The Retirement Villages commentary has been updated to reflect the current cap for legal fees recoverable by the operator from a resident for preparation of a village contract.
NSW – Driver licence disqualifications – major changes
ALERT: The Road Transport Amendment (Driver Licence Disqualification) Act 2017 commenced on 28 October 2017. It reduces some penalties for various driver licencing offence (notably it removes the automatic disqualification for driving unlicensed), it repeals the Habitual Traffic Offender declaration provisions entirely, it removes/amends mandatory minimum disqualifications and it creates an application to the Local Court to remove licence disqualifications after certain offence-free periods.
It is suggested that the last of these will likely create new/increased work for lawyers in the Local Court.
NSW – Conveyancing
Sale & Purchase of Real Property commentary has been updated top include a table that allows users to easily discern the differences between the By Lawyers Sale of Land contract and the Law Society contract 2017.
1001 Conveyancing Answers has been updated to include reference to the By Lawyers contract and highlight the differences between it and the Law Society contract.
Key differences: The inclusion of warranties which remove the need for standard requisitions and special conditions, the facility for all communications including exchange to be electronic, and replaces claims with a right for the purchaser to either accept the detriment or rescind if the detriment, of whatever value, materially and adversely affects the property and the vendor is unwilling to rectify it.
Injury publications – medical glossary
A medical glossary has been added to the injury publications to assist practitioners with ready access to better understanding medical and trauma terms.
Property – NSW
Updated references to 2017 version of Regulations.
Add the Fair Trading calculator for Retirement Villages.
VOI and client authorisation have been added to the To Do Lists.
New precedents have been added to the property publications including:
- Conveyancing Rules exception;
- Law Society – Commercial 2017;
- Law Society – Strata commercial – 2017
Courts – NSW
New commentary discusses service of documents by the defendant.
References to Civil Procedure Regulations updated
Asset test thresholds
The asset test threshold amounts have been updated in the wills retainer instruction precedents.
Leases – new sublease precedents
Three new sublease precedents have been added to the Leases publication:
- Sublease – retail
- Sublease – commercial industrial
- Sublease – rural
Wills – resignation of trustee
A provision has been included in the will precedents to provide for the resignation of a trustee without being replaced, provided one remains.
Probate filing fees
The Supreme Court Probate filing fees have been updated in the retainer instructions and in the costs agreements. 1 July 2017
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