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Leasing part of your land can convert your unused commercial, industrial or agricultural space into a predictable income stream. It can also involve hidden costs if you do not account for the impacts that the Conveyancing Act and planning legislatio...
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has this morning handed down its long awaited decision on weekend and public holiday penalty rates in the retail and hospitality industries. The FWC has reduced the Sunday and public ho...
Security for costs where the plaintiff is in the position of the defendant This is the second in a series of articles which we will be publishing over the coming months concerning security for costs in civil disputes. The f...
Corporations and more particularly company directors need to be aware that obligations may arise simultaneously in several areas of the law. Equally, compliance with or breach of obligations in one area of law may flow to obligations arising in anoth...
In November 2016, the High Court of Australia heard a challenge brought by Clive Palmer in respect of the constitutional validity of the power of a liquidator to examine a former director of a company before the court. At the conclusion of that hear...
Part 1: Summary of key legal principles Security for costs applications are a common feature of litigated civil disputes. They serve an important role for defendants who have concerns about a plaintiff’s ability to pay their costs of defending pro...
Privacy is becoming an increasingly important issue as technological developments make it easier to observe people when they are not expecting it. The issue is all the more problematic in the employment context where surveillance legislation operate...
Colin Wright (Mr Wright) was a mine operator for AGL at a coal mine and power station in Latrobe Valley. Shortly after completing his night shift on 27 August 2015 while driving home he drove straight through a roundabout, ploughed ...
The purpose of the Bill On 1 December 2016, the Queensland Parliament passed the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 which will be to be incorporated within the uniform national law...