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Posted on 17 Jan 2022Victorian Government Announces Extension to the Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme (CTRS) 2021
On Saturday the Victorian government announced an extension to the 2021 CTRS. The 2021 CTRS has been extended to cover the period from 16 January 2022 to 15 March 2022 to provide “rent relief…
Posted on 10 Sep 2021New Rent Relief Regulations for Commercial Leases
As flagged in my earlier article, the Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme Regulations 2021 are now in effect and set out the requirements for rent relief for eligible tenants and eligible leases and licences. Unfortunately…
Posted on 17 Aug 2021Hysteria or Fact? Mandatory Vaccination in Workplaces
Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine began, there has been considerable discussion surrounding the possible mandating of vaccines in workplaces. Those discussions have had renewed prominence after National Cabinet discussed the issue in…
Posted on 11 Nov 2020COVID-19 Rent Relief Regulations for Commercial Leases & Licences
The COVID-19 Commercial Leases and Licences Regulations have been amended to extend the relevant period for rent relief to 31 December 2020. There are also a number of other significant changes including the following:…
Posted on 24 Aug 2020Mandatory notifications of COVID-19 cases in workplaces
On 28 July 2020, the Victorian government passed the Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (Vic) (the Regulations). These temporary Regulations came into effect on 28 July 2020 and will remain…
Posted on 28 Jul 2020Serving clients in COVID-19
Nevetts Lawyers maintain that the health of their staff and our clients (and the community generally) are a priority. In the early weeks, our response to the risks of the virus and in response…
Posted on 15 Jul 2020COVID-19 Legal implications
In these uncertain and unprecedented times, everyone will be impacted not only in the short term but potentially into the medium and long term. Businesses and individuals will face critical periods and will, more…
Posted on 3 Jun 2020COVID-19 – New Regulations to enable witnessing of legal documents
The Victorian Government has enacted regulations to overcome the problems encountered in signing legal documents during the Coronavirus. Prior to the regulations formal requirements for executing Wills and Powers of Attorney required the client,…
Posted on 2 Jun 2020Insolvency
Among the many legislative changes introduced as a consequence of COVID-19 and its impact on individuals and businesses new legislation passed by the Federal Parliament has made significant changes to Corporations Law and Bankruptcy…