Sep­a­ra­tion Post COVID 19 – Relo­ca­tion of chil­dren and the impor­tance of plan­ning now

May 15, 2020

Sep­a­ra­tion is tough! Espe­cial­ly when there are chil­dren involved but add a pan­dem­ic into the mix and it is next level. In…
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Is your stra­ta scheme functioning?

May 14, 2020

We recent­ly act­ed for a lot owner/​building man­ag­er in a Stra­ta Appli­ca­tion to the NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal (NCAT) suc­cess­ful­ly seek­ing…
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COVID-19 | Con­struc­tion Works With­in Stra­ta Schemes

May 13, 2020

With the intro­duc­tion of the Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning and Assess­ment (COVID-19 Devel­op­ment – Con­struc­tion Work Days) Order 2020 on 31 March…
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COVID-19 | Spousal Main­te­nance Appli­ca­tions and Mod­i­fi­ca­tion of a Spouse Main­te­nance Order

Apr 29, 2020

The health and eco­nom­ic chaos caused by COVID ‑19 has already proven to be far reach­ing in Aus­tralia and through­out…
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COVID-19 | Too much time together….are you think­ing of leav­ing the Fam­i­ly Home?

Apr 26, 2020

Social dis­tanc­ing and trav­el restric­tions dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic is cre­at­ing stress on fam­i­lies. This stress is height­ened sig­nif­i­cant­ly if…
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COVID-19 | Redun­dan­cy pay­ments dur­ing the crisis

Apr 23, 2020

Michael Byrnes, Part­ner and Emi­ly Capen­er, Solic­i­tor pro­vide an overview of two recent cas­es that con­sid­ered the pay­ment of redun­dan­cy…
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COVID-19 | Mak­ing a Will in times of emergency

Apr 21, 2020

COVID-19 has sig­nif­i­cant­ly changed the way we do ordi­nary tasks. With the increas­ing restric­tions on trav­el, leav­ing the home and…
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COVID-19 | A Short Guide to the Job­Keep­er Pay­ment and Job­Keep­er Flexibility

Apr 14, 2020

On 8 April 2020, Fed­er­al Par­lia­ment passed the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic Response Pack­age (Pay­ments and Ben­e­fits) Bill 2020 and the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic…
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COVID-19 | The Com­mer­cial Ten­an­cies Code | 8 April 2020

Apr 8, 2020

In our pre­vi­ous update, we out­lined some of the mea­sures the Prime Min­is­ter intend­ed to imple­ment to pro­vide sup­port and…
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Defin­ing An ​‘Offi­cer’ Under the Cor­po­ra­tions Act: Case Note — Aus­tralian Secu­ri­ties and Invest­ments Com­mis­sion v King [2020] HCA 4

Apr 7, 2020

Defin­ing An ​‘Offi­cer’ Under the Cor­po­ra­tions Act: Case Note — Aus­tralian Secu­ri­ties and Invest­ments Com­mis­sion v King [2020] HCA 4 Intro­duc­tion On…
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