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The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes Bill No 2) Act 2024 brings in significant changes to employment laws this week commencing on 26 August 2024. From next Monday, for businesses with greater than 15 employees and from 26 August 2025 for businesses with less than 15 employees, those employees have the right to disconnect…

Letters of Administration is an order of the Supreme Court of New South Wales which appoints an individual (known as an “administrator”) as the legal personal representative of a deceased person’s estate, in circumstances where: What does dying ‘intestate’ mean?When a person dies without a Will, that person is considered to have died “intestate”. What…

Hi, I’m Rebecca, the Practice Manager and Head of People and Wellbeing at Willis & Bowring Solicitors. I’ve been part of this wonderful firm for over a year now, and I’d love to share with you what makes working here such a unique and rewarding experience. Since our establishment in 1960, Willis & Bowring Solicitors…

Within the legal profession technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have already drastically changed the way professional practice operates on a macro and micro scale. However, the recent boom in personal and professional use of AI has showcased the importance of being informed and adaptable; accompanying the positives of mass AI use is also un-navigated terrain…

Background Since its commencement, the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (‘the Act’) has delivered on achieving national uniformity on corporate governance. Despite establishing a uniform framework, the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) has scrutinised the Act for its complexity, tabling its report ‘Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation’ (‘The Report’) late this January. To…

This week, on 6 May 2024, the “Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth)(the Amendment Act)” commenced containing a number of changes that effect the framework for making Parenting Orders and implemented new obligations in the legislation for Independent Childrens Lawyers.    These amendments apply to all new and also to all existing matters from Monday except…

As a tenant entering into a commercial or retail lease, it is important to know what expenses you will incur as set out in the provisions of the lease. Once you come to an agreement with the landlord on an annual rent, whether gross (including outgoings) or net (not including outgoings) and the lease is…

When someone passes away, their assets are typically distributed in accordance with their Will. In New South Wales (NSW) if certain eligible family members or dependents of the deceased feel that they have not been adequately provided for in a deceased’s Will, they can contest it by making what is known as a “family provision…

On Monday 12 October 2020 the Court of Appeal looked into the validity of a strata bylaw prohibiting owners from keeping animals on their lots. Cooper v The Owners – Strata Plan No 58068 [2020] NSWCA 250 is a case brought by Leo and Johanna Cooper, owners and residents of a unit at a Darlinghurt’s…