Legal Updates

Posted on May 19, 2021

In this first of two articles, construction lawyer Michael Hutton sets out the “do’s and don’ts” of a school construction project and all…

Posted on May 12, 2021

In the recent decision of LCM Operations Pty Ltd, in the matter of 316 Group Pty Ltd (In Liq)[1] (LCM), the Federal Court of Australia…

Posted on April 28, 2021

Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2021] SASCA 8 In the recent decision of Tesseract International Pty Ltd v…

Posted on April 20, 2021

On 22 March 2021 the Commonwealth Government passed legislation aimed to address the uncertainty around the engagement of casual…

Posted on April 19, 2021

The recent decision of Intelogent Pty Ltd v Onthego Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 257 has provided useful discussion about service of statutory…

Posted on April 15, 2021

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently delivered an extempore decision (meaning that it was delivered orally at the conclusion of the…

Posted on March 05, 2021

The Australian government aims to have as many Australians vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible. However, it has so far refused to make…

Posted on January 19, 2021

Video surveillance is increasingly a fact of everyday life. The cost and size of the equipment have shrunk, and there has been an…

Posted on November 26, 2020

Laws introducing hefty penalties for “serious contraventions” of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) were introduced in 2017. Those laws provided…

Posted on November 05, 2020

A recent decision of the full Federal Court will result in many contractors, who were previously considered to be outside the scope of…