The Land Registry has been planning on restructuring the process
of conveyancing for a number of years now. By developing an
electronic system of conveyancing the Land Registry aims to make it
faster, easier and more secure than its paper equivalent. The Land
Registry Act 2002 laid down the legislative foundations for the
transformation of the buying and selling of property in England and
Wales into a paperless system....
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In the following case, the court refused to enforce a decision of the adjudicator on the grounds that the adjudicator made a material jurisdictional error in deliberately declining to consider the employer’s set -off defence; and that the deliberate decision amounted to a breach of natural justice.
The Technology & Construction Court (TCC) has held that a sub-contractor may owe a duty in tort to its direct contractor, in addition to the duties it owes in contract.
Every year California property owners pay property tax based upon the property’s assessed value, as determined by the county assessor. The assessed value of many properties has steadily increased over the years as county assessors have often applied a 2 percent annual increase to annual assessed value.
The New South Wales (NSW) Aboriginal cultural heritage regulatory regime is undergoing significant reform with the staged introduction of the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2010 (Amendment Act). Other changes aimed at environmental protection are also introduced under the Amendment Act, including provisions relating to the regulation of native plants, fauna and threatened species.
On 9 June 2010, the ATO released a draft public ruling on the GST treatment of "ingoing contributions" in the development and sale of retirement villages. If the ATO’s preliminary views are adopted in the final ruling, they will impose significant costs on the retirement village sector.
The Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (Act), recently passed in the NSW parliament represents the first fundamental overhaul of residential tenancy law in New South Wales for over 20 years and follows detailed consultation with industry groups. It contains changes to existing tenancy law that will affect both landlords and tenants.
The land access provisions of the Mining Act 1992 (Mining Act) and the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 (Petroleum Act) were amended on 9 June 2010 with the commencement of the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Land Access) Act 2010 (Amendment Act).
