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Church & Grace McLachlan Thorpe Partners is excited to announce a significant milestone, having recently acquired Church & Grace, a respected and longstanding law firm operating from North Sydney. This...

Online frauds and email scams aren’t new, but scammers and criminals are inventive and relentless at finding new ways to defraud people through phishing, identity theft, hacking and catfishing which...

Changes to Casual Employment  Please be reminded that the amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 changed the workplace entitlement and obligation for casual employment. By 27 September 2021, the...

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...

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...

My partner and I hold property overseas, which country should do our property settlement? My former partner and I live in different countries, where do we commence family law proceedings?...

What is the duty of disclosure? Under the Family Law Act there are specific rules concerning the obligation parties have to provide full and frank disclosure of their financial positions...

What happens if I died before my Family Law proceedings are finished? If I die before my Family Law matter is complete does my ex get everything? If a spouse...

Will my inheritance form part of my property settlement? Can I prevent my spouse from receiving part of my inheritance in our Family Law matter?  Inheritances or bequests are considered...

“Am I out of time to commence property proceedings?” The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) imposes time limits, on when parties can commence proceedings in the Court in relation to...

Following the Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leasing (“Code“) released by the National Cabinet, the NSW Parliament passed the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2020 (“Regulation“) on...

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...