Smarter Lawcast with Hall & Wilcox

By Hall & Wilcox

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Welcome to Smarter Lawcast, the official podcast of Hall & Wilcox, a leading independent Australian law firm. We pride ourselves on our Smarter Law approach, where we work with our clients to creatively solve their legal and business challenges. Tune in to be educated and entertained by our experts’ take on topical legal issues. LinkedIn:@Hall & Wilcox Facebook:@HallandWilcox Instagram:@hallwilcox https://hallandwilcox.com.au/

Episode Date
Business Succession - Succession planning for family businesses: family offices, boards and values
Dec 09, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Psychological injuries at work in WA and SA
Dec 08, 2025
Business Succession - Succession planning: do you hold your business interests together with third parties?
Dec 02, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Psychological injuries at work in ACT and NT
Dec 01, 2025
Australia’s international law obligations for climate change
Nov 26, 2025
Business Succession - Succession planning for business owners and families: fundamentals and foundations
Nov 25, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Psychological injuries at work in Queensland
Nov 24, 2025
Doing Business in Australia - Spotlight on migration and employment trends
Nov 18, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Psychological injuries at work in Victoria
Nov 17, 2025
Doing Business in Australia - Spotlight on South East Asia
Nov 11, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Psychological injuries at work in New South Wales
Nov 10, 2025
Doing Business in Australia - Spotlight on the UK
Nov 04, 2025
Doing Business in Australia - Spotlight on the US
Oct 28, 2025
Navigating whistleblower obligations under the new Aged Care Act
Oct 27, 2025
Tax Records - What triggers a Tax Practitioners Board review and how to prepare
Oct 21, 2025
Cyberzone: Data, ransomware & the power of cyber injunctions
Oct 20, 2025
Tax Records - Section 167 assessments: Asset betterment methodology
Oct 14, 2025
Mergers for not-for-profits: what you need to know
Oct 13, 2025
Tax Records – What you need to know about state taxes in 2025
Oct 07, 2025
Tax Records – Building a strong tax governance framework
Sep 30, 2025
Cultural Inclusion Conversations - Breaking barriers in legal recruitment
Sep 23, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Injuries at work in Queensland
Aug 18, 2025
Empowered women - Bringing it all together
Aug 12, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Injuries at work in Western Australia and South Australia
Aug 11, 2025
Empowered women - The truth about binding financial agreements for women
Aug 05, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Injuries at work in the ACT and Northern Territory
Aug 04, 2025
Empowered women - Smart financial planning for women who want control
Jul 29, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Injuries at work in Victoria
Jul 28, 2025
Empowered women - Estate planning 101: What every woman needs to know
Jul 22, 2025
Self-insurers in Australia - Injuries at work in New South Wales
Jul 21, 2025
Cyberzone: Episode 2, Part 2 - Ransomware: should you pay and mandatory reporting
Jul 16, 2025
Cultural Inclusion Conversations - Why is diversity and inclusion good for business?
Jul 15, 2025
Cyberzone: Episode 2, Part 1 - Demystifying ransomware
Jul 09, 2025
Cyberzone: Episode 1 - Inside the response to Australia’s biggest cyber threats
Jun 19, 2025
Cultural Inclusion Conversations - Overcoming the bamboo ceiling
Jun 16, 2025
Cultural Inclusion Conversations - Why are cultural inclusion conversations important?
