Articles
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25 September 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
How to ruin a friendship - ignore the Home Building Act
The case highlights risks for owner and builder of entering into a building contract which fails to comply with the Act
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24 September 2013
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) retains jurisdiction on iss…
In the absence of a Work Capacity Decision, the Commission retains its jurisdiction on the issue of capacity for work.
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17 September 2013
Finance & Capital
The best interests duty: A mandatory standard for financial advis…
Financial advisers should be aware of the 'best interests duty? and what they must do in order to comply with the reform.
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10 September 2013
Work Health & Safety
To what extent are workers restricted in making further lump sum…
Workers who make a claim before 19 June 2012, can make a further claim, in respect of the same injury, after that date.
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09 September 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Is there another way to skin a cat (or collect a judgment debt)?…
A garnishee order requires the garnishee to pay the judgment creditor debts owed by the garnishee to the judgment debtor.
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02 September 2013
Work Health & Safety
Section 60(2A) - How insurers can avoid liability for claims for…
Section 60(2A) provides new exceptions to the payment of reasonably necessary medical expenses under section 60.
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29 August 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
We promise we probably won't use it - Copyright ownership on soci…
If you post anything on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, you lose the exclusive right to use that content.
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12 August 2013
Property
Court of Appeal overrules Council's objection to driveway over pa…
The decision is an authoritative restatement of the principles in granting easements under s. 88K of the Conveyancing Act.
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29 July 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
Agreeing to live with the wrong decision (when you are right)
Employers should give careful consideration to the detail of dispute resolution processes in agreements and contracts.
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08 July 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
The Employment Stock Exchange Report: new employment thresholds
The end of the financial year is a time of routine change, and no less than the Fair Work Act and related legislation.
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08 July 2013
Property
Is my easement a valid easement?
The Supreme Court handed down an interesting decision on the consequences of not validly creating easements.
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04 July 2013
Personal Property Securities
PPSA - Reality bites in equipment hire
Where an owner has leased or hired goods, they give rise to a PPSA security interest, which must be perfected.
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25 June 2013
Property
NSW 2013 Budget extends First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) Scheme
The First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) grant of $15,000 has been extended for a further period of two years.
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21 June 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Can a landlord's liquidator disclaim a lease?
It is common for liquidators of lessee companies to disclaim a lease if the lease is of no value to the company.
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20 June 2013
Competition & Consumer
Know who you're dealing with - Australia's autonomous sanctions l…
Sanctioned countries include, but are not limited to, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, Libya, Fiji and North Korea.
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12 June 2013
Workplace Law & Culture
Workplace bullying ..... the new frontier challenge
Business must develop policies and practices to eliminate bullying supported by training for employees and management.
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11 June 2013
Property
I thought cleaning the pool was hard work - new chores for pool o…
These changes place additional obligations and costs on all pool owners in NSW.
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30 May 2013
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
A useful weapon in a trustee in bankruptcy's arsenal: a warrant t…
A trustee is enabled by s.130 of the Bankruptcy Act to apply to an eligible judge for the issue of a warrant.