ByLawyers News and Updates

NSW – Driver licence disqualifications – major changes

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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

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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.

Property – NSW

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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

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