Legal Update - Security of Payments Act & Residential Building Contracts By Johanna Woodland. From 1 March 2021, the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payments Act) 1999 (NSW) (SOPA) now applies to owner occupied residential building contracts. For a…
Are you the director of a company? Is your company unable to pay its debts due to Covid-19? Are you considering placing the company into liquidation after the Jobkeeper payments and other stimulus measures cease in 2021? If you have…
New Code of Conduct for Short Term Rental Accommodation - Party Houses could be a thing of the past! By Leah Thorpe & Hamish Thomson. The NSW Code of Conduct for Short-Term Rental Accommodation Industry (the Code) is due to…
By Johanna Woodland and Hamish Thomson New South Wales Court of Appeal Victory for Pet Owners Cooper v The Owners — Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA 250 “Cooper” The NSW Court of Appeal has recently handed down its decision…
By Tony Burke and Hamish Thomson The breakdown of a marriage or de facto relationship inevitably creates the need for assets to be divided among the separating parties. If an agreement cannot be reached on how to divide the assets,…
Just, Quick(er) and Cheap(er) - the upside to COVID 19 in the legal world By Tony Burke Many people would likely be surprised that an overarching principle of civil justice in NSW “is to facilitate the just, quick and cheap…
Defamation law reform is here - what are the reforms and what next? By Hamish Thomson and Johanna Woodland New South Wales has become the first state in Australia to reform and modernise its defamation law. The reforms introduced in…
Parenting Arrangements for Separated Parents during COVID-19 Are you a separated parent who has Court Orders setting out the arrangements for the care of your child? Parenting Orders (whether put in place by consent, or after a Court case), are…
With the current restrictions around social gatherings and personal contact due to Coronavirus or Covid-19, we understand that some people may be struggling to navigate their co-parenting relationship issues. The Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia has…
Enduring Power of What and Appointments of Who? - Estate Planning Part Three By Maryanne McGrath & Johanna Woodland. Do you know what happens when you don’t organise your Enduring Power of Attorney, or Appointment of Enduring Guardianship, before you…
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