20 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Proposed offset insufficient to overcome conflict with the assessment benchmarks The Planning and Environment Court has dismissed an appeal against a local government's decision to refuse a development application for a development permit to reconfigure a lot into five lots because the proposed development...
20 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Public interest embodied in the Planning Scheme is relevant to a consideration of whether a ... Redland City Council v King of Gifts (Qld) Pty Ltd and HTC Consulting Pty Ltd & Anor [2020] QCA 41 concerned an application for leave to appeal and an appeal to the Queensland Court of Appeal relating to a development application...
20 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Concrete batching plant use not abandoned despite lengthy period out of operation The Planning and Environment Court has declared that the use of land as a concrete batching plant has not been abandoned and that the land may be used for purposes consistent with the development approval given by the Court in 1983.
19 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Court states the evolution of decision making under the Planning Act 2016 and finds no basis to ... The case of Brookside Estate Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council & Anor [2019] QPEC 33 concerned a submitter appeal to the Planning and Environment Court.
19 Aug 2020 Insurance Workers compensation and the new era of working from home The old principles outlined in Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Hill take on a new significance in COVID-19 Australia.
19 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Submitter appeal against ideally located childcare centre fails The case of Richards & Ors v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2020] QPEC 26 concerned a submitter appeal to the Planning and Environment Court against the decision of the Brisbane City Council.
17 Aug 2020 Corporate and commercial Insurance A paramedic is not an emergency physician: High Court visits the standard of care for ... Medical malpractice case provides lessons for insurers and professionals on assessing standard of care and careful preparation of witness statements.
14 Aug 2020 Property Court hands down first decision on relief against forfeiture during COVID-19 period A recent decision of the NSW Supreme Court in Sneakerboy Retail Pty Ltd trading as Sneakerboy v Georges Properties Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 996, sheds light on the how courts may determine applications for relief against...
14 Aug 2020 Planning, infrastructure and environment Redeveloping existing residential flat buildings, clause 4.6 requests and existing use rights What developers can learn from the decision in Made Property Group Pty Limited v North Sydney Council [2020] NSWLEC 1332, which highlights, among others, the highly technical requirements a written clause 4.6 request must meet.
7 Aug 2020 Employment and safety Update on COVID-19 border closures - implications for employers and employees The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has seen all states and territories impose border and movement restrictions.