Commercial leases commonly provide for a rent review at intervals throughout the lease and on the exercise of any option to renew. ...
Commercial leases commonly provide for a rent review at intervals throughout the lease and on the exercise of any option to renew.
If your house or property has suffered damage during a recent storm event, before the rebuild it is important that you understand the building and planning laws that may regulate your repairs.
The Valuer-General’s annual land valuations were officially released on 8 March 2017. The valuations reflect new property values in affected areas from 1 October 2016.
Tenants under old commercial leases may now be obliged to pay land tax imposed on or after 30 June 2010.
Vegetation clearing laws are complex and failure to comply with them can be costly.
The recent Supreme Court decision in Trevorrow v Council of the City of the Gold Coast [2017] QSC 12, serves as a cautionary tale for landowners who consent to a development application involving their land where the application is made by a third party.
When a lessee fails to comply with a notice to remedy a non-payment or other lease default, the lessor may be entitled to terminate the lease and retake possession of the property. This is commonly done by changing the locks.
Have you or your company been given an enforcement notice under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA)? Failure to comply with an enforcement notice is an offence and can carry a hefty financial penalty.
On 6 February 2017, the New South Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the well-known decision of the Supreme Court where a lessor lost its interest in turbines (worth US$44 million) because of its failure to register on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).
Failing to register a lessor’s security interest on the PPSR over plant and equipment at leased premises can result in the lessor’s unperfected security interest passing to the administrator of the lessee.
The new CGT withholding provisions commence on 1 July 2016 and, as the commencement date draws closer, it is becoming more apparent that the scope of the provisions is much wider than suggested by the government and the ATO.
Officers, financiers, shareholders and other related persons can now be personally liable for company breaches under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld).
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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