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There are multiple tools available to resolve a dispute both before and after litigation has commenced. This commonly includes either or both of an informal settlement conference (which is generally a commercial approach to ending a dispute conduc...
In February of this year, Revenue NSW announced a scaling back of the application of surcharge purchase duty and surcharge land tax for citizens (and certain affiliated entities) of New Zealand, Finland, Germany, and South Africa. We commented on th...
Decision: CFMMEU v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51 An interesting decision from the Full Federal Court was published on 28 M...
The NSW Government has sought to restore a degree of consumer confidence in the residential apartment building sector through the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 ("RAB Act"). The...
When selling a residential property in NSW, an agent is not entitled to commission or expenses if an agency agreement is not entered into with the vendor. The Property and Stock Agents Act 2002 (NSW) (P&S Act) and the...
On 19 May 2022 the New South Wales Government introduced changes to the Duties Act 1997, specifically introducing section 8(1)(b)(ix) which provides that duty is payable on "a transaction that results in a change in beneficial ownership ...
First home buyers of residential land in NSW now have the option to either pay stamp duty on the purchase price or pay an annual property tax while they own the land by way of the First Home Buyer Choice scheme (FHBC).
This is the latest in a series of articles which has followed the run of appeals of the decision of Darke J in Dyco Hotels Pty Ltd v Laundy Hotels (Quarry) Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 504. Our first article, analysing the decision at first instance...
Chisak v Presot [2022] NSWCA 100 Judgment Date: 21 June 2022 Explanation: The recent decision of ...
