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Posted on 27 Mar 2020Effect of Coronavirus Measures on Retail Leases
Aside from the health and safety fears and concerns about the economic impact generally of the coronavirus, landlords and tenants will also be deeply concerned about its effect on business and the effect of…
Posted on 6 Dec 2019Risks of landlords failing to provide retail leases estimates of outgoings
A recent VCAT decision will be of concern for landlords who fail to provide estimates of outgoings as required under the Retail Leases Act. Section 46 of the Retail Leases Act requires landlords of…
Posted on 6 Dec 2019New Ministerial Determination which exempts farm leases from Retail Leases Act
The Minister for Small Business has published a Ministerial Determination which exempts farm leases from the Retail Leases Act. Farm leases excluded from the operation of the Act include leases of premises under which…
Posted on 26 Nov 2019Proposed Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2019
A new Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2019 (Vic) has been tabled before the Victorian Parliament. If passed, the Bill will amend the Building Act 1993 and the Retail Leases Act 2003. The purpose of…
Posted on 29 Apr 2019Wind Farm Leases
Ballarat and Western Districts are experiencing a boom in wind farm development, with many farmers being approached with offers to build turbines on their land. Unfortunately, in the excitement of extra income and a…
Posted on 28 Nov 2018“Once more unto the Breach”: Review of the Eligible Data Breach Scheme
New legislation requires entities with an annual turnover of $3 million or more, or who provide health services or store health records, to take positive steps to determine whether a data breach has or…
Posted on 3 Jul 2018ED Black Charitable Trust
The late Ernest Donald Black (in 1974), in association with Nevetts Lawyers established a charitable trust. Mr Black’s generosity meant that the whole of his estate on his death constituted the trust funds. Since…
Posted on 1 Jul 2018Superannuation Borrowings in an SMSF
There has been much talk in the press recently about the ability of Self Managed Superannuation Funds to borrow. You would be excused from thinking that radical changes had been made to the types…
Posted on 1 Jun 2018GST Withholding – new residential premises or potential residential land
Changes have been made to the GST Laws which will require purchasers of new residential premises or subdivisions of potential residential land to withhold at settlement an amount for GST and remit it to…
Posted on 3 May 2018GST Trap For Unwary Business Vendors
Many people attempting to sell their business without competent professional help would be shocked to discover they may have to hand one-eleventh of the purchase price over to the Australian Tax Office. Yet, unfortunately,…