A Caveat on Caveats

Mar 21, 2019

When used cor­rect­ly, caveats can be an impor­tant ally in your secu­ri­ty arsenal. Loaned some­one mon­ey? You should con­sid­er a caveat.  Con­tract­ed…
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You got­ta have faith: good faith and deter­mi­na­tions under the SOP Act

Mar 12, 2019

Build­ing and Con­struc­tion Indus­try Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ments Act 1999 (NSW) The Build­ing and Con­struc­tion Indus­try Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ments Act 199…
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Home own­ers: what to do about defects

Mar 11, 2019

It seems a straight­for­ward arrange­ment, a builder is con­tract­ed to build a res­i­den­tial build­ing. They build it and hand it over to its…
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Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2019: Reflec­tions by the (female) lawyers of Swaab

Mar 7, 2019

Gen­der, pay and job insecurity Nicole Cini, Associate The gen­der pay gap for full time work­ers in Aus­tralia is cur­rent­ly 14.1%, but…
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Mur­der and inher­i­tance – the $40 bot­tle of wine story

Mar 5, 2019

Every­body knows the basic rule – a per­son must not kill anoth­er. When it comes to deal­ing with the estates of…
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An employ­ment and fam­i­ly law guide to fam­i­ly and domes­tic vio­lence in the workplace

Feb 18, 2019

Intro­duc­tion In 2018 Fam­i­ly and Domes­tic Vio­lence Leave was intro­duced to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act)…
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Valen­tine’s Day in the Workplace

Feb 11, 2019

Valen­tine’s Day, the cel­e­bra­tion of romance and roman­tic love, takes place annu­al­ly on Feb­ru­ary 14. While many assid­u­ous­ly avoid what they…
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Devel­op­ing a shared under­stand­ing of sex­u­al harassment

Feb 6, 2019

Sex­u­al harass­ment in Aus­tralian work­places impacts one in five work­ers each year and remains pre­dom­i­nant­ly unre­port­ed. There are many rea­sons…
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Using the Anti-Bul­ly­ing Juris­dic­tion of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion for Sex­u­al Harass­ment Matters

Jan 29, 2019

The Lim­i­ta­tions of the AHRC Sex­u­al Harass­ment Jurisdiction Com­men­ta­tors (both lay and expert) have recent­ly lament­ed that the Fair Work…
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Com­mis­sion­er of Tax­a­tion v Tomaras: High Court rules that tax debts can be trans­ferred between spouse parties

Jan 29, 2019

Gen­er­al­ly, debts of par­ties to a mar­riage (or de fac­to rela­tion­ship) which were incurred dur­ing the mar­riage, are paid out of…
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