Amendments to the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (“BIF Act”) came into effect on 1 October 2020. The amendments relate to the making of a payment claim, consequences for not paying the certified amount by the due date, and the introduction of the concept of payment withholding requests if an amount has […]
A number of retailers have moved away from traditional shops to online retailing. This move has accelerated due to COVID-19 issues, however it has been a trend for a number of years and shows no sign of reversing. We have recently come across this situation where an online retailer intended to take premises in a […]
QBM Lawyers are happy to announce that their Partner, Justin Mathews, has just been registered as a qualified Adjudicator with the Queensland Building & Construction Commission. As well as being registered in Queensland, Justin is also a registered Adjudicator in the Northern Territory. The role of adjudicator in building disputes is an important one, allowing […]
Like most other states and territories across Australia, Queensland introduced a temporary regulation, namely the Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response – Wills and Enduring Documents) Regulation 2020 in early May 2020. Later that month, the Queensland government introduced the Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response – Documents and Oaths Regulation 2020 (Qld)) (the Regulation), which was […]
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