by AntcliffeScott | May 6, 2020 | Commercial Property & Land Use, COVID-19, Property Law
One of the toughest issues for businesses trying to survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that of the premises lease. For most businesses it is the largest fixed cost. For landlords, of course, it IS the business. Tenants have looked to...
by AntcliffeScott | Apr 6, 2020 | Business, General, PPSR, Risk Management
Over the past few years, we have written on several occasions in this newsletter about the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA), which commenced more than 8 years ago on 30 January 2012. In one of these pieces we asserted that the PPSA “brought about the most...
by AntcliffeScott | Mar 6, 2020 | Business, Business Growth, COVID-19, Force Majeure, General, Risk Management
With the ongoing COVID-19 contagion having an unprecedented and unrelenting impact on trade and commerce, it is clear that we are all currently operating in uncharted territory, both professionally and personally. With the full force of consequences yet to be seen,...
by AntcliffeScott | Feb 6, 2020 | Commercial Property & Land Use, Copyright Law, General, Intellectual Property, Property Law
Many properties on the market these days are advertised with a Development Application (DA) listed alongside the main features of the property. Given the significant time and costs associated with engaging an architect and obtaining an approval for a DA, properties...
by AntcliffeScott | Jan 6, 2020 | Commercial Property & Land Use, General, Property Law
We have a late update for anyone who has a discretionary trust that owns residential property in NSW. You may already have received a letter from Revenue NSW about this and not realised its significance, or maybe you have not received one at all. We emphasise, this...
