In e-Conveyancing, most of the focus to date has been on how to satisfy verification of identity (VOI) requirements. The VOI obligation is to take reasonable steps to verify the identity of each party to the conveyancing transacti...

In September last year, new rules were introduced in Victoria requiring mortgagees/lenders to take positive steps to verify the identity of mortgagors/borrowers and their authority to deal with the land being mortgaged. These chan...

Since their commencement on 1 January 2010, all Modern Awards have had a standard clause 2.2 which allows employers to absorb monetary obligations imposed by the Modern Award into over award payments (Absorption Clause). This c...

Ownership of FTAs by in-house counsel is a key to increasing FTA utilisation.  Too often FTAs are not used because of their complexity, other times they are incorrectly used.  Logistics teams need legal support to fully utilise ...

Earlier this year the Victorian government made changes to the Duties Act 2000 (Vic) (Act) to impose an additional 3% of duty on foreign purchasers of Victorian land used or intended to be used as residential property. These chang...

New state planning rules in NSW have freed up design options for multi-residential units in NSW to help improve housing affordability and supply. In the Sydney area, six local councils (Waverley, The Hills, Botany Bay, Rockdale, ...