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It is commonly thought that dividends paid by Australian companies must be paid equally across all shares within the same class.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) has released Guidelines for Complying with the newly enacted Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (Act) (Guidelines).
The member of a SMSF made a withdrawal request before his death but the benefit was not paid until 28 weeks after his death.
It was a night of cocktails and community on Thursday, 31st August 2023, at the annual Diamond Event held at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney, raising vital funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation.
In June 2023, a Canadian Court in South-West Terminal Ltd v Achter Land and Cattle Ltd, 2023 SKKB 116, held that the "thumbs-up" emoji carried enough weight to constitute acceptance of contractual terms, analogous to that of a "signature", to establi...
The McCabes Government team are pleased to have assisted Venues NSW in successfully overturning a District Court decision holding it liable in negligence for injuries sustained by a patron who slipped and fell down a set of steps at a sports stadium;...
The recent decision in New Aim Pty Ltd v Leung [2023] FCAFC 67 (New Aim) has provided some useful guidance in relation to briefing experts in litigation.
On 12 July 2023, the Australian Commonwealth's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (Committee) released its landmark report on the state of corporate insolvency in Australia (Report)....
The recent decision in Metal Manufactures Pty Limited v Morton [2023] HCA 1 has confirmed that set-off cannot be used as a defence to a liquidator’s unfair preference claim under s. 553C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the "Corp...