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Commercial Lease Make Good Obligations in NSW: How Landlords Can Avoid Costly Disputes
If your business is approaching the end of a commercial lease, understanding your make good obligations early can help you avoid unnecessary works, protect your financial position and reduce the risk of a costly dispute.
Australia’s Privacy Reforms: What Your Business Contracts Need Now
Australia’s proposed privacy reforms could change how businesses collect, use, share and protect personal information. Businesses should review their commercial contracts, data practices and AI arrangements now, before the proposals become law.
AI is changing Fair Work claims. Employers need better records.
If you are performance managing an employee, dealing with misconduct, or responding to a workplace complaint, there is a reasonable chance that the employee is already using generative AI to understand their rights, question your process and help prepare what they say to you.
Can Directors be Personally Liable even when they believe they are Acting in Good Faith?
What does acting in good faith require of a director? Saxon Woods Investments Limited and others v Francesco Costa [2026] UKSC 21 highlights director duties, board governance and personal liability.
How does External Administration affect a Builder’s License in NSW?
A common misconception amongst those involved in the residential construction industry in New South Wales is that any external administration automatically results in the cancellation of their contractor license.
Security of Payment Act and Residential Building Work in NSW: What Homeowners and Builders Need to Know
Buyer beware: the application of security of payment legislation to residential building work in New South Wales
Mine Services Industry Insights 2026
The mining services sector continues to evolve in response to changing market conditions, workforce challenges, technological advancements and increasing commercial pressures.
The Top 6 Legal Mistakes Growing SMEs Make and How to Avoid Them
What 25 years of resolving business disputes has taught me about protecting growing SMEs.
Can a Builder Increase a Fixed Price Contract Due to Rising Material Costs?
Builders are being squeezed by rising material and labour costs. Fixed‑price contracts make this even harder. This article explains how rise and fall clauses work, when they help, and the risks if they are not drafted well.
NCAT Building Disputes: 5 Common Misconceptions Explained by Home Building Dispute Lawyers
There are a number of misconceptions about how home building claims are dealt with by the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).
The Danger of Ignoring Your Inbox: Payment Claims and the Security of Payment Act
Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (Act), strict deadlines apply to the service of payment claims and payment schedules. A recent Court of Appeal decision has confirmed that even an email address used informally in project communications may be used to validly serve payment claims under the Act.
Structuring Parent–Child Loans for Real Recovery in Family Law Property Division
For advisers involved in structuring intergenerational funding arrangements, a recurring question is whether a parent–child “loan” will be recognised and recoverable if the child later becomes involved in a family law property dispute.
