The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to significantly disrupt business operations around the world and is making some contractual obligations increasingly more difficult (and in many cases impossible) to perform by contracting parties. These circumstances have led...

Introduction The Commercial Tenancies (COVID-19 Response) Act 2020 (Act) came into effect on 24 April 2020 in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on certain commercial tenancies, including retail tenancies, small businesses and incorporated associations....

A McLeods Update on 6 April 2020 closely followed the coming into effect on 4 April of the amendments to the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (LPS Regulations).  That Update explained how the new deemed provisions...

In order to assist rapid and coordinated provision of legal assistance on COVID-19-related issues, we provide the following contacts at McLeods for your convenience: Legal Issues Contacts Contact details Governance matters including: meetings conducted by electronic...

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implementation of social distancing requirements, amendments to the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 have been made to enable the mayor, president or council of a local government to authorise a...

By gazettal on 3 April 2020, the Minister for Planning published an amendment to the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (WA) (LPS Regulations) in the form of the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes)...