The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021 (the Bill) was recently passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Bill is an attempt to address

It is hard to miss the extensive residential and commercial development that has been occurring within Newcastle in recent months with a number of these located near longstanding music venues.

For the most part, the stories we hear about how living in the time of Covid-19 are negative. Lives have been lost, families separated and businesses collapsed. There have, however,

When any legal matter goes to hearing, it’s an emotional time. This is especially so in family provision claims; the parties are grieving a loved one and are emotionally and

I’M SURE you have felt it too – you’ve decided to purchase something, you want to check its availability or maybe its price. Your finger itches, you pick up your

The last few years have seen a boom in the construction of apartment and townhouse complexes leaving many of us asking, should I purchase a property ‘off the plan’? What

The duties of a trustee while defined partly by Commonwealth and NSW legislation have largely been formulated by case law determined over hundreds of years most of which predates 1900.

Wherever we go these days we see people using social media – it has become such a normal part of life. It is instantaneous and we love it (well, some

The Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’) has made it clear in its decisions on unfair dismissals that there are two main considerations: whether there was a valid reason for termination or