5 May 2021 Corporate and commercial Employment and safety Just how private are employee records? Employers must exercise caution in seeking to use their status as an employer to force employees to divulge personal information.
28 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Calculating Gross Floor Area contributions and the implications of overpayment in New South Wales The definition of technical planning concepts such as "gross floor area" can vary between planning instruments. Care should be taken at all stages of the project life cycle to ensure that the correct definition is being applied.
28 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Planning and Environment Court rules that a pre-1947 house in Brighton, Queensland can be ... The case of Hawke v Brisbane City Council [2021] QPEC 16 concerned an appeal to the Planning and Environment Court.
28 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Regulated waste facility in rural Queensland to proceed in light of planning and economic needs, ... The case of We Kando Pty Ltd v Maranoa Regional Council [2021] QPEC 1 concerned two interrelated proceedings by the Applicant in the Planning and Environment Court.
27 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Calculating Gross Floor Area contributions and the implications of overpayment in New South Wales Buyozo Pty Limited v Ku-ring-gai Council [2021] NSWLEC 2 demonstrates an application of the purposive approach to statutory construction in the context of "gross floor area".
25 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Queensland Court of Appeal discusses the principles of statutory construction in a case decided ... The case of Zappala Family Co Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2014] QCA 147 concerned an appeal to the Queensland Court of Appeal about the interpretation of a planning scheme provision about carparking...
25 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment South Australian Supreme Court clarifies in relation to an exception or exclusion to a ... The South Australian Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the decision of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia because although the lower Court incorrectly placed on the local government...
25 Apr 2021 Planning, infrastructure and environment Planning and Environment Court of Queensland allows inconsistent conditions in two different ... The Planning and Environment Court of Queensland determines that a condition on a development approval for an Indoor sports and recreation use, which is inconsistent with an earlier condition...
20 Apr 2021 Insurance Education NSW bill proposes enabling survivors of historic child abuse to reopen settlements The NSW Government's Civil Liability Amendment (Child Abuse) Bill 2021 may have a significant impact on religious and educational institutions and insurers.
19 Apr 2021 Insurance Construction Lacrosse - the findings and implications of the appeal judgment On 26 March 2021, the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria gave judgment in various appeals brought from the orders made by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) relating to the Lacrosse Apartments