Legal insights
We strive to optimise value for our clients, and apply our legal insights and commercial advice to best support our clients’ needs. Our expert practitioners provide updates and insights into the areas of law in which we work on an ongoing basis. We think differently to most other law firms, and are recognised as a ‘go-to’ firm for legal insights and expertise. We regularly publish updates and articles on a range of legal topics and industry sectors.
A “Sandwich” Short of a Picnic
The Trade Marks Office's recent decision to register the sandwich inventor's name as a trade mark has given rise to...
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Are you ready for the GST withholding regime?
Changes to the payment of GST on new residential property are due to take effect from 1 July 2018. The...
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Use of electronic signatures
Most documents used in day-to-day business can be signed electronically in Australia. The Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 (ETA) governs...
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Family and Domestic Violence Leave
As a part of the four yearly review into modern awards, a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC)...
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Government quashes MIT concessions for foreign investors in major Easter-eve crackdown
The cost of capital for new investment in Australian infrastructure and much of the property sector will increase following changes...
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Unannounced re-accreditation visits, reports and responses
What has changed? Following the release of the independent review of the National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes on 25...
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Ipso facto reforms – Can I enforce my contractual rights?
Ipso facto clauses are contractual provisions that allow a party to terminate or modify a contract on the occurrence of...
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AFCA to be receiving disputes by 1 November 2018
In May 2017, Professor Ian Ramsay's final report of the Review of the financial system external dispute resolution and complaints...
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Long Overdue: Review of Family Law System gets underway
The second stage of the Federal Government's Family Law review commenced on 14 March 2018 with the release of the...
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Federal Court determines that Asset Replacement Charges and Capital Refurbishment Fees are prohibited under the Aged Care Act 1997
The recent Federal Court decision of Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of Health [2018] FCA 177 (Regis...
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Compensation Claims for Lodging Caveat Without Reasonable Cause
The recent Supreme Court decision of Mukhtar AsJ in KB Corporate Pty Ltd v Sayfe & Anor [2017] VSC 623 concerned caveats...
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