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The Return of the Commercial Leasing Mandatory Code
As a result of NSW and especially Sydney being placed into lockdown in recent weeks, the State Government has now reintroduced the Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leasing to provide rent relief for eligible retail and commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19...
Goodbye to Paper Certificates of Title
A Certificate of Title is an official paper document issued by a government authority to prove that a person owns certain real estate. It records all the details shown on the public Torrens Title Register up to the time it was issued. In the past the owner of a...
Wrongful Occupation of a Deceased’s Home by an Executor
An executor is appointed under a Will to administer the deceased's estate by collecting in the deceased's assets, paying the deceased's debts and then distributing the assets to the beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the Will. All the time, the executor is...
More Changes for the Keeping of Pets in Strata Units
In October 2020 the NSW Court of Appeal ruled that a certain by-law in a strata scheme that imposed a blanket ban on the keeping of animals was oppressive and therefore invalid. Now the NSW Parliament has gone a step further and passed a new law, the Strata Schemes...
A Warning about Mental Capacity and Wills
In order for a Will to be valid the maker of the Will (the testator) must have the proper mental (testamentary) capacity i.e. they must, amongst other things, understand the nature and effect of the Will and the extent of their property. It is possible for a relative...