26 Mar 2020 Property Impact of COVID-19 on commercial and retail leasing arrangements for landlords Widespread changes across NSW in response to the coronavirus pandemic will have significant ramifications for landlords...
26 Mar 2020 Property Impact of the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (NSW) New NSW legislation introduces potentially broad regulatory powers to benefit retail and residential tenants
10 Feb 2020 Property Court finds lessee validly exercises first right of refusal to purchase property despite making ... A recent New South Wales Supreme Court decision highlights the potential issues involved in exercising a first right of refusal.
7 Feb 2020 Property Important FIRB update for developers who hold exemption certificates for sales to foreign persons Backdated fees now to be payable for near-new dwelling exemption certificate sales.
29 Jan 2020 Property Construction Will reforms address the current confidence crisis affecting the NSW building and construction ... The NSW Government has released draft legislation designed to strengthen accountability of building practitioners and to improve the quality and compliance of design and documentation within the NSW building industry
30 Oct 2019 Property New off the plan requirements commence 1 December 2019 The government has proclaimed 1 December 2019 as the day on which the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulations 2019 (NSW) will commence.
28 Oct 2019 Property State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2019 (NSW) The object of the State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill is to make amendments to the Duties Act 1997, the Land Tax Act 1956 and the Land Tax Management Act 1956.
26 Aug 2019 Property When do lease negotiations and documents become binding? The recent NSW Supreme Court decision of Realm Resources Ltd v Aurora Place Investments Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 379 highlights the importance of clearly stating when documents are to be binding.
12 Jul 2019 Property A quick reminder that you can override restrictions on use Councils' power to ignore a private covenant may be good news for property developers in New South Wales.
27 Mar 2019 Property NSW LRS and PEXA introduce the ability to electronically register leases in NSW Introduction of electronic leasing to increase efficiency in leasing.