Home Building Act changes: what home owners and tradespersons need to know

by Amy Harper

A number of important changes to the Home Building Act (NSW) 1989 were passed by the NSW Parliament on 19 October 2011, affecting residential building work in NSW. Read more

Mortgagee sales – new standards

by Lorri Field

Legislation has now commenced that aims to provide greater protection to borrowers who fail to meet their loan repayments and subsequently have their property sold by a mortgagee. The amendments have been slated as providing landowners with protection from “unscrupulous mortgagees”.[1] Read more

IVF treatment raises estate planning issues

by Amanda Madruga

In a landmark case earlier this year, the Supreme Court of NSW allowed a woman access to her deceased husband’s sperm with the intention to conceive a child via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).[1] Read more

Christmas. Maybe Not So Merry

by Craig Borg

The year seems to have slipped away from us, which brings me to the subject of my post today, Christmas.

Now what, you may ask, does Christmas have to do with criminal law? Well more than you may think. Read more