Szabo & Associates News & Updates

If a tenant decides they will not be renewing their lease and plan to vacate the leased premises they occupy, they may have to consider their obligations to their landlord in respect of ‘making good’. Commercial and retail leases often have a make-good clause placing obligations on the tenant at the end of the lease.

Family structures have become more complex over the last few decades, with second and sometimes third marriages, a higher portion of people choosing not to marry but cohabit, and others choosing to get together in some manner in the last few years of their lives.

While Australian law allows anyone to leave any part of their estate to whom they wish, it also recognises a moral duty to adequately provide for their family (and possibly others).

In NSW, an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) is an order that a Court can make against a person who makes another fear for their safety. Its purpose is protection from further violence, intimidation or harassment.  There are actually two types of Order. An Apprehended Personal Violence Order (APVO) is used where those involved are not related to each other and not having a domestic relationship. An Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) is used where those persons involved are in a domestic relationship. This means, for example, people who are related, living together, or in a current or former relationship.

In short, there is no right to review a Council’s decision to grant development consent without grounds such as an error of law.