Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Government landlords - what the new COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Commercial Leases and Licences) Regulations 2020 mean for you

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The COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Commercial Leases and Licences) Regulations 2020 were made on Friday 1 May 2020, with retrospect...
Monday, 23 March 2020

Farming and agricultural leases confirmed as not part of the Retail Leases Act 2003 - what is covered and what will this mean to you?

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The Minister for Small Business has made a determination that the Retail Leases Act 2003 does not apply to leases of farm premises for comm...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019

New Victorian workplace manslaughter offences

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Victoria now joins the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland in having specific health and safety manslaughter laws in place.  On 26 N...
Tuesday, 3 December 2019

VCAT confirms scope of data security obligations when serving documents

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A recent VCAT decision found that privacy obligations with respect to court or tribunal documents that are served on a party cease upon val...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

How to vary a custodial supervision order: clarifying the legal test

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In a recent decision in Hammond (a Pseudonym) v Secretary to Department of Health and Human Services , the Court of Appeal took the opportun...
Friday, 25 October 2019

A question of time: calculating statutory time limits

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Statutory time limits for taking action are described in different ways within legislation, making (what should be) simple maths complicated...
Thursday, 10 October 2019

Language matters in the transition to new legislation

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The importance of clear and well-drafted transitional provisions was illustrated in the case of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) v Lyon...