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It is unusual for a decision of the Local Court of NSW to garner significant public attention, and even more unusual for any Local Court to have to consider a historically unsettled area of law. But the recently published judgment in Toh v Su

The recent Supreme Court of Queensland case of Nichol v Nichol [2017] QSC 220 reveals a rather tragic story. It also serves as useful example of the relating to informal wills. The deceased, Mark Nichol, was married three times. He became e...

Entire agreement clauses are often employed as a means of defining the parameters of an agreement. However, in reality such clauses are far from definitive and may be subject to a variety of limitations.   What is an entire agreemen...

Parties to commercial transactions often enter into short preliminary agreements which are commonly referred to as heads of agreement, lease proposals, letters of intent and memorandums of understanding. These agreements are usually not enforceable ...

There is a common misconception that oral discussions do not give rise to binding agreements, however, provided the essential elements of a contract exist, oral conversations can form binding agreements, and a court will apply an objective test as to...

In a recent case before the NSW Supreme Court (352 Bourke Street Pty Limited as Trustee for 352 Bourke Street Unit Trust v Kerry Gai Rhall), Emmett J was tasked with determining the scope of the nascent “sunset date” provisions introduced in...

On 8 August 2017, Minister for Planning and Housing, Anthony Roberts, and Minister for Local Government, Gabrielle Upton, announced that the NSW State Government will introduce a Bill to make Independent Hearing and Assessment Panels (IHAPs

From 1 July 2017, the high income threshold will be $142,000 and the compensation cap for unfair dismissal claims will be $71,000. As we have previously reported, the National Minimum Wage will increase to $694.90 per week from 1 July 2017 (click