Background Summary judgment applications to enforce statutory debts under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (Act) are quite common fixtures in our civil court lists. They arise ...

What is a right to renew? Many commercial tenants occupy their premises under tenancies. Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the “Act”) gives these business tenants the right to remain in their premises when ...

Will a contractual deemed service of email provision ever provide a Respondent more than the statutory maximum 10 Business Days for service of a Payment Schedule? The Court of Appeal’s short answer is ‘no’. Backgr ...

Following up on our earlier coverage of the new California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption passed as part of budget trailer bill AB 130, another significant CEQA pathway was created through its companion legis ...