Land & Envi­ron­ment Court Declares Devel­op­ment Con­sent Invalid Over Fail­ure to Impose Rel­e­vant Conditions

May 3, 2023

The Land and Envi­ron­ment Court has held that the fail­ure to impose rel­e­vant con­di­tions on a devel­op­ment con­sent could ren­der it invalid…
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Court of Appeal clar­i­fies whether devel­op­ment stan­dards are juris­dic­tion­al pre­req­ui­sites to the grant of devel­op­ment consent

Apr 27, 2023

On 26 April 2023, the New South Wales Court of Appeal hand­ed down its deci­sion in El Khouri v Gemaveld Pty…
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Clos­ing The Gen­der Pay Gap

Apr 19, 2023

In 2021 the Work­place Gen­der Equal­i­ty Agency (Agency) con­duct­ed a review (Review) of the Work­place Gen­der Equal­i­ty Act 2012 (Act). The…
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Changes To Shut­down Leave Rules For 78 Mod­ern Awards

Apr 13, 2023

The Fair Work Com­mis­sion (‘FWC’) is required to con­duct a review of the mod­ern award process every 4 years under sec­tion 156A…
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NSW Con­struc­tion Update

Mar 13, 2023

Roberts v Good­win Street Devel­op­ments Pty Ltd [2023] NSW­CA 5 In a recent deci­sion hand­ed down by the NSW Court of Appeal it…
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Direc­tors’ Access to Com­pa­ny Books: Nav­i­gat­ing Statu­to­ry & Com­mon Law Require­ments in Australia

Mar 7, 2023

To man­age a com­pa­ny and dis­charge their duties, direc­tors need access to com­pa­ny infor­ma­tion. Ten­sion between direc­tors can arise about what…
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Stra­ta Reme­di­al Update: Emer­gency Reme­di­al Build­ing Works

Mar 1, 2023

The NSW Depart­ment of Cus­tomer Ser­vice has released a Fact Sheet: Emer­gency Reme­di­al Build­ing Work: https://​www​.fair​trad​ing​.nsw​.gov​.au/​t​r​a​d​e​s​-​a​n​d​-​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​e​s​/​c​o​n​s​t​r​u​c​t​i​o​n​-​a​n​d​-​t​r​a​d​e​-​e​s​s​e​n​t​i​a​l​s​/​w​o​r​k​i​n​g​-​o​n​-​c​l​a​s​s​-​2​-​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​s​/​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​-​p​r​a​c​t​i​t​i​o​n​e​r​-​o​b​l​i​g​a​t​i​o​n​s​/​e​m​e​r​g​e​n​c​y​-​r​e​m​e​d​i​a​l​-​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​-work This Fact Sheet has been…
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Changes to the Fair Work Act: An Overview

Feb 22, 2023

On 6 Decem­ber 2022 the Fair Work Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Secure Jobs, Bet­ter Pay) Act 2022 passed into law (Amend­ing Leg­is­la­tion). The…
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Shift­ing the dial on build­ing defects lia­bil­i­ty – a greater risk for com­pa­ny direc­tors and devel­op­ers under recent leg­isla­tive reform

Feb 10, 2023

Under the Home Build­ing Act 1989, claimants in defec­tive build­ing cas­es against cor­po­rate builders and/​or cor­po­rate devel­op­ers may hit a road­block…
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Valen­tine’s Day in the Work­place (2023 Edition)

Feb 7, 2023

Valen­tine’s Day, the cel­e­bra­tion of romance and roman­tic love, takes place annu­al­ly on Feb­ru­ary 14. While many assid­u­ous­ly avoid what they…
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