This sentence is a heavy reminder of serious penalties employers may be exposed to if they fail to comply with WH&S laws.

Summary of changes to the Body Corporate and Community Management (Commercial Module) Regulation.

The Relux case is another example of how you can lose your goods if you don't comply timely with the PPSA Act 2009 (Cth).

Fortunately, in contrast to Victoria, developers in Queensland could apply to the courts for a statutory right of user.

Builders must take appropriate action if they receive documents from QBCC and challenge decisions where appropriate.

As the lift was not used solely for the supply of utility services to lot 8, costs were shared amongst all lot owners.

Pursuant to the decision, bodies corporate in Queensland have six years to bring an action for recovery of unpaid levies.

Australia's new whistleblower laws commenced on 1 July 2019, together with significant civil and criminal penalties.

The QBCC Act 1991 does not permit a 'non-licensee' to review a decision to categorise them as an 'excluded individual'.

In the absence of a force majeure provision in a lease, the parties may turn to the common law doctrine of frustration.

Employers could be vicariously liable when an employee, in the scope of their employment, causes harm to another.

Article discusses when a building contract may be terminated.

Storm 8 issues a clear warning to directors regarding section 180(1) and reaffirms the obligations of care and diligence.

This recent decision confirms the difficulties which a party will face when seeking to restrain a call upon a security.

This is a checklist of some of the changes to important employment-related financial thresholds, effective 1 July 2016.

Although this case deals with a number of issues, the focus of the article is the legal principle of frustration.

An apparently simple administrative error in a PPSR registration resulted in a significant financial loss for a lessor.

Medical practitioners are held to a high level of standard of care and skill in respect of their duty to their patients.

Queensland has published new Body Corporate and Community Management regulation modules, becoming law on 1 March 2021.

The edition contains some improvements, but also marks a trend in property exchange – the dismantling of Caveat Emptor.