by AntcliffeScott | Nov 16, 2022 | Business, Company News, Contracts, General, Unfair Contracts
Big businesses that use unfair standard form contracts with small firms and consumers will have approximately 12 months to rewrite their agreements before they face substantial penalties for the first time. On 27th October 2022, Parliament passed new laws prohibiting...
by AntcliffeScott | Aug 15, 2022 | Commercial Property & Land Use, General, NSW Government, Property Market, Property Options
There has been a recent important change to the law regarding the imposition of state duties on property options in NSW, which will impact option agreements in real estate acquisitions. With effect from Friday 20 May 2022, the Duties Act 1997 has been amended to...
by AntcliffeScott | Apr 5, 2022 | Business, Business Growth, Buying a Business, Exit Strategy, General, Selling a Business, Succession Planning
You are a small business owner – some time in the next few years you want to sell, but have no immediate plans. But things can change quickly and without warning – health, family circumstances, or maybe someone comes to you and wants to buy your business. Is this the...
by AntcliffeScott | Jul 30, 2021 | General, Guarantor Loans, Home Loans, Property Market
Rapidly rising house prices have seen the median price of homes across major cities hit record highs. In Sydney alone, the median price has increased 8.5% in the first quarter of the year, soaring to $1.3 million (the fastest quarterly gain in almost 30 years). This...
by AntcliffeScott | Jun 5, 2021 | Building Industry, Commercial Property & Land Use, Design and Building, General, NSW Government, Property Law
Regulation of the building industry in NSW has always been a topic of much dispute, however it has increasingly attracted attention since cases such as Opal Tower and Mascot Towers shone a spotlight on questionable building practices, mass defects and devastating...
by AntcliffeScott | Apr 5, 2021 | General, Investments, Regulation, Share Market, Short Selling
Not so many years ago, for most of us a “short” was the caffeine boost we sought after a hard night out – or perhaps a reference to a 1995 movie with John Travolta and Danny DeVito. However, thanks to more recent Hollywood productions, such as The Wolf of Wall of Wall...
