A local council used social media to help prove its case against an unauthorised motorsport facility.

A new certification process will streamline the approval process and apply to residential and commercial developments.

If you wish to vary an approved development, you must seek planning approval, to avoid a potential criminal conviction.

This system of withholding payments as part of a property settlement process aims to collect CGT from foreign residents.

The article explores a few of the changes to affect the building permit process for WA local governments and applicants.

A couple were prosecuted for blocking off a laneway.

Changes essentially impose a higher tax rate and a lower threshold to contracts of sale to foreign residents.

These powers aim to increase Government's power to collect taxes and to safeguard against fraudulent 'phoenix' activity.

The Court resolved the issue of the limitation period for prosecuting offences under the Planning and Development Act.

There may be changes to the WA system after the completion of the Australian Family Law system review in March 2019.

His appeal was allowed, and the worker was entitled to compensation for the proposed surgery for his second injury.

The only approval of an unauthorised development is a section 164 approval, and is approved from the date of the grant.

Regulations confirm the extension of the "temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections" until 31 December 2020.

The case demonstrates the need for employers to make prompt and contemporaneous enquiries into workplace injuries.

There may be further changes to the WA system after the review into the Australian Family Law system after March 2019.

In general, no items should be sold, encumbered, damaged or disposed of until family property matters are resolved.

Mortgagees act quickly for a vesting order when a mortgaged property is disclaimed by a trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator. .

This case is an excellent analysis of the calculation of damages for non-pecuniary loss under the WA MV (TPI) Act 1943.

Retrospective planning approvals, issued after development has commenced, do not retrospectively approve the development.

Article provides federal budget update in the context of small business entities. .