A very important reminder that, after 1 July 2018, the parties to residential property contracts entered into after this date must comply with new significant [...]
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Goomboorian Transport Pty Ltd & Ors v Hanson & Ors [2018] QSC 135 resolves complex [...]
The Queensland Government has announced that the new security for payment regime under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) (BIFA), will [...]
Legislation now effective As indicated in our e-Alert in September 2017, at that time Queensland had become the first State to establish a licensing scheme [...]
On 14 March 2018, the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in Pike v Tighe [2018] HCA 9 which is of interest to [...]
Structuring of ownership of IP assets is a good thing. The traditional approach is for IP assets to be held by an IP asset company [...]
The recent decision of Semantic Software Asia Pacific Ltd v Ebbsfleet Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 12 (Semantic Case) serves as a warning to directors and [...]
The High Court of Australia has confirmed that the release of a subcontractor’s retention monies cannot be conditional or dependent upon events or obligations under [...]
From 22 February 2018, the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme applies to organisations and agencies regulated by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This includes businesses [...]