Specialty Group: Construction & Real Estate

JCT have just updated their Intermediate suite of building contracts, to include easier payment and more flexible insurance provisions, following on previous updates to their Design and Build and Standard Building Contra ...

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 ...