by precedence | Aug 24, 2017 | General News
Hocking Stuart Richmond, a Victorian real estate agency has been fined $330,000.00 for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct, by underquoting house prices to potential buyers. Hocking Stuart Richmond was found by the Federal Court in Director of Consumer...
by precedence | Aug 14, 2017 | General News
The Queensland Government has introduced a new Farm Management Grants Scheme which provides a rebate of up to 50% to primary producers to seek legal advice in relation to intergenerational succession planning for their farming business within their lifetime. If you...
by precedence | Aug 9, 2017 | General News
Starting from 1 July 2017, it is mandatory for an owner, landlord or agent of commercial buildings or tenancies to produce and register a Building Energy Efficiency Certificate with the Building Energy Efficiency Register before they offer to sell, lease or sublease a...
by precedence | Jun 15, 2017 | General News
In the 2016 financial year, the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit estimated that just over $280 million dollars had been misappropriated by 89 attorneys. The available evidence suggests that most elder abuse occurs within the family and is intergenerational, with mothers...
by precedence | Jun 13, 2017 | General News
Earlier this year, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission made a decision to reduce public holiday and Sunday penalty rates. The reduction to the Sunday penalty rates will be introduced gradually over the next 4 years. Summarised below are the changes that will...
by precedence | May 24, 2017 | General News
Miller Harris Lawyers, one of the leading law firms in North Queensland, has won the Queensland Law Society (QLS)’s Equity and Diversity Award for 2017 in the Small Legal Practice Category (legal practices with 20 or fewer legal practitioners). This is the second...
