Pub­li­ca­tions

Mar 23, 2020

Tips for Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions, Stra­ta Com­mit­tees and Stra­ta Man­agers — COVID-19

In these unprece­dent­ed times, there is a lot of uncer­tain­ty for busi­ness­es and indi­vid­u­als. This uncer­tain­ty extends to the ongo­ing and sat­is­fac­to­ry func­tion­ing of an own­ers corporation.  Stra­ta Man­agers and Stra­ta Com­mit­tees should be aware of their ongo­ing oblig­a­tions to ensure that an own­ers cor­po­ra­tion con­tin­ues to func­tion sat­is­fac­to­ri­ly dur­ing the…

Mar 19, 2020

Con­tracts in the time of the Coro­n­avirus (COVID-19)

There has been unprece­dent­ed dis­rup­tions to busi­ness­es and the econ­o­my with the cur­rent coro­n­avirus (COVID-19) pan­dem­ic. With the restric­tions being placed on the move­ment of peo­ple and gath­er­ings, COVID could have very real impli­ca­tions for a range of indus­tries like con­struc­tion, which require a large work­force to be mobilised to work on…

Mar 18, 2020

Cor­po­rate Coun­sel: the Guardians of Innovation

Cor­po­rate coun­sel may not gen­er­al­ly see them­selves as the guardians of inno­va­tion in their busi­ness­es. Nonethe­less, cor­po­rate coun­sel are the cus­to­di­ans of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty, which can be defined as the legal asset in innovation. We all see inno­va­tion as a crit­i­cal ingre­di­ent in a suc­cess­ful busi­ness. How­ev­er, inno­va­tion has no intrin­sic val­ue in…

Feb 28, 2020

Top 5 ​‘Did you knows’ about get­ting a divorce

#1. Did you know that you do not actu­al­ly need the con­sent of your for­mer spouse to get a divorce? In New South Wales, you can apply for a divorce togeth­er (with your for­mer spouse) or by your­self (sole application). There are dif­fer­ent oblig­a­tions in each case par­tic­u­lar­ly with respect to ser­vice…

Feb 12, 2020

Changes to Annu­alised Salaries under Mod­ern Awards: A Short Guide

From 1 March 2020, changes to the annu­alised salary pro­vi­sions in a num­ber of mod­ern awards will impose more oner­ous admin­is­tra­tive require­ments on employ­ers with respect to award-cov­ered salaried employees.This change was the result of a deci­sion of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) ([2019] FWCFC 4368]) (Deci­sion) as part of its four year­ly review…

Jan 13, 2020

NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try — an expert’s per­spec­tive (part 6 of 6)

Inter­view with Tadd Wal­ford, Par­tridge, Struc­tur­al EngineerOver the past eight months, I have released a series of arti­cles. This arti­cle is ​‘part 6’ of a six-part series and will be fol­lowed by my ​‘2019 wrap-up’. The series doc­u­ments my dis­cus­sions with build­ing con­sul­tants who are in the know when it comes to the cur­rent state of…

Dec 17, 2019

Our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing 2019

We are almost at the end of 2019, and with the end of a year comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing the year:Deeds of Release and their effec­tive­ness – update 2019 | Richard Ott­ley | Employ­ment LawFair Work Com­mis­sion – When will the Full Bench enter­tain an…

Dec 10, 2019

Cyber or Online Abuse Dur­ing and After Sep­a­ra­tion and Help­ful Tips

Tech­nol­o­gy facil­i­tat­ed vio­lence and abuse is a seri­ous issue. When peo­ple sep­a­rate it is not uncom­mon for a dis­grun­tled spouse to turn to social media such as Face­book to vent their unhap­pi­ness. But when does the use of social media in this man­ner become some­thing more? In this pub­li­ca­tion, we dis­cuss Cyber Abuse…

Dec 9, 2019

5 times to review your estate planning

As the hol­i­day sea­son approach­es and trav­el plans are made, many peo­ple con­sid­er it the right time to update their estate plan­ning. In addi­tion to review­ing your estate plan­ning before you trav­el, we take a look at five sig­nif­i­cant life events that should prompt you to review and update your estate planning.Mar­riageMar­riage…

Nov 18, 2019

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Parties

Last week, Jose Feli­ciano’s fes­tive sta­ple ​‘Feliz Navi­dad’ was played on the radio. Before long, neigh­bours in cer­tain sub­ur­ban streets will be com­pet­ing to see who can put up the most impres­sive (or gar­ish) Christ­mas lights, re-runs of ​‘Love Actu­al­ly’ will be broad­cast on TV with increased fre­quen­cy and Christ­mas…