At the time of writing, the recent outbreak of the delta variant of COVID-19 in New South Wales has been met with the NSW Government enacting the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2021 on 14 July 2021 (deali...
In November 2020, the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal determined that insurers could not deny business interruption insurance claims based on an exclusion clause in certain policies that made specific reference to a repealed Quarantin...
Unfortunately the spread of the Delta-variant COVID-19 virus shows no sign of slowing as the public health restrictions in place for Greater Sydney continue for another month. On top of causing difficulty in most other aspects of ...
Introduction The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has missed an opportunity to provide real clarity for unfair preference claims following its earlier decision abolishing the "peak indebtedness" rule. On 10 May 2...
In the wake of a fourth Victorian COVID-19 lockdown, insurers and policy-holders alike will be eager to see the resolution of various Australian court proceedings concerning whether business can recover their losses under their bu...
As part of the extensive overhaul of the Local Government Act 1989 (old Act), stage 4 of the Local Government Act 2020 (new Act) is set to commence on 1 July 2021. This stage will see several more changes to the rules governing ...
