Under proposed new legislation, buy now, pay later contracts will be regulated as low cost credit contracts and BNPL providers will require an Australian Credit Licence.
A submitter appeal against the approval of a development application for a development permit for a material change of use for bulky goods sales is allowed based, among other things, on the lack of demonstrated need for the proposed development.
Five appeals are dismissed in respect of the refusal of five development applications for development permits for a material change of use for a dual occupancy use.
An appeal to against a local government's decision to categorise land as "2T Residential 2" has been dismissed.
An application to change a development approval given by a judgment of the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland is required to name as a respondent each party to the original judgment.
The High Court has now clarified that the proportionate liability regime is available in arbitration (Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 24 (Tesseract)).
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