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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has indicated that its New Year resolution is to be much more litigious. The comments, made by new Commissioner Sean Hughes earlier this month come in the wake of recommendations by Commissioner Dan...
The Federal Government has progressed a number of legislative initiatives that will impact on directors and are likely to come into effect in 2019 if they go ahead. The proposed new laws include significantly increasing civil and criminal penalties f...
This article contains a summary of two recent developments in case law and legislation, which significantly increase the penalties that companies and their directors may be liable for misleading and deceptive conduct in breach of the Australian Consu...
Over two years ago on 12 November 2016, the unfair contract term protections were extended to small businesses and took effect. The Treasury recently released its discussion paper on the protections and has invited interested parties to provide feedb...
All too often, parties to commercial contracts end up in a dispute as to the meaning of the document. For a number of reasons, from the way a document was drafted to a difference of understanding between the parties, it may become necessary to go to ...
The NSW Government has just introduced amendments to the Conveyancing Act 1919 and the Real Property Act 1900 to provide better protection for purchasers who enter into ‘off-the-plan’ property contracts. These proposed am...
On 14 August 2018, Preston CJ of the Land and Environment Court of NSW handed down judgment in the matter of Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2018] NSWLEC 118 (Initial Action). The Judgment provides an ...
On 5 October 2018 the NSW Department of Planning released an Explanation of Intended Effect describing changes proposed to the planning framework to create a state-wide consistent framework for the permissibility of short term rental accommodation (
On 24 July 2018 Mark McVeigh (McVeigh), a 23-year-old, commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against his super fund, Retail Employees Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd (REST) to require REST to provide hi...