May 13, 2025
Trusts Matters – Trusts: lost trust deeds
Apr 07, 2025
Trusts Matters – Trusts: beneficiaries and rights to information
Mar 31, 2025
Trusts Matters: Trust disputes and trustee discretion
Mar 24, 2025
Trusts Matters – Trust variations: how to avoid being caught out
Mar 17, 2025
Spotlight on Health Regulation – Social media and advertising guidelines: guidance for health practitioners
Dec 03, 2024
Risk Ready: Business Restructuring – Key issues impacting the aged care sector
Dec 02, 2024
Risk Ready: Business Restructuring – Key issues impacting the retail industry
Nov 26, 2024
Spotlight on Health Regulation – Vapes and vaping: regulation in Australia
Nov 25, 2024
Risk Ready: Business Restructuring – Key issues impacting building and construction sector
Nov 19, 2024
Spotlight on Health Regulation: Medicinal cannabis – Australia’s regulatory environment
Nov 18, 2024
Spotlight on Health Regulation: Recent prosecutions and regulator focus
Nov 12, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Understanding reverse takeovers
Nov 11, 2024
Spotlight on Construction Law: The superintendent’s role in construction projects
Nov 06, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Capital raising and issue pricing restrictions for listed and unlisted funds
Nov 04, 2024
Navigating AML/CTF: Independent reviews of AML/CTF programs
Oct 29, 2024
The ECM Exchange – Cyberattacks and continuous disclosure: what ASX-listed entities need to know
Oct 28, 2024
Navigating AML/CTF: Risks and common failures of AML/CTF programs
Oct 22, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Navigating shareholder approvals and capital raising essentials
Oct 21, 2024
Navigating AML/CTF: Outsourcing obligations under AML/CTF rules
Oct 15, 2024
Tax Records – Essential tax considerations for clients on the move
Oct 14, 2024
Navigating AML/CTF – AML/CTF: Knowing your client
Oct 08, 2024
Tax Records – Navigating wage and superannuation underpayments: avoiding costly pitfalls
Oct 07, 2024
Navigating AML/CTF – AML/CTF: latest reforms and developments
Oct 01, 2024
Tax Records – New Administrative Review Tribunal: what changes will it introduce?
Sep 30, 2024
Becoming a Philanthropist: The joy of collective giving
Sep 24, 2024
Becoming a philanthropist – Having a philanthropic impact in life and beyond
Sep 17, 2024
Becoming a philanthropist – What is a Private Ancillary Fund (PAF) and should I set one up?
Sep 10, 2024
Becoming a philanthropist – Philanthropic giving: what is it and how do I do it?
Sep 03, 2024
Health and aged care – international perspective: Healthcare: Australia and UK trends
Aug 27, 2024
Health and aged care – international perspective: Life sciences: Australia and UK trends
Aug 20, 2024
Doing Business in Australia: tax and customs compliance
Jul 30, 2024
Doing business in Australia: spotlight on the US
Jul 23, 2024
Doing business in Australia: international wealth and cross border succession planning
Jul 16, 2024
Doing business in Australia: employment and migration trends
Jul 09, 2024
Doing business in Australia: the Foreign Investment Review Board – key takeaways for foreign investors or advisors
Jul 02, 2024
Spotlight on Aged Care: Insurance and risk factors facing aged care
Jul 01, 2024
Spotlight on Aged Care: Employment and tax issues facing the aged care sector
Jun 24, 2024
Spotlight on Aged Care: Restructuring in aged care
Jun 17, 2024
Spotlight on aged care: Aged care reforms – what is proposed and how it will impact providers
Jun 10, 2024
Spotlight on aged care: Mergers and acquisitions and governance issues in aged care
Jun 03, 2024
Building better boards and leaders – Generative AI: benefits and risks
May 27, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Key changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations – draft 5th edition
May 21, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: employee fraud and corruption – part 2
May 20, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Proposed changes to wholesale client and sophisticated investor tests
May 14, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: employee fraud and corruption – part 1
May 13, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Convertible notes
May 07, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: privacy and cyber readiness
May 06, 2024
The ECM Exchange: Climate reporting and financial reports
May 01, 2024
Risk Ready: business restructuring: Professional services firms: how to restructure equity and manage owner exits – part 2
Apr 29, 2024
Risk Ready: business restructuring: Professional services firms: how to restructure equity and manage owner exits – part 1
Apr 23, 2024
Spotlight on Construction Law: Green construction and carbon emissions: a contractor’s view
Apr 22, 2024
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Common tax issues in business restructures
Apr 16, 2024
Spotlight on Construction Law: Green construction and carbon emissions: a developer’s view
Apr 15, 2024
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Safe harbour and insolvent trading
Apr 09, 2024
Risk Ready: business restructuring – When is a director personally liable for a company’s outstanding tax debts?
