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Right to ter­mi­nate con­tracts for insolvency

“Ipso fac­to” claus­es are claus­es which allow a par­ty to ter­mi­nate a con­tract if the oth­er par­ty suf­fers an insol­ven­cy event. These pro­vi­sions are enforce­able even if the insol­vent par­ty has oth­er­wise con­tin­ued to per­form its oblig­a­tions under the contract. Some impor­tant reforms came into force on 1 July 2018 which restrict the oper­a­tion…

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Fam­i­ly Law Courts For infor­ma­tion about the Court process in fam­i­ly law mat­ters go to:  www​.fam​i​ly​court​.gov​.auChild Sup­port Child Sup­port Esti­ma­tor cal­cu­lates an esti­mate of how much child sup­port you will receive and/​or have to payChild Sup­port Agency web­site has more infor­ma­tion about child sup­port generallyPost Sep­a­ra­tion Parenting For post sep­a­ra­tion par­ent­ing pro­grams avail­able in your…

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Swaab Con­nect | July 2018

As the school hol­i­days around NSW start, Sher­lene Heng exam­ines how the Fam­i­ly Law Act and the courts deter­mine par­ent­ing arrange­ments dur­ing school hol­i­day time. Michael Byrnes shares two arti­cles this month, first­ly on the recent AHRC report into dis­crim­i­na­tion in employ­ment on the basis of crim­i­nal record and sec­ond­ly…

Swaab Con­nect | June 2018

This month, we share updates to the GST with­hold­ing régime that com­mence in July 2018, and dis­cuss pri­va­cy fol­low­ing the recent Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion cre­at­ed by the Euro­pean Coun­cil and Par­lia­ment. In this edi­tion, Michael Byrnes shares 3 tips for employ­ers on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ter­mi­na­tion and Sher­lene Heng explains how tax…

Swaab Con­nect | May 2018

In this, our 100th edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect, we cel­e­brate win­ning the inau­gur­al Mer­i­tas ​‘Inno­vate to Ele­vate’ award. We also cel­e­brate Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose and their rank­ings in the Doyle Guide. In this edi­tion, Eric Ziehk­le writes about pro­tect­ing the IP in your web­site and Michael Byrnes exam­ines…

Swaab Con­nect | April 2018

In this edi­tion of Swaab Con­nect Richard Ott­ley exam­ines whether, if an employ­ee resigns, can they then with­draw it? Michael Phillips shares part 2 of his arti­cle on Equi­ty Crowd Fund­ing fol­low­ing the CSF Régime which cam into effect on 29 Sep­tem­ber 2017. Employ­ment Part­ner, Michael Byrnes asks What’s in a name…

Swaab Con­nect | March 2018

In this issue Angela Har­vey and Esther Khoo share why you busi­ness needs a com­pa­ny pow­er of attor­ney. Michael Byrnes exam­ines the legal posi­tion of swear­ing in the work­place and Richard Ott­ley writes about what is at stake when fac­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion by the Fair Work Ombudsman…

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2018

This month, we wel­come Michael Byrnes, employ­ment part­ner to the firm. We also share two of his arti­cles, ​‘Sex­u­al harass­ment in the post-Wein­stein age — What’s next for employ­ers?’ and ​‘Lack of pro­ce­dur­al fair­ness does­n’t nec­es­sar­i­ly mean unfair dis­missal’. Fam­i­ly Law Senior Asso­ciate, Lin­da McGirr writes about how the issue…

Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | March 2018

The March 2018 addi­tion has a focus on the new amend­ments to the EP & A Act, just com­menced on 1 March 2018, as well as an update on the sta­tus of the Bio­di­ver­si­ty Con­ser­va­tion Act 2016 arrange­ments, which are slow­ly creep­ing towards final­i­sa­tion and shed­ding the for­mer process­es under the Threat­ened Species…

Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | Jan­u­ary 2018

For this mon­th’s newslet­ter we thought we’d delve in deep and con­sid­er one impor­tant deci­sion, hand­ed down at the end of 2017. We also have a quick note on a UK deci­sion which may have impli­ca­tions for stra­ta unit own­ers who offer apart­ments on Airbnb…

Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | Novem­ber 2017

This month we have tak­en a look at some recent crim­i­nal law cas­es with seri­ous con­se­quences, clause 30A of the SEPP (Afford­able Rental Hous­ing) 2009, and the new SEPP for tree removal on urban land.…

Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | July 2017

Wel­come to the inau­gur­al Swaab Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update.We love plan­ning & envi­ron­men­tal law, and we hope you can see our pas­sion, curi­ousi­ty and con­cern for our prac­tice come through in our updates…