E-alert: Preventing the enforcement of security in a construction setting

With respect to Portia[1], a party seeking to prevent a call upon security is likely to need to mount an argument which is stronger than [...]

E-alert: Shutting the gate after the horse has bolted: “Backdoor” review of QBCC insurance payment not permitted

The recent Queensland Court of Appeal decision of Queensland Building and Construction Commission v Turcinovic[1] confirms the difficulties that will be faced by a builder [...]

E-alert: AS11000, Dead and Buried…Perhaps Not Quite Cremated?

In January 2015, Standards Australia released an initial draft of the contract which was set to supersede AS2124:1992 and AS4000:1997.  To be fair, the draft [...]

What can a developer do if a neighbour does not allow access to the neighbouring property?

As south east Queensland and key regional areas continue to become more densely developed, the scope for disputes between developers and owners of properties adjoining [...]

E-alert: Remember the clock keeps ticking when applying to set aside an adjudication decision

Applying for a declaration that an Adjudication Decision is void is a commonplace response to an adverse Adjudication Decision.  What needs to be borne in [...]

E-alert: Historic Award Penalty Rates Decision – Fair Work Commission Reduces Weekend and Public Holiday Penalty Rates

The Fair Work Commission today handed down its long awaited and politically sensitive decision about whether long standing penalty rates on weekends and public holidays [...]

PPSR error leads to $23million loss and confirms the court’s view that form trumps function

An apparently simple administrative error in a PPSR registration has resulted in a significant financial loss for a lessor. In In the matter of OneSteel [...]

New professional standards regime – financial advisers

New legislation mandating professional standards for financial planners and advisers was passed in the House of Representatives. The Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) [...]

Broadley Rees Hogan congratulates Infocus Wealth Management on its exclusive referral arrangement with H&R Block

Infocus announces national referral relationship with one of Australia’s largest accounting firms, H&R Block February 2017 Infocus Wealth Management today announced it has entered into [...]