Specialty Group: Construction & Real Estate

By: Luke Preston, Partner and Mark Kenney, Special Counsel  The Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 (Cth) (Act) makes important changes to the Australian Consumer ...

A key benefit of establishing and operating a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (“SMSF”) is the ability to acquire overseas property through the fund. This can occur either by an outright purchase by the SMSF trustee ...

By: Luke Preston, Partner and Kyle Trattler, Senior Associate Two recent decisions have clarified the circumstances in which a court will be bound to refer to arbitration a dispute pending before it, pursuant to s ...

The two authorities of National Oil Well (UK) Ltd v Davy Offshore Ltd and Woodside Petroleum Development Pty Ltd v H & RE & W Pty Ltd are conflicting in relation to the effect of a ‘waiver of subrogation’ clause in a ...