ArticleCrowdfunding finally takes off in AustraliaAustralia joins other countries supporting crowd-sourced equity funding, such as the UK, Canada, USA and New Zealand.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawHopgoodGanim
ArticleHigh Court clears Fortescue Metals and Andrew Forrest of Corporations Act breachesThe judgment in ASIC's joint action against Fortescue Metals and Andrew Forrest was handed down by the High Court.AustraliaCorporate/Commercial LawHopgoodGanim
ArticleThe flow on effects of incorrectly characterising a worker as an independent contractorThis simple case study, based on actual events, demonstrates some of the problems of incorrect worker characterisation.AustraliaEmployment and HRHopgoodGanim
ArticleChanges to transfer and landholder duty for resources exploration in QueenslandThis alert outlines how the proposed amendments will change the duty liability for resources exploration in Queensland.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleHunger Strike Farmer Wins at High CourtEarlier this month, the High Court ruled in favour of Peter Spencer, the New South Wales farmer who came to fame last summer after he undertook a 52 day hunger strike to protest limitations on his right to clear his own land.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleNew tax benefits for geothermal explorersExposure draft legislation allows geothermal explorers to access tax write offs and deductions for exploration expenses.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleQueensland electricity retailers: prepare now for changes of the law to avoid the shockAll businesses involved in the sale of electricity in Queensland (on any scale) should prepare for this new regime.AustraliaEnergy and Natural ResourcesHopgoodGanim
ArticleCommonwealth and Queensland finalise a revised assessment bilateral agreement under the EPBCThis revised assessment bilateral agreement is the second step towards a "one-stop-shop" for environmental approvals.AustraliaEnvironmentHopgoodGanim
ArticlePlaying favourites: disputing the distribution of an estateThe Court must look to the conduct of an adult child and to competing claims other beneficiaries may have on the estate.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialHopgoodGanim
ArticleWA local government reforms look to change 100 year old metropolitan Perth boundariesThe alert updates the changes and discusses what the reforms will mean for local government, developers and ratepayers.AustraliaGovernment, Public SectorHopgoodGanim
ArticleCommercial morality and deeds of company arrangementThe judgment has highlighted the vulnerability of deeds of company arrangement approved by related-party creditors.AustraliaInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringHopgoodGanim
ArticleThe Big Spill: Damages for contamination to landThis recent decision highlights the importance of particularising claims for damages at an early stage of proceedings.AustraliaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationHopgoodGanim
ArticlePlanning Law PerspectivesA series of Alerts offering planning law perspectives on issues relevant to the building and construction industry.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleChanges to Queensland’s development system under the Economic Development Bill 2012The ED Bill will repeal the Urban Land Development Authority Act 2007 and abolish the Urban Land Development Authority.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleHave your say: draft amendment to the State Planning Policy July 2014 – 13 November 2015We discuss key changes proposed by the Draft Amendment to the State Planning Policy.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleQueensland Court of Appeal confirms the test for reasonableness - 21 December 2015The test of what is reasonable or unreasonable involves value judgments, which include room for differences of opinion.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleRetail Shop Leases Amendment Bill 2014This Alert discusses implications for lessors and lessees of the reforms in the Retail Shop Leases Amendment Bill 2014.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleThe Queensland Plan: The State Government’s 30 year visionThe State anticipates that the working draft of the Queensland Plan will be completed in mid-2014 and delivered in 2014.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim
ArticleUnhappy with your retail shop market rent review? How to challenge an expert rental determinationIf a landlord and tenant cannot agree on the current market rent, it must be determined by a specialist retail valuer.AustraliaReal Estate and ConstructionHopgoodGanim