Pro­tect­ing In-house Coun­sel’s advice

Feb 29, 2016

In brief Swaab believe the recent case of Hol­man v War­ringah Coun­cil [2015] brings some clar­i­ty to the law sur­round­ing legal…
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Break­ing News: the sun is set­ting on unfair use of sun­set claus­es in off-the-plan sales!

Dec 9, 2015

In brief The recent amend­ment to the Con­veyanc­ing Act by the NSW Gov­ern­ment has shift­ed the bal­ance in rela­tion to…
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NSW stra­ta reform: a dif­fer­ent kind of deposition

Oct 20, 2015

In brief ‘Stra­ta hous­ing’ is a term that orig­i­nat­ed from the field of geol­o­gy, where dif­fer­ent ​‘stra­ta’ were the lay­ers of…
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Land­lords beware — Incen­tive claw-back pro­vi­sions deemed to be penal­ty clauses

Jan 20, 2015

In Brief The recent Supreme Court of Queens­land deci­sion of GWC Prop­er­ty Group Pty Ltd v Hig­gin­son & Ors affirms the long-held…
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NABERS Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion: Don’t get caught on the wrong side of the fence 

Jul 15, 2014

In Brief With the com­mer­cial prop­er­ty mar­ket heat­ing up, if you are a ven­dor or a lessor you should ensure that your build­ing…
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Swim­ming pool com­pli­ance leg­is­la­tion delay: A sen­si­ble outcome 

May 13, 2014

In Brief Leg­isla­tive changes were to come into effect from 29 April 2014 requir­ing swim­ming pool com­pli­ance cer­tifi­cates to be annexed…
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e‑Conveyancing — The ​“e” stands for ​“excit­ing”!

Apr 10, 2014

In Brief Any­one who has dis­cov­ered the highs and lows of deal­ing with exchange and set­tle­ment in rela­tion to real prop­er­ty…
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Sell­ing a prop­er­ty with a pool? Dive right into compliance

Mar 12, 2014

In Brief Just because sum­mer has come to an end doesn’t mean it’s time to for­get about your swim­ming pool for…
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Ten­ants beware — High Court con­firms liq­uida­tors of land­lord com­pa­nies can dis­claim leases

Feb 13, 2014

In Brief The High Court has recent­ly con­firmed that the liq­uida­tors of a land­lord com­pa­ny are able to dis­claim a lease, with the…
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The oper­a­tion of priv­i­lege to advice giv­en to a stra­ta own­ers corporation

Nov 20, 2013

Ques­tion: can an own­ers cor­po­ra­tion claim legal pro­fes­sion­al priv­i­lege over doc­u­ments in con­nec­tion with legal advice on its books and…
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