As you can imagine, when entering into a legal transaction, whether it be a lease, a contract or a Deed, it is vital that your correct legal name is used.

Whilst it might seem obvious, the reason for this is to ensure that the person named in the documents can be easily identified as the person cla...

The 2022 edition of the Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Land has just been released by the Law Society of New South Wales, with the amendments to the previous edition mostly prompted by the commencement of the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2022 on 1 September 2022.

The latest edition...

1. The laws relating to unfair dismissal attempt to balance the needs of the business and the needs of employees, and establish procedures for dealing with unfair dismissal that are quick, flexible and informal, and address the needs of employers and employees. The aim is to ensure that a “fair go al...

Not only can an estate challenge be made by someone who is a blood relative of the deceased (so long as they satisfy one of the categories of relatives set out in the definition of “eligible person”, as defined in section 57 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW)), but it can also be made by someone who i...

Business to business contracts are often "standard form contracts", meaning that one party will have a pre-drafted the contract to make it easier and simpler (and often quicker) to provide the contract to the other party, such as contracts between a supplier and its customers.  Sometimes the reverse...

The Supreme Court Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in relation to an L-shaped easement, granting one property owner (#8) a right of way over the rear and side of the neighbouring property (#6) to enable access to the street.  This right of way in Birchgrove (inner Sydney) was initially e...

If you’re a director of a company, you may very well have been asked to sign a personal guarantee, to guarantee the company’s obligations under a contract – for example, the payment of invoices to a supplier, or the payment of rent to a landlord.  Sometimes, the company and the personal guarantor wi...

Typically, when selling property, the deposit which is paid at the time of exchange is held by the deposit holder, usually the selling agent, until settlement has taken place, at which time it is released to the vendor.  In some instances, it may be released to the vendor prior to settlement if the ...

Paolucci v Makedyn Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 215

In September 2021, the Supreme Court of New South Wales’ Court of Appeal dealt with a matter concerning a dispute between a property owner (Paolucci) and the developer (Makedyn Pty Ltd) regarding Paolucci’s large parcel in western Sydney which had been re...

 The Australian Federal Court has issued the first penalty order for breaches of Australia’s foreign investment rules, resulting in $250,000 in penalties: Commissioner of Taxation v Balasubramaniyan [2022] FCA 374.

A foreign investor has been penalised for purchasing multiple properties in outer Me...

Commercial landlords should ensure that invoices issued to tenants for rent and outgoing amounts include:

• the correct GST component
• any rent increases that are entitled to be charged
• all outgoings that are entitled to be charged.

The invoices should also be issued in a timely manner and in a...

Business innovation = new processes, ideas, services or products. Shire Legal’s innovation project – a new way of doing business – will be revealed on 2 / 2 / 22. Watch this space …