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Priority maintained: Administration expe....
In a recent case, Ford (Administrator), in the matter of The PAS Group Limited (Administrators...
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The recent decision in Hutson v Roufeil [2020] NSWSC 864 is a timely reminder of the exceptions to...
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Overview Who should read this paper? Developers and builders who will commence or complete the...
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Aircraft is a type of serial numbered collateral which includes a specified type of machine or...
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The Australian Building Codes Board introduced an out of cycle amendment to the National...
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Are draft claim regimes void in NSW? It is not uncommon for a contract to set out a regime for...
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In the recent decision of Caron and Seidlitz v Jahani and McInerney in their capacity as...
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The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) prescribes a specific definition to “Motor...
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In the matter of The Owners of Strata Plan No 91349 v Australian Securities and Investments...
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Check out our interactive and practical guide for builders to the Design and Building...
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When the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPS Act) came into effect in 2012, it...
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NSW Parliament passed the Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019 on 3 June 2020. The Bill...
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On 17 April 2020, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in Grocon (Belgrave St) Developer v...
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The introduction of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Act 2020 (Cth) sees...
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ERA Legal would like to extend a warm thank you to all who attended our annual Super Bowl event....
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As part of our membership of the Master Builders' Association, our Construction + Projects team...
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A director of a company always owes fiduciary as well as statutory duties to a company. Could a situation ever rise pursuant to which a director owes a fiduciary duty to a shareholder?
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In the judgment of Scott v Ennis-Oakes [2019] NSWSC 1257, the Supreme Court of New South Wales...
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The Supreme Court of New South Wales recently considered a subrogation claim by a second mortgagee...
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Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019 The Government seeks to impose a number of new...
read moreThe Importance of the Harman Undertaking
Supreme Court of New South Wales emphasises the importance of the Harman Undertaking, even in proceedings that are closely related.
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New definition of a “section 4 arrangement”? In the judgment of Lendlease Engineering Pty Ltd v...
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We recently wrote about issues arising from the amendment of a trust deed prior to an insolvency...
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Security under construction contracts Construction contracts in use in Australia often require...
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