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Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 28 Mar 2022
Duty (ACT): off the plan unit exemption threshold increased
The property value threshold for the ACT duty concession for certain off the plan units will be increased to $600,000. From 1 April 2022, off the…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 22 Mar 2022
Coles not liable in negligence for slip and fall at supermarket (ACT)
A woman who was injured when she slipped on a grape on the floor while shopping at Coles, has been unsuccessful in her claim of negligence against…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 21 Mar 2022
Delay in pancreatic cancer diagnosis did not impact terminal diagnosis (ACT)
Contributed by Jacqueline Waugh, Senior Content Specialist, Wolters Kluwer A woman who presented at Canberra Hospital in December 2017 complaining of…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 3 Mar 2022
Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme now available (NT), (ACT)
Stolen Generations survivors who were removed as children from their families and communities in the Northern Territory before 1 July 1978, the…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 16 Feb 2022
GP negligent in failing to follow up an electronic referral for surgical review (ACT)
A general practitioner was found liable in negligence for his treatment plan of a patient who presented with a corn on his foot and which later…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 14 Feb 2022
COVID-19 guidance on exempt essential workers in ACT
A guidance note released by WorkSafe ACT offers advice to PCBUs in critical service delivery industries regarding essential workers who have been…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 22 Nov 2021
Commissioner of Taxation successfully defends accountant’s defamation claim (ACT/Cth)
Accountant Vanda Gould has lost his defamation claim against the Commissioner of Taxation, Chris Jordan, with the court accepting Mr Jordan's…
Chamberlains Law Firm | Australia | 2 Nov 2021
PEXA is coming to the ACT
Last year the ACT government introduced legislation which will permit settlements to be conducted through an online electronic conveyancing solution…
Chamberlains Law Firm | Australia | 2 Nov 2021
Unapproved Structures
When buying an ACT residential property, it is common to encounter structures which require a form of approval, but have not been approved by the…
Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific | Australia | 19 Oct 2021
COVID emergency response volunteers to be covered by workers compensation legislation (ACT/Cth)
The Federal Minister for Industrial Relations has declared that eligible volunteers who assist in the delivery of COVID emergency response services…
