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Infrastructure projects in NSW can give rise to a number of legal issues concerning the compulsory acquisition process.

When divorce and separation happens the impact on children’s lives can be considerable. This can be the case even where the parents maintain a reasonable relationship. However, this is multiplied where conflict is on-going between the parents. In these cases co-parenting can prove particularly difficult. Parallel parenting offers an alternative way to support the children’s well-being when co-parenting is not working or a practical proposition.

One of the grounds for challenging a Will is the maker’s mental incapacity. Incapacity can take a number of forms which include dementia.

State environmental planning policies (SEPPs) set the rules that control what developments can occur and they apply across the state. NSW’s State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022 came into effect on 1 October 2023. Its aim is to assist towards achieving the NSW’s net zero target for greenhouse gases by 2050 by encouraging the design and delivery of more ‘sustainable’ buildings.

There is no single definition of parental alienation, but occurs where a child’s resistance or hostility to one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent. It happens when one parent deliberately undermines and damages the relationship that the other parent has with their child. For example, when one parent makes nasty comments, manipulates or makes untrue allegations.