercial, property, business litigation, insurance and family law. Within these broad areas are many niche specialties where our lawyers also provide the highest standard of legal advice.

To seek advice from an experienced lawyer at Cooper Grace Ward in Brisbane, call (07) 3231 2444.

 

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Unpaid domestic and family violence leave now in modern awards
20 August 18
On 27 July 2018, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) issued a series of determinations inserting a clause providing for five days of unpaid domestic and family violence into all modern awards as of 1 August 2018. The government has also committed to introducing legislation as soon as possible to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to incorporate theses new leave provisions.
Rare win for employer in indemnity costs case
20 August 18
In a rare win for employers, the Fair Work Commission has recently taken the unusual step of ordering indemnity costs against a manager accused of HR breaches, finding she kept pressing a ‘doomed to fail’ unfair dismissal application in a bid to inflict maximum harm.

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Webinar: Avoiding compliance issues with SMSF investments in private unit trusts
09 August 18
Many SMSFs have investments in private unit trusts, whether related, unrelated or ungeared.
Webinar Series – Topical issues in SMSFs – helping keep SMSFs out of trouble
09 August 18
This webinar series targets the issues we are seeing on the ATO’s hit list, and will discuss what to do now to protect your clients and how to respond when the ATO comes to help!