Knowledge

How to reduce risk and avoid becoming another statistic

Ben Ryan looks at some considerations for reducing your risk when the government assistances end and the abeyance on statutory demands and bankruptcies lifts.

How e-conveyancing can overcome COVID-19 complications and will continue to play an important role into the future

Tracy Pratt looks at the benefits of using e-conveyancing while COVID-19 lockdowns are in force.

What if you lose your job to COVID-19 while buying a property?

Tracy Pratt explores the possible consequences of your circumstances changing midway through a contract and what you should be doing to protect yourself.

Why allowing extra time for conveyancing is essential during COVID-19

Tracy Pratt explains why, during the COVID-19 pandemic, you should ensure your contract is subject to finance approval and satisfactory building and pest inspections, and allow more time for these conditions to be satisfied.

ATO won’t be flexible with transaction timing because of COVID-19

Craig Hong warns that June 30 is fast approaching, and the ATO almost certainly won’t be flexible when it comes to determining which financial year a transaction took place in, even if it was delayed due to COVID-19.

What the Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 means to you

David Adolphe explains the workings of the recently introduced Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 and how it will impact on lessors and lessees.

Plan ahead to ensure your pets are cared for after your death

Robert Lamb and Caitlyn Wessels explain that although people might think of their pets as members of the family, they are legally property and should be treated as such in their Will.

How strict Verification of Identity rules are helping combat cybercrime

David Adolphe explains how solicitors now have strict Verification of Identity requirements in property transactions to help combat cybercrime.

Court’s ruling on ‘casual’ employees changes very little

Robert Lamb explains why a Federal Court ruling that has made headlines over what it could mean to the definition of “casual” work doesn’t change things as much as the media is making out.

Business Succession: seven key exit considerations

Craig Hong and Ian Hillhouse discuss key exit considerations to help you transition from your business smoothly.

Employment Law and Commercial Leasing During COVID-19

Hillhouse Legal Partners’ Managing Director Zac Herps and Director Robert Lamb recently spoke with accounting and taxation expert Hugh Walsh from Walshs about issues that businesses are dealing with during COVID-19.

Key considerations for medical practice succession

Craig Hong explains the key steps required for the smooth business succession of a medical practice.

New regulations allow electronic signing of Wills: what does this mean and a breakdown of the new regulation during COVID-19

Robert Lamb explains how new regulations issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland make it possible for people to sign their wills remotely under COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

UPDATE: Queensland legislation passed to implement the National Code of Conduct on Commercial Leases

David Adolphe provides an update on the National Code of Conduct on commercial leases and the range of powers the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 gives the Queensland Government.

What Australian landlords and tenants in the accommodation industry need to know about the PM’s Mandatory Code and Commercial Leases

David Adolphe explores the commercial and retail leasing issues arising from COVID-19 in the context of the accommodation sector.