New Year, New REIQ Contracts, New Era: Is time no longer of the essence?

New editions of the REIQ contracts for residential sales (house and land and residential lots in community title schemes) will be released on 20 January [...]

e-Alert: Director Identification Numbers

A new corporate requirement has been introduced in Australia. A Director Identification Number is a unique identifier number which must be obtained by all existing [...]

e-Alert: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Australia

With increased uncertainty in a coronavirus world, it has never been more important for international creditors to be aware of the most effective way to [...]

E-Alert: Beyond COVID-19 – The Olympic Games

Australia has once again won the bid for the Olympic Games with Brisbane to host in 2032 (less than 11 years to go). Governments are [...]

E-Alert: Potential Rights of a Lessee under a Landlord’s Property Insurance Policy

A lessee who is not otherwise insured under an insurance policy with its own insurer may nevertheless be covered for loss or damage sustained to [...]

E-Alert: New BCCM Regulations – Changes to the Small Schemes Module and Specified Two-lot Scheme Module

On 1 March 2021 the Queensland Government's new body corporate and community management regulations modules became law. Following our first two e-alerts in this series, [...]

E-Alert: New BCCM Regulations – Changes to the Commercial Module

Following our last e-Alert on 10 February 2020, on the Queensland Government passing new body corporate and community management regulation modules which became law on [...]

E-Alert: New BCCM Regulations – Changes to the Standard Module and Accommodation Module

On 30 September 2020, the Queensland Government published the new body corporate and community management regulation modules which become law on 1 March 2021. The changes [...]

E-Alert: A new line of Credit? Extension of Queensland COVID-19 Leasing Regulations

The initial period of compliance under the Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 (Regulations) was expected to finish on [...]