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It’s been a busy financial year for insurance issues in the Courts across Australia1. With insurers having now survived the end of financial year renewals, we provide a summary of what has been happening around Australia, together with our comm...
As part of the NSW Government's COVID-19 Response Plan, first home buyers will now be exempt from paying transfer duty on newly built homes below $800,000 and will be eligible for a discount on the transfer duty for newly built homes valued up to $1 ...
The New South Wales Court of Appeal has again been asked to consider whether the dangerous recreational activity defence applies in the context of a professional horse race. A five judge Court has unanimously held that professional horse racing is a ...
In the next stage of the Government's planning reforms in response to COVID19, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced an $83 million Planning Reform Action Plan. From faster DA assessments to a new class of appeals to the Land and Environment ...
In our previous article, The year ahead for directors: what's in store for 2020?, we noted the potential introduction of Director Identific...
In All Class Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Chubb Insurance Australia Ltd [2020] FCA 840, the Federal Court of Australia was asked to determine an application for security of costs. According to the Court, in considering whether an ord...
As a result of a number of catastrophic failures of newly constructed residential developments in short succession, the NSW government has now implemented strict measures to regulate and control the building and construction industry. Relevantly, som...
On 1 November 2019, Fitbit Inc (Fitbit) announced it had entered into an agreement for it to be acquired by Google LLC (Google) for US$2.1 billion. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (
A bill was introduced to the Parliament of Western Australia on 24 June 2020 that seeks to amend the WA Act, entitled the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Bill 2020. COVID-19 Respo...
