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On 19 May 2022, the State Revenue and Fines Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2022 (NSW) (‘the Act’) received Royal Assent. The Act operates to broaden the current duty coverage in NSW, introducing significant changes to the Duties Act 1997 (NSW). One of these significant changes include the imposition of duty when granting put and/or call […]

In light of the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi-Gras festivities currently underway, we wanted to shed light on the progress made regarding same-sex marriage in Australia since its legal inception on the 9th of December 2017. Same-sex marriage was legalised through the enactment of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cwlth), […]

The Registrar General of NSW has announced that from 11 October 2021, all paper certificates of title (CTs) will be abolished and paper dealings will no longer be acceptable for lodgement. These changes mean that all current CTs will have no legal effect and the Registrar General will no longer issue CTs for any reason […]

The Registrar General has declared that from 22 March 2021, twenty-nine dealings must be lodged electronically. These changes mean that NSW Land Registry Services will no longer be able to accept these certain dealings in paper at their Lodgement Office unless a Conveyancing Rules waiver applies. The list of exemptions can be found here: https://www.registrargeneral.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/967200/Conveyancing-Rules-Waiver-CR1-2021.pdf The […]

The Family Court of Australia has recently collapsed after a Bill was passed merging the Family Court of Australia with the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The merger of the courts was met with great resistance from many family law experts including former judges, lawyers, family violence experts, lobbyists and legal bodies who believe that […]