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Key takeaways A landlord does not automatically become entitled to property left behind in premises by a tenant. A landlord’s rights and obligations with respect to a tenant’s property will be determined in the first instance by reference to t

On 8 April 2020, we wrote about the National Cabinet’s announcement  introducing the Mandatory Code of Conduct for SME Commercial Leases (Code). Each of the States and Territories have since taken steps to pass legislation on an expedited basis to

Following recent announcements by the National Cabinet introducing the mandatory Code of Conduct (Code) for commercial tenancies, the State and Territory Governments (which are ultimately tasked with legislating the Code) have begun detailing how the

Last week we wrote about the 'hibernation' measures announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 29 March 2020 and the ‘common set of principles’ that had been developed. Since the initial announcement, the National Cabinet has worked with ind

On 29 March 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison released a National Cabinet Statement containing new short-term ‘hibernation’ measures to support commercial tenancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week we wrote about various options availabl

On 31 October 2014, ASIC updated its relief relating to employee incentive schemes.    The introduction of these Class Orders represents, in some respects, a marked change in ASIC’s position in relation to such schemes. The increased flexibili