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Insolvency

Company Reinstatement: Your Key to Legal Action

The reinstatement of a deregistered company is governed by s 601AH of the Act. Subsections 601AH(1), (1A) and (1B) allow for ASIC itself to reinstate the registration of a company on its own initiative or on application in certain circumstance, for e...

Published by Foez Dewan
7 April, 2025
CTP Insurance

The Causation Equation Revisited

The Personal Injury Commission published its decision in Petrie v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited [2025] NSWPICMP 188 on 4 April 2025.

Published by Helen Huang
7 April, 2025
Insurance

Unravelling the Mind: The Impact of Pre-Existing and Secondary Psychological Injuries on WPI assessments

Further to McCabes' Bulletin on 16 July 2024 found here, we discuss the recent NSW Supreme Court decision of Matheson v Baptistcare (Matheson).

Published by Karl Maakasa
3 April, 2025
Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Big little lies – Criminal liability for giving false evidence

A landmark decision in the UK High Court handed down earlier this year found serious allegations of ongoing fraud and forgery by the defendant: COPA v Wright [2024] EWHC 1198 (Ch). A follow up judgment, COPA v Wright [2024] EWHC 1809 (Ch), highlights...

Published by Dylan Zhu
1 April, 2025
CTP Insurance

Review Panel Sidesteps the Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy

The Personal Injury Commission (PIC) published its decision in AAI Limited t/as GIO v Zjalic [2025] NSWPICMP 180 on 28 March 2025.

Published by Peter Hunt
31 March, 2025
Employment

Federal Code on Sexual Harassment

Earlier this month, the Federal Government published a Code of Practice aimed at providing practical guidance to employers to help protect workers from workplace sexual harassment.

Published by Tim McDonald
28 March, 2025
Employment

Bullying or Reasonable Management Action – the Stop Bullying Jurisdiction

A recent decision from the Fair Work Commission’s Stop Bullying jurisdiction has highlighted the challenges employers face when managing underperforming employees. In this case, Commissioner Yilmaz dismissed the application, finding that the employer...

Published by Melini Pillay
24 March, 2025
Corporate

Draft Guidelines for Merger Assessment: ACCC Calls for Public Comment

On 20 March 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released a draft of its updated Merger Assessment Guidelines, inviting public submissions by interested parties 17 April 2025.

Published by Johann Spies
24 March, 2025
CTP Insurance

Are childcare services considered treatment and care or domestic services?

The Personal Injury Commission published its decision in Saedi v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2025] NSWPIC 71 on 21 March 2025.

Published by Helen Huang
24 March, 2025
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