The complexities of granny flat interests
Granny flat arrangements can address socio-economic issues but complex legal and financial issues can arise when parties fail to document their arrangement.
Granny flat arrangements can address socio-economic issues but complex legal and financial issues can arise when parties fail to document their arrangement.
Courts have held that a solicitor’s role can extend to advising on and severing joint tenancies where applicable.
The Supreme Court has handed down an important decision dealing with electronic caveats lodged online.
The legality of the electronically created and registered interest is the product of the law’s indifference to contractual form and the express legislative intent of…
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
The 2017 edition of the Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Land is now available online at the Law Society’s eCOS Portal. By PETER…
The foreign resident capital gains withholding amendments increase the number of transactions to which the withholding measure applies but only in relation to property acquisitions…
The strata renewal provisions in the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 allow for the collective sale or redevelopment of an entire strata scheme to a…
The Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2017 was passed by NSW Parliament on 21 February 2017. It amends the Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW). By…
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
Reporting and analysis of recent family law decisions. By ROBERT GLADE-WRIGHT.
Short-term letting is booming across NSW thanks to the likes of Airbnb, but not everyone is happy. A recent parliamentary inquiry has broadly condoned the…
Major changes to the management of strata schemes take effect on 30 November 2016. By ALLISON BENSON.