Business Succession

Please note that these are selected references to assist you to get an idea of the major issues involved in Business Succession Planning so that you can research them further.

Obviously this is designed to give you a general understanding of the situation and not intended as an exhaustive research source. You should obtain professional advice before acting on any information source.

Business succession planning
What is business succession planning? This question was posed in a recent report* based on a nationwide survey of Australian Family Businesses? The authors concluded that in addition to a property or business entity being transferred, so is a family occupation, a family heirloom and family values.
Firm: RetireLaw
Date: 5/6/2003 10:37:43 AM
Times viewed: 197

Good farm succession planning
The 'four A's' of good farm succession planning: assessment, aims, advice, and action.
Author: Byll Swan Senior Consultant
Firm: Snedden Hall & Gallop
Date: 5/3/2001
Times viewed: 572

Age pension planning for farmers
A discussion of the criteria for Age Pension and a demonstration that with good planning, almost any farming couple can introduce into the family income, an Age Pension of $10,000.00 to 11,000.00 a year, plus the valuable fringe benefits.
Author: Byll Swan Senior Consultant
Firm: Snedden Hall & Gallop
Date: 5/3/2001
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Farm succession planning - the transfer of farming land
Should we transfer farming land to our sons? If so, when, and how do we protect our own financial security?
Author: Byll Swan Senior Consultant
Firm: Snedden Hall & Gallop
Date: 5/4/2001
Times viewed: 442

Farmers: will making and the dangers of will challenges
Examines the minefield of farmer's wills - planning and a current will are the keys to avoiding disaster.
Author: Byll Swan Senior Consultant
Firm: Snedden Hall & Gallop
Date: 5/4/2001
Times viewed: 361

HR's role in merger mania
For HR professionals, it’s almost a cliché: ‘HR is critical to the success of any merger or acquisition’. Yet 80% of M&A’s still fail due to ‘people issues’. So why is there such a big gap between theory and practice?
Author: Nick Pond and Jon Scriven
Date: 2/20/2002
Times viewed: 200

Planned Changes may Affect Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements
The Treasury Department has foreshadowed amendments to the Trade Practices Act relating to intellectual property licensing and anti competitive conduct.
Author: Katrina Reye and Matthew Smith
Firm: Harris Wheeler
Date: 8/9/2005 9:15:42 AM
Times viewed: 298

TPA exemption for IP to remain
An overview of the Ergas Committee's Report on the anti-competitive impact of Australia's intellectual property statutes.
Author: Edwina Garrisson
Firm: Minter Ellison
Date: 2/14/2002
Times viewed: 212

Franchise follies: Lessons in licensing from the ACCC
Two recent Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) actions have highlighted the need to carefully consider whether the Franchising Code of Conduct (Code) governs commercial agreements such as intellectual property licences and distributorship agreements.
Author: David Sarkin
Firm: Freehills
Date: 2/17/2004 11:25:15 AM
Times viewed: 192

Fundamentals of trade mark licensing: Scope of work
This article looks at some key issues to be considered when entering into a trade mark licence agreement, either as a licensee or licensor.
Firm: Freehills
Date: 8/20/2001
Times viewed: 144

Knowledge Management and Intellectual Property
An overview of the importance of protecting and managing a company's intangible assets.
Author: John Lee
Firm: Gilbert + Tobin
Date: 6/17/2002 11:25:08 AM
Times viewed: 260

Liability Under the Trade Practices Act for Breaching the Franchising Code of Conduct
The Franchising Code of Conduct (Code) is a mandatory code under the Trade Practices Act (TPA) that places obligations on parties to a ‘franchise agreement’. Specifically franchisors are required to disclose specific facts and follow set procedures in their dealings with franchisees or risk breaching the Code and therefore the TPA. The ACCC has begun to aggressively prosecute businesses that deny their franchisor status by using licensing or distribution agreements that specifically state that the arrangement in question is not a franchising arrangement. Two recent cases illustrate how broadly the ACCC is interpreting the term ‘franchise agreement’.
Author: Simon Uthmeyer
Firm: Phillips Fox
Date: 3/17/2004 4:30:38 PM
Times viewed: 347