Kells the Lawyers Wollongong Solicitors

Our Thirroul Office has Moved

9 April, 2018

You won't have to look too hard to find our Thirroul office, we've moved right next door! A bright and modern space has been designed with your comfort in mind. Come and say hello sometime. 

Local planning panels take place of councillors as consent authority.

29 March, 2018

Amendments to the EPA Act regarding local planning panels commenced 26 February 2018. Councils within the Greater Sydney Region and Wollongong City Council must have their planning panels in place by 1 March 2018. From 1 March 2018 councillors are no longer able to exercise a council's functions as consent authority.

- Mark Evans, Lawyer - 

Workers Compensation Recipients: Don’t Let Your Leave Get Left Behind!

29 March, 2018

If you are an injured worker in receipt of workers compensation and continue to be employed, you should be aware that you have a right to continue to accrue your leave entitlements. 

- Natalee Davis, Lawyer - 

Property Developers and GST: New Draft Laws to Ensure Compliance

29 March, 2018

A new Bill has been introduced into Federal Parliament which makes amendments to several tax Acts aimed at strengthening compliance by property developers with their obligations to remit GST to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). 

- Mitchel Micevski, Lawyer - 

Further Extension to new Biodiversity Laws

29 March, 2018

In a recent article we noted that the new Biodiversity laws (Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016) were expected to replace the EPA Act provisions regarding biodiversity assessment in February 2018,