Under proposed new legislation, buy now, pay later contracts will be regulated as low cost credit contracts and BNPL providers will require an Australian Credit Licence.
A submitter appeal against the approval of a development application for a development permit for a material change of use for bulky goods sales is allowed based, among other things, on the lack of demonstrated need for the proposed development.
An appeal to against a local government's decision to categorise land as "2T Residential 2" has been dismissed.
An application to change a development approval given by a judgment of the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland is required to name as a respondent each party to the original judgment.
Five appeals are dismissed in respect of the refusal of five development applications for development permits for a material change of use for a dual occupancy use.
The High Court has now clarified that the proportionate liability regime is available in arbitration (Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 24 (Tesseract)).
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