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Easements present significant challenges in property development, from securing third-party consent for infrastructure connections to navigating strict statutory requirements under Queensland's Planning and Building Acts. Understanding when easement holder consent is mandatory, what legal remedies exist when landowners refuse cooperation, and how approval conditions requiring new easements can create project uncertainty is essential for developers navigating these complex property rights.

The Coalition Government's revived Australian Building and Construction Commission will now have additional more powers.

There is now a definitive answer to the conceptual debate about whether a pre-payment option takes a note out of the exclusion in section 9(d) of the Corporations Act.

The Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Cth) has had a significant impact on the rule-making of Commonwealth agencies over the last three and a half years.

On 22 August 2007, the Department of Health and Ageing announced it had imposed sanctions on the approved provider of Belvedere Park Nursing Home.

Australia could again follow the US into a Middle Eastern conflict with a country that poses no existential threat.

In 2021 Herbert Smith Freehills undertook a significant Future of Work project, with the final report (published here) discussing key trends shaping the future of the workplace.

The DATA Scheme is a legislative scheme established to promote the sharing of Australian Government data.

Members of the AFP have rights and entitlements against their employer under the Federal worker's compensation scheme.

The new collective bargaining framework has the potential to significantly impact public sector bargaining processes.

The Court also held that the liquidators were "executive officer"s to comply with the environmental protection order.

Pharmaceutical companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of publicly available records generated in litigation as a source of commercially useful information. Documentation generated in the course of legal proceedings can give rise to the potential for a third party, with no involvement in the proceedings, to obtain information about a competitor's activities which would not otherwise be available

The tort law reform process in Australia is now complete with the commencement of the Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Act 2006 (Cth) ("the Amendment Act"). Proceedings for personal injuries and death are no longer permitted under the consumer protection provisions of Part V, Division 1 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ("the TPA"). Part V, Division 1 of the TPA includes section 52 which contains the well-known prohibition on misleading or deceptive conduct.

While some may have thought the release of the Australian Productivity Commission's long-awaited report into gambling in June last year would have meant the end of government inquiries into the gambling sector for some time, it appears it is only the first of many.

Looking at some common mistakes in the administration of Commonealth grants is a useful reminder of what not to do.

The Commonwealth cannot be held liable for criminal contempt. It is possible, however, that proceedings for criminal contempt can be instituted against Commonwealth Ministers, departments, officers and agents.

COAG Reform Council presented its report on the National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy.