The question before the Court in Anderson v City of Stonnington [2016] VSC 374 (“Anderson v Stonnington”) was whether the laneway in question was a road within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1989 (“LG Act”), the Road Management Act 2004 (“RM Act”) or a highway pursuant to the common law. The Court determined […]
The new withholding regime applies to contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2016. The regime imposes an obligation on a purchaser who purchases certain types of Australian assets with a market value of at least $2 million from foreign residents to collect and remit 10% of the purchase price to the Australian Taxation
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The Administration and Probate Act 1958 allows an eligible person to apply for additional provision to be made for them from the estate of the deceased where the deceased’s Will does not adequately provide for them. The Act uses a list-based approach, listing those who are eligible to apply. From 1 January 2015, the list
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New fencing laws came into operation in September 2014; the Fences Amendment Act 2014 (Vic) (“FAA”) updated and amended the Fences Act 1968. The main changes made by the FAA are: One simplified process for all fencing and subsidiary work involving the construction of a new dividing fence or the repair of an existing dividing
General Law Land In Victoria, General Law Land (also known as Old Law Land or “NUA” Land (Not under the Act)) is land that has not been brought under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act (TLA). Since 1999 it has been compulsory to bring land under the TLA on transaction (e.g. on the
Superannuation Death Benefits – you can’t just nominate anyone family therapy Your AMAZON domme Your ‘death benefit’ includes the money in the your superannuation account at the time of death plus any life insurance cover you have through your super fund. Death benefits are not estate assets and therefore you generally cannot deal with your
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What is Metadata? Metadata is data that describes other data. So, for example, the Metadata relating to a telephone call would include information related to that call – date and time of the call, duration, telephone numbers of both parties, approximate locations of the parties, and then like – but not the actual voices themselves.
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The Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (“the New Act”) will commence on 1 September 2015, after which powers of attorney appointments must be made under the New Act. A Power of Attorney is a legal document pursuant to which a person (“the Principal”), who has capacity to make decisions and take action, may appoint another
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What’s the issue? As the law presently stands in Australia, persons of the same gender are not able to marry. That is, the definition of marriage explicitly excludes persons of the same gender. What does the law say? “Marriage” is defined in the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) (“the Act”), a Commonwealth act of parliament, last
