The owners corporation world is poised to change on 1 December 2021 with the adoption of amendments legislated in the “Owners Corporations and Other Acts Amendment Act 2021” (“Act”). The new legislation sees changes in a range of areas including the all-important realm of insurance....
Generally speaking, when you are successful in Court the Judge will make an order to the losing party to pay the winning party’s costs, however costs are not always awarded. These costs commonly do not cover the entire legal fees spent and are known as...
One of the traditional heads of damage is “economic loss”. Economic loss can be made up of what is known as “loss of opportunity”. This loss describes the damage suffered by a party as a result of another party’s breach of their obligations at law....
Background Our client was a manager at a well know supplier of electronic products. Our client’s employment contract consisted of a restraint of trade clause. Once our client resigned from her role, her former employer engaged legal representation and issued a cease and desist letter....
Introduction It may not always be easy to interpret terms within a contract. Sometimes contractual terms can be ambiguous or specific words within those terms can have more than one meaning or a different meaning within a certain context. When this happens, matters can end up...
What is a Caveat The word caveat has its roots in Latin and approximately translates to “may he beware of”. It is a warning to those who wish to have a dealing in something that has been caveated. One of the most common forms of caveat...
Has Your Child Support Assessment Been Incorrectly Calculated? In some cases, the Child Support Agency (“CSA”) may have calculated the annual rate of child support payable under the formulas provided by the Child Support Assessment Act 1989 (CTH) the (“Act”). Some matters are complex, making accurate...
Business owners are constantly worried of the threat a former employer poses to their business if they decide to start their own business in direct competition. The most common way employers protect their business is through imposing restraint of trade clauses through employment contracts. There...
Security of Payments Act – Getting Paid in the Building & Construction Industry The construction industry in this nation is an integral part of the economy. The industry is worth billions of dollars every year in New South Wales alone. So it’s not surprising that legislation...
Finding the Reviewer of Defamatory or False Reviews In this day and age, the world is rapidly becoming information data driven. Information sharing platforms are common and allows individuals to post their reviews on the internet for potential customers to see. One prime example of this...
