The Critical Path – Melbourne C&I newsletter July 2021
Welcome to The Critical Path, HWLE’s Melbourne Construction & Infrastructure newsletter featuring all the latest developments in construction law, to…
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Can parties contract out of limitation periods in the Limitation Acts?
What happened? In Price v Spoor [2021] HCA 20, a mortgage contained a term whereby the mortgagor effectively agreed not…
Combustible cladding: Melbourne apartment residents ordered to evacuate building – steep fines for non-compliance
Why were the residents ordered to evacuate? In the wake of the Lacrosse building fire in November 2014, combustible external…
New COVID-19 Regulation affecting Retail and Commercial Leases during Greater Sydney Lockdown
Commencement and Overview The Retail and other Commercial Lease (COVID-19) Regulation 2021 commenced on 14 July 2021. The new regulation has the…
Breaking modern slavery update – parliamentary report supports legislation banning imports made from forced labour
The Bill seeks to amend the Customs Act 1901 to ban the importation of goods from Xinjiang in the People’s…
Supreme Court finds Aconex deemed service provisions effective
In MGW Engineering Pty Ltd t/a Forefront Services v CMOC Mining Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 514, the NSW Supreme Court…