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Lease incentive clawback provisions are common but usually difficult to enforce. This has been the case in most circumstances until Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd v Resources Australasia Pty Ltd TASSC 60 (Tas Ports). Tas Ports is an unusual case with unique circumstances but worthy to note particularly when acting…
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Dealing with the ATO Commercial
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Dealing with the ATO

In 1939, Winston Churchill famously described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. These words can be equally applied to the Australian Tax Office. Emerging from its COVID era forbearances the ATO has announced that it is to be more focused on recoveries and holding errant…
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Partner profile – Simon Mok Vincent Young
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Partner profile – Simon Mok

Simon Mok is our most recent partner at Vincent Young. With dual qualifications in both law and civil engineering, Simon has a thorough understanding and passion for construction which helps inform his legal practice. Simon is admitted in both Victoria and Hong Kong giving him global insight into the law…
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Adjudicators under SOPA must make determinations on issues in dispute ConstructionSecurity of Payments
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Adjudicators under SOPA must make determinations on issues in dispute

Rogers Construction Group Pty Ltd V Mirage Interiors & Construction Pty Ltd  NSWSC 1344 Under the NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 (SOPA), adjudicators’ determinations are limited to matters that can be reasonably contemplated by either party. However, the Court will only quash a decision based on…
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Time to change the appointment process of insolvency practitioners? CommercialInsolvency
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Time to change the appointment process of insolvency practitioners?

The case of Australian Securities and Investments Commission v A One Multi Services Pty Ltd (No 3) FCA 1209 External administrators are often appointed through existing professional relationships between them and the applicants for appointment, or more accurately their solicitors. Does this practice put the duties of independence at risk?…
Victoria Caldwell
The Practical Management of Risk under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) Construction
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The Practical Management of Risk under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW)

With the enactment of the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) (‘the DBP Act’) and Design and Building Practitioners Regulations 2021 (‘the DBP Regulations’) the construction industry and lawyers alike are struggling to grapple with the application, scope and consequences of the imposition of the duty of care by…
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War and port strikes Construction
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War and port strikes

What is their impact on construction projects and what are the remedies?  The global supply chain plays an important role in Australia’s construction projects, not least because we import construction plant and materials (e.g. façade, mechanical, electrical and joinery products, etc.) from overseas.  Events like war and port strikes may…
Victoria Caldwell
Changes to the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Regime Property & Projects
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Changes to the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Regime

Changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding (FRCGW) regime are effective on and from 1 January 2025. All parties to a real property transaction in Australia must ensure timely compliance with the changes. Application The changes apply to all acquisitions occurring on or after 1 January 2025. An acquisition…
Victoria Caldwell