Apr 02, 2024
Building better boards and leaders – ESG insights: new risks, compliance and sustainability metrics that matter – part 2
Apr 01, 2024
Building better boards and leaders – ESG insights: new risks, compliance and sustainability metrics that matter – part 1
Mar 25, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: Boards behaving badly
Mar 18, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: How to build legally compliant, healthy and inclusive organisations
Mar 11, 2024
Building better boards and leaders: Key issues facing boards and executive leaders
Mar 04, 2024
Living the law grad life – Q&A with our law grads: answering our listeners’ questions
Dec 19, 2023
Living the law grad life – From law graduate to partner: two Hall & Wilcox career stories
Dec 05, 2023
Living the law grad life – Bring your whole self to work: work/life balance in the legal industry
Nov 21, 2023
Living the law grad life – Pro bono: giving back to the community
Nov 07, 2023
The ECM Exchange – Cleansing notices
Nov 06, 2023
New unfair contract terms regime: are you ready?
Nov 01, 2023
The ECM Exchange – Shareholder activism and defamation
Oct 30, 2023
Living the law grad life – Busting insurance myths with Matt Curll
Oct 24, 2023
The ECM Exchange – ESG: what listed entities need to know
Oct 23, 2023
Spotlight on Construction Law – Construction contracts: any quick fixes to reduce the risk of insolvency? An expert's view
Oct 18, 2023
The ECM Exchange: How to prepare for AGM season
Oct 16, 2023
Living the law grad life – Early careers recruitment: preparing for law graduate and clerkship applications and interviews
Oct 10, 2023
Tax Records – Cyber security and data privacy: how it could impact you
Oct 10, 2023
Tax Records – Australia’s individual tax residency rules – proposed changes
Oct 03, 2023
Spotlight on Construction Law – Construction contracts: any quick fixes to reduce risk of insolvency?
Sep 27, 2023
Living the law grad life: Working at Hall & Wilcox – hear from our Managing Partner
Sep 26, 2023
Tax Records – What to consider when selling a professional services business: part 2
Sep 25, 2023
Tax Records – What to consider when selling a professional services business: part 1
Sep 19, 2023
Living the law grad life: Working at Hall & Wilcox – meet our law grad hosts
Sep 12, 2023
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Business restructuring – Risks directors face when business is in financial difficulty
Sep 04, 2023
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Buying a distressed business – issues to consider
Aug 28, 2023
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Banking and corporate structuring issues for distressed businesses
Aug 21, 2023
Risk Ready: business restructuring – Contract flexibility
Aug 14, 2023
The ECM Exchange – Executive remuneration and equity plans
May 29, 2023
The ECM Exchange – Listed company acquisitions: issues for directors
May 22, 2023
The ECM Exchange: Raising capital in volatile times
May 15, 2023
Cyberzone – Cyber and identity protection: the rise and importance of ID care
May 02, 2023
Investing with purpose
Apr 05, 2023
Succession planning for blended families: Change of relationship status: legal issues to consider
Apr 04, 2023
Tax Records – Tax issues in M&A transactions: part 2
Mar 28, 2023
Succession planning for blended families: Superannuation and blended families
Mar 28, 2023
Being ESG Wise - latest developments in the UK
Mar 22, 2023
Tax Records – Tax issues in M&A transactions: part 1
Mar 21, 2023
Succession planning for blended families: Mutual wills
Mar 21, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank: what happened?
