NSW Property Law: Keeping Ahead of the Changes – a recorded lunchtime online conference
Hear from the experts at this online lunchtime conference. You can watch it on your computer or on your portable electronic device from anywhere.
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About the Recorded Online Conference
Duration: Approximately 2.5 Hours
Hear from the experts at this online conference. You can watch it on your computer or on your portable electronic device from anywhere.
The conference will be based on our highly successful video webinar technology: there'll be a chairperson and presentations.
One registration can be shared by colleagues within the same firm utilising the same login.
THE PROGRAM
Session 1: NSW Conveyancing Law and Procedure: Recent Developments and Reforms
It’s never a dull moment in the world of conveyancing. This wrap-up session examines the key challenges in conveyancing law and procedure over the last 12 months, including:
- E-conveyancing and electronic execution of documents – where are we up to?
- What risks arise over interoperability now that 100% lodgement applies?
- Rule changes to contracting, witnessing and other conveyancing procedures
- Case update, including SPIC Pacific Hydro v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (NSW) 2021; Alexakis v Wan [2021] NSWSC 367
Session 2: Regulator on the Warpath: Foreign Surcharge Duty and Land Tax
Increased compliance activity by Revenue NSW has shown that foreign surcharges are firmly within the regulator’s sights. This session looks at how to properly detect and advise clients in this troublesome and evolving area, and the potential liability issues that practitioners might face, including:
- Rules of foreign buyers of investment property – an overview
- Who is a foreign buyer and what rules apply for foreign home buyers?
- What about where property bought by bought by a trust?
- Key traps to watch out for
- Getting the due diligence right from the start
- Penalties for failure to disclose someone is a foreign person
- Understanding the audit and compliance process
- When will property lawyers be in the firing line?
Session 3: Retail and Commercial Leasing in NSW: Navigating the Current Landscape
This session provides an up-to-the-minute primer on recent case law developments in retail and commercial leasing and the key lessons they hold for practitioners. Cases that may be covered include:
- Cameli Pty Ltd v Place Management NSW [2020] NSWSC 1132
- NB2 Pty Ltd v P.T. Ltd [2018] NSWCA 10
- Sneakerboy v Georges Properties Pty Limited [2020] NSWSC 996 (No.1)
- Sneakerboy v Georges Properties Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1141 (No.2)
- Macquarie Publications Pty Ltd v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 405
- MIR Holdings P/L Anor v Marina Square Retail P/L [2020] NSWSC 1418
The Faculty
Lee-Ann Walsh, Barrister, Chalfont Chambers, Sydney (Chair) Tony Cahill, Legal Author Commentator, Chatswood Andrew Rider, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers, Sydney Anthony Herro, Principal, Herro Solicitors, Sydney
CPD Information
Lawyers can claim up to 2.5 CPD units/points (substantive law).
Enquiries/Assistance
If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Event Coordinator, Hayley Williams—Cameron on (03) 8601 7730 or email: [email protected]