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“Dial In to See Me Sign!” Signing Documents by AV-Link

Published 01.05.2020

As a result of amendments introduced by the Electronic Transactions Amendment (Covid-19 Witnessing of Documents) Regulation 2020 (NSW) (Regulation), execution of documents by witnesses in NSW is permitted to be conducted by audio-visual link.

The Regulation commenced on 22 April 2020 and will expire on 22 October 2020 unless the NSW Parliament determines otherwise.

Documents to which the Regulation Applies

Is the obligation to pay a statutory debt a ‘liability’ under a public liability policy?

Published 30.04.2020

SA Metropolitan Fire Service v ACN 008 275 296 Pty Ltd (in Liq) & Ors [2020] SADC 45

Summary

A South Australian District Court Judge has found that a public liability policy does not cover a statutory debt:

Is a volunteer a worker for the purposes of benefits under the Workers Compensation (Dust Disease) Act 1942

Published 29.04.2020

Death v Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Authority (No 1) [2020] NSWDC 103

LINK TO DECISION

Summary

National COVID-19 Safe Workplace Principles have been announced

Published 29.04.2020

Summary

On Friday, 24 April 2020 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the release of National COVID-19 Safe Workplace Principles. The Principles have now been published by Safe Work Australia.

It is critical that all employers are aware of these principles, and stay up to date with recommendations and guidance from both Safe Work Australia and the respective WHS bodies in each State/Territory in which they operate.

The Principles

Travel - An industry under siege

Published 27.04.2020

Moore v Scenic Tours Pty Ltd [2020] HCA 17 (24 April 2020)

Commercial Leasing and COVID-19

Published 21.04.2020

Summary

The National Cabinet has, on 7 April 2020, approved a legally enforceable Mandatory Code of Conduct that will apply to SME commercial leasing during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (including a reasonable subsequent, but as yet unspecified recovery period).

The purpose of the Code is to impose a set of good faith overarching and leasing principles for application to commercial tenancies (including retail, office and industrial) between landlords and eligible tenants.

Application of the Code

Published Fri, 17/04/2020 - 16:14 | author author

TurksLegal is pleased to announce that five of our lawyers have been recognised in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia list released today and available now on www.bestlawyers.com.

Best Lawyers is the longest-standing and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, recognising technical excellence and outstanding achievements.

Congratulations to the following partners and special counsel on this great achievement:

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Note from the Editor - April 2020

Published 09.04.2020

IT WAS SO GOOD to see so many of you at our year opening Life Matters seminars last month on “5 Traits of Sustainable Claims Decisions”. It took some doing getting all these busy Turks presenters in the one place at the one time, but it was such a thrill to present with such a knowledgeable team of life experts and I hope you all found it as fun and rewarding as we all did. Please drop me a line if you missed out on receiving a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.