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Leah Dempsey ACA International Washington, DC Leah Dempsey has a career marked by success as an advocate for the financial services industry, committed to advancing their priorities at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Communications Commission, other federal agencies, and on Capitol Hill. Dempsey was recognized by The Hill as a Top Lobbyist in 2020 noting that, “The ranks of policy experts and influencers run deep in Washington, but these are the people who stand out for ...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 The last remaining exemption for owner-occupier construction contracts from the operation of the  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOP Act) was repealed on 1 March 2021. Contractors under owner-occupier residential construction projects will be entitled to make claims for payment under the SOP Act, including making and enforcing adjudication applications. This change to the SOP Act will significantly change how payment di...

Australia’s shocking wage theft scandals keep coming by the truckload We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 13, 2021 — 5.00am March 13, 2021 — 5.00am Save Normal text size Advertisement When Victoria became the first state to criminalise wage theft in June 2020, it was seen as a big step forward in the fight against systemic underpayment of wages in Australia. Queensland followed and in December the federal government promi...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. From 1 March 2021, residential builders will be able to use the Security of Payment regime to more easily resolve disputes and recover progress payments from owner occupier homeowners. Residential home building work carried out by a home builder for an owner occupier homeowner has always been exempt from the Security of Payment laws in NSW. This has meant that the residential home builder car...

PROCEDURE - CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN STATE AND TERRITORY COURTS - COSTS - OFFERS OF COMPROMISE, PAYMENTS INTO COURT AND SETTLEMENTS - OFFER OF COMPROMISE OR OFFER TO SETTLE OR CONSENT TO JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULES - GENERALLY - where there was a claim and counterclaim - where the appellant made an "all-up" offer to settle "all claims in the proceeding" which was expressed to be under ch 9 pt 5 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 ( the Rules) - where the offer did not distinguish between the c...

The new  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2020 ( New Regulation) commenced on 1 September 2020 (except for Schedule 2 which will commence on 1 March 2021). The New Regulation repeals the  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2008 and is designed to better facilitate and support the administrative functions of the  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 ( the SOP Act). Exempt residential construction con...

In the media Joint effort needed to improve remote-area waste streams: APCO Greater collaboration will be necessary to ensure packaging and plastic waste in remote and regional areas are properly managed in future, a new report says. The report is part of APCOs work with all governments to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets and to deliver on the commitments outlined in the National Waste Policy Action Plan (03 December 2020).  More... Placing a value on wetlands ‘will improve coastal p...

Introduction Whilst the Australian economy is technically out of recession, there remain many businesses struggling to manage cash flow. For those in the construction industry, the  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (1999) NSW ( SOP Act) is a powerful piece of legislation that creates rights and obligations, in addition to those created under the construction contract, to provide a quick, low cost payment claim recovery regime. The SOP Act is designed to provide payme...