Mar 16, 2023
Cyberzone – Cyber attacks and continuous disclosure: when and what to notify the market
Mar 15, 2023
Tax Records – Update on section 100A and Guardian AIT decision
Mar 14, 2023
Succession planning for blended families: Succession planning challenges
Mar 13, 2023
IWD special: You can’t be what you can’t see
Mar 07, 2023
Tech Talks – Gender equality in the tech and startup sector: International Women’s Day special
Mar 06, 2023
Cyberzone – The keys to cyber insurance and systemic cyber risks
Feb 28, 2023
Tax Records – Demystifying the M&A process: part 2
Feb 28, 2023
Tax Records – Demystifying the M&A process: part 1
Feb 22, 2023
AI: the fifth industrial revolution? – AI: ethics and the public sector
Feb 20, 2023
AI: the fifth industrial revolution? – AI and copyright: an uneasy fit?
Feb 14, 2023
AI: the fifth industrial revolution? – AI and the legal sector: potential benefits and drawbacks
Feb 06, 2023
Being ESG Wise – regulatory scrutiny of greenwashing claims
Dec 20, 2022
Extreme weather: delays, disruptions and insurance issues for the FMCG sector
Nov 16, 2022
Extreme weather: legal issues – Planning issues, climate change and human rights
Nov 09, 2022
Being ESG Wise – anti-corruption and executive accountability
Nov 07, 2022
Cyberzone – Crisis communications in a cyber incident – getting it right, with Rhys Ryan, CEO of Porter Novelli Australia
Nov 02, 2022
Cyberzone – Cyber risk landscape with leading cyber partner Shane Bell from McGrathNicol
Oct 25, 2022
Being ESG Wise – A client’s story: Centuria Capital Group’s approach to ESG
Oct 18, 2022
Cyberzone – The Optus breach and is cyber insurance getting a bad rap?
Oct 06, 2022
Being ESG Wise – The EU taxonomy: ESG in Europe
Sep 20, 2022
Being ESG Wise – Greenwashing: what is it and should I be worried?
Sep 13, 2022
Being ESG Wise – What is ESG and why is it important?
Sep 06, 2022
Tax Records – Startups and ESOPs: seven top tips
Aug 30, 2022
Tax Records – Crypto, NFTs, DeFi and staking: hot topics in tax
Aug 22, 2022
Tax Records – Help! I’ve received a Top 500 or Next 5,000 letter from the ATO
Aug 15, 2022
Tax Records – ATO debt collection powers and director penalty notice regime
Aug 08, 2022
Doing business in Australia: Australian Customs: compliance requirements
Jul 18, 2022
Doing business in Australia: Australia’s dispute resolution process
Jul 11, 2022
Doing business in Australia: All about Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
Jun 27, 2022
Doing business in Australia: Australia's employment and visa issues
Jun 14, 2022
Doing business in Australia: How to enter the Australian market
Jun 06, 2022
Tax Records – How does tax apply to cryptocurrencies or NFTs?
Apr 05, 2022
Tax Records – Contractors v employees: tax risks to be aware of
Mar 22, 2022
Tax Records – Welcome to the danger zone: ATO guidance on section 100A
Mar 15, 2022
You can’t say that!: Reforms in the pipeline
Feb 21, 2022
You can’t say that!: Recent game changers
Feb 14, 2022
You can’t say that!: Responding to defamation claims
Feb 07, 2022
You can’t say that!: Protecting reputations
Jan 31, 2022
Tax Records – Why all the hype around cryptocurrencies and NFTs?
Nov 28, 2021
Tax Records – In the payroll tax crosshairs: is your business next?
Nov 21, 2021
Tax Records – Tax compliance: how do I manage my risks?
Nov 14, 2021
Tax Records – Pandora Papers: What are they, why should we care and what do I do if I’m named?
Nov 07, 2021
The changing landscape of employment law: underpayments
Oct 17, 2021
The changing landscape of employment law: migration
Oct 10, 2021
The changing landscape of employment law: flexible working
Oct 03, 2021
The changing landscape of employment law: mandatory vaccinations
Sep 26, 2021