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Workplace bullying and sexual harassment are serious issues in the workplace that can harm a worker’s physical and mental health as well as their safety. Everyone in the workplace has the right to work in a healthy and safe environment, and also has a duty to help stop bullying and sexual harassment at work. If you encounter workplace bullying or sexual harassment, it is important to use the law to protect yourself.

Thinking about migrating to Australia? In addition to skilled migration, investment migration, parent migration and many other pathways, a large number of people each year obtain Australian PR through partner migration.

The Australian rental market continues to heat up, and disputes between tenants and landlords may increase accordingly. Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and the Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019, tenants have solid legal grounds to protect their rights throughout the tenancy. Today we look at what rights tenants are entitled to when a landlord sells the property during a fixed-term lease.

For small business owners, a common issue is that a shop lease is about to expire, but they may not plan to renew — so what should be done next?

When running a retail business in Australia, if you need to lease business premises, you will generally need to enter into a retail lease. Under the Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW), a retail lease begins when a person starts to occupy a retail shop or begins paying rent as the tenant under the lease. The following focuses on retail leases and the key considerations around renewal options.

Buying property is a relatively complex matter that requires careful attention. Because the process involves many procedures, even a small oversight can easily lead to losses. For example, in our previous article The Pros and Cons of Buying Off-the-Plan Property in Australia, we mentioned that property contracts typically include a 5% tolerance clause for off-the-plan floor area — meaning the final area of the property is permitted to vary by up to 5% from the area shown in the pre-contract…

A Caveat is a legal document used to assert a person’s interest in a property. As a formal declaration of interest, a caveat can delay a property transaction and can even freeze the target real estate to prevent any sale that would harm the interest holder’s rights.

This might sound simple: person A purchases a property in their own name and lives in it without renting it out to anyone else. In that situation, you could say they hold both the property right (ownership) and the right to occupy. But does owning the title to a property always mean you also hold the right to occupy it? Today we take a look at the distinction.

Divorce is a complex process, and among divorce-related issues the care of the children is always the most important. Today we discuss: if one party is the child’s step-parent, does that party have parenting responsibility for the child under the law? Must they pay child support? And if that party wishes to see the child or live with the child, what should they do?