As a registered adjudicator under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (“BIFA”) and partner, Justin Mathews, who also specialises in Building and Construction Law, sets out below some of the basic requirements of a payment claim to recover monies owed by subcontractors and contractors under construction contracts in adjudication under the BIFA. The […]
The characterisation of a person as an employee or a contractor has a number of important consequences. First, there is the issue of pay and benefits. Then there is the question of responsibility for negligence (generally an employer is responsible for the acts of its employees, when it may not be responsible for the negligence […]
A potentially nasty outcome can occur if residential property is bought by a trust that permits distributions to foreign residents, even if that beneficiary is not a primary beneficiary. Because it is possible for a substantial (or total) of income or capital to be distributed to any one beneficiary, if there are foreign residents who […]
Take it from the horse’s mouth https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/public-health-directions/restrictions-impacted-areas
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