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August 29, 2017

A few important changes in employment law commenced on 1 July 2017. The changes are discussed below.

Penalty Rates

Recently, the Fair Work Commission decided to reduce penalty rates for five modern awar...

August 24, 2017

Jenkins Legal Services was joined by the team at Cutcher and Neale Accounting and Financial Services in giving an informative seminar titled 'NFP Focus- Reporting the Real Results and NFP Merger Plann...

July 6, 2017

Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), workers can make applications to the Fair Work Commission to stop bullying at work. Two recent cases have highlighted that directors of companies or not-for-profits...

June 26, 2017

Recently, movie star Rebel Wilson made headlines for winning a defamation case against Bauer Media, a publisher of women’s magazines. She alleged that a series of eight magazine articles attacking her...

June 6, 2017

If you are considering purchasing a property in the Hunter Region, it is important to determine if it is in a mine subsidence district and, if it is, whether you will be able to claim for compensation...

May 25, 2017

Starting with a discussion paper in 2008, the Retail Leases Act has undergone intense scrutiny as the Government consulted with stakeholders to improve the legislation. An amended Retail Leases Act wi...

May 11, 2017

The introduction of Electronic Conveyancing has seen huge reforms across the industry and has already proven its enormous benefits for all parties involved in a matter.

The NSW Government has now relea...

May 2, 2017

One of our commercial lawyers, Sarah Balk, attended the Contract Law Conference: A Brave New World last month in Sydney. Sarah has many years’ experience advising clients in relation to commercial con...

April 21, 2017

A capital gain or loss is the difference between what it cost you to purchase an asset, and what you receive when you sell or dispose of it. Without taking into account legislated discounts, if the am...

March 21, 2017

On 15 March 2017, solicitor, Sally Davies, attended the 3rd Annual Workplace Symposium at the University of NSW.

Sally is Jenkins Legal Services’ workplace lawyer, and this is the second year she has a...

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