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On 5 March 2021, in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Dover Financial Advisers Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] FCA 170, the Federal Court ordered Dover Financial Advisers Pty Ltd (Dover) to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...
Legal professional privilege (LPP) protects communications between a lawyer and a client if it was made for the dominant purpose of seeking or providing legal advice, or for use in anticipated legal proceedings. When successfully cl...
On 1 January 2021, drastic reforms were made to the Australian insolvency legal landscape through The Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020 (Cth) (the Amending Act). Despite these reforms only applyi...
As explored in our previous article here, in February 2020, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Pho...
In the final days of 2020, global burger chain In-N-Out Burger had plenty to celebrate. After years of litigation and success earlier that same year in the Federal Court, In-N-Out Burger was again victorious before the Full Federal Court of Australia...
What is a Proper Officer required to consider when determining whether a further medical assessment should be allowed? The Court of Appeal of NSW provides the answer in AAMI v Chan. Author: Bethