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Mothers' Day is an emotional and meaningful day for mothers, where children can celebrate and thank their mothers for their hard work over the years. Sadly, for some separated parents, Mothers' Day can also bring with it feelings of sadness. Mother’s Day is now behind us and it is important for next year’s preparations to understand how the family court system makes provisions to allow a visit on this important day. Naturally, the same considerations apply for Father’s Day.

In a recent case, the NSW Court of Appeal considered whether a cleaning services provider which had breached the terms of its contract by using an unauthorised subcontractor, was entitled to the entire contract price for the cleaning services it had provided.

Many of us have lived through a brother, sister or perhaps have experienced for ourselves the physical pain, discomfort and emotional impact of …. braces. I recall my brother in excruciating pain. I recall rather messy eating caused by those damn elastics. Fortunately, I avoided the drama, not because my teeth were perfect but because braces would have altered my bite and so it wasn’t prudent to proceed.

Following the advent of the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulations 2020, which prompts landlords to assist in adopting rent relief for their tenants, the NSW Government has recently introduced a land tax relief system that will act as an incentive for Commercial and Residential Landlords to provide this much needed rent relief for those in financial duress as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a number of difficulties in relation to the lodgement and registration of numerous real property documents with NSW Land Registry Services. This in turn has impacted, or has potential to impact, a large number of people, including anyone wishing to buy, sell, alter or vary any Property, to landlords and tenants and mortgagees and mortgagors. Like the majority of society, the NSW Land Registry Services is introducing a number of initiatives which aim to adapt to the COVID environment and make processes more remotely accessible, for industry professionals and individuals alike.

Jim Marsden OAM discusses the easing of restrictions effective when the State Government announces. Well done to everyone who has helped flatten the curve, please keep practicing social distance and continue good hygiene so that inevitably we can keep easing restrictions.

A project supervisor working at a State high school and who contracted Q Fever in course of his work, has been awarded more than $1m in damages, with the Supreme Court of Queensland apportioning liability between the employer and the State occupier.

A man who suffered injury while riding on the engine of a car after the bonnet had been removed, has been successful in his claim of negligence against his employer, with the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory finding the employer designed and implemented a dangerous system of work.

Cosmetic procedures are very common these days. Beauty salons in every local shopping centre offer a range of treatments and procedures, ranging from relatively inexpensive and non-invasive, to complex and expensive procedures. Often, we don’t know much about the procedures or know what to expect, but we are hopeful of achieving the outcome we want.

A hospital which was ordered to pay damages of more than $11m to a man who suffered from bacterial meningitis following brain surgery, and with no contribution from the neurosurgeon, has been unsuccessful on appeal, with the Supreme Court of Western Australia Court of Appeal upholding the primary judge’s findings and dismissing the contribution proceedings.