Once Orders are made, either by the Court or the consent of the parties, they are final in relation to property settlement. Once made, Orders made only be varied if either the parties consent or the Court determines that it is appropriate to change the Orders. It is not always necessary to change Orders. For […]
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From 1 November 2021, a new regime for Director Identification Number has started, and this will impact both domestic and foreign directors of Australian registered body corporates. Director Identification Number (DIN) DIN is a unique 15-digit identifier for verification of identity of a director, which will enable regulators, administrators and liquidators to trace a director’s
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As you may already be aware, the NSW Government have introduced two new COVID-19 regulations to protect tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. In summary, the two new regulations protect retail and residential tenants from being evicted from the premises for certain types of breach of lease that occur during the prescribed period. We summarise the
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On 8 April 2020, the National Cabinet finally released the long awaited Mandatory Code of Conduct in relation to Commercial Leasing (“Code”) which imposes a set of leasing principles to aid the negotiation between Landlords and Tenants to amend their existing leasing arrangement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This mandatory Code is applied to
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On 21 November 2018, the NSW Parliament passed the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2018 (NSW) (Amended Act). The Amended Act is due to commence on 21 October 2019, and has the effect of making significant changes to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOP Act).
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Developer successfully quashes adjudicator’s decision by confirming importance of the contract reference date A prominent northern suburbs developer has succeeded in overturning an adverse adjudication decision after it was successfully argued that the existence or otherwise of an available reference date under the Building Contract constitutes a jurisdictional fact for the purposes of the Building
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A retirement village is a residential complex, for retirees. Residents live in these premises by entering into a retirement village contract with the operator of the village. Locating a retirement village The New South Wales Fair Trading public register of retirement villages is a helpful resource to assist in finding and contacting a retirement
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If you are selling property valued in excess of $2 million in Australia, the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 6) Act 2015 makes provision for a 10% withholding tax on payments made to foreign residents that dispose of real property with the aim of protecting the integrity of the Foreign Resident Capital
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31 January 2017 is the 5th anniversary of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), and the end of the grace period to review and update migrated registrations from other public registers such as the Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) Register of Company Charges, the Australian Register of Ships, the Fisheries Register, State and
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From 23 November 2023, the legal practice of Church & Grace will be incorporated as part of McLachlan Thorpe Partners. Both Church & Grace and McLachlan Thorpe Partners are committed to ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining the high standards of service and relationship you have come to expect from both firms. Click here for more information.
