On 25 March 2020, the NSW Parliament passed the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 which makes amendments to a suite of NSW legislation in accordance with tightening restrictions on non-essential gatherings and to ...
On 29 March 2020, the Federal Government announced its intention to place a six-month moratorium on landlords' rights to evict residential and commercial tenants who are unable to meet their rental obligations as a result of financial distress arisin...
In the current climate it can be difficult for clients and practitioners to know what the current status is in relation to all of the courts in Australia. Courts and tribunals at all levels have published guidelines in relation to what their response...
COVID-19 represents an unprecedented challenge to business. Most of corporate Australia is now operating remotely in line with 'work from home procedures' and a business continuity plan. However, with remote working comes inherent cybersecurity risks...
In our article Impact of COVID-19 on your contract: Force Majeure, we discussed one legal pathway that parties may seek to pursue due...
As the world fights to contain and mitigate the impact of COVID-19, the economic impacts are likely to be severe: consumer confidence dropping, supply lines thwarted, public equities in free fall. With Australia's economy being directly impacted by t...