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A commenced amendment lifts the standard non-parole period settings for aggravated armed robbery and recasts the aggravation elements. Bears directly on the sentencing range for any s 97 matter now before the court.

The CCA allowed a Crown appeal and gave fresh guidance on the relevance of offender role and rehabilitation prospects to armed-robbery sentencing. A useful comparable for plea-on-sentence submissions.

The Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) costs-disclosure threshold has been re-indexed for the new financial year. Update standard client costs agreements before 1 July.

The High Court restated the structured approach to altering property interests under the Family Law Act, confirming the discretion is not to be applied formulaically. Relevant to the disputed pool in the Chen settlement.

Amendments codifying the steps a court must consider when altering property interests have commenced, including an express direction on companion-animal and economic-effect-of-violence factors.

The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) has been amended to tighten payment-claim and adjudication timeframes. Review the progress-claim chronology on live construction disputes.