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Victorian Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme extended

Victorian Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme extended

Revisiting a purchaser’s cooling off rights on exercise of a put option in New South Wales

Vendors who enter into a binding arrangement for the sale of residential property by way of put and call option, and their financiers relying upon such arrangements in construction funding, may be impacted by a recent decision.

What do you need to know as COVID-19 measures for commercial and residential tenancies come to an end in Victoria?

In March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in Australia, the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments introduced a range of emergency measures to assist landlords and tenants who may have been impacted by the economic effects of this pandemic.

Full Bench rules on pandemic exclusion – what you need to know

The NSW Court of Appeal Full Bench has ruled against insurers in a business interruption test case that will have ramifications across the industry.

Insolvency Alert – Insolvency Risk Management in light of COVID-19 temporary amendments extended to 31 December 2020

In late March we summarised a suite of measures introduced by the Federal Government to try and prevent a torrent of personal and corporate insolvencies.

A Right Royle Result – Court of Appeal Rules in Favour of Adverse Possession and Clarifies the Law

The Western Australian Court of Appeal has ruled that adverse possession can arise where a land owner mistakenly encloses land they think belongs to them, even when their intention was not to do so and that a subdivision of land initiated under the Planning and Development Act does not extinguish existing title by adverse possession.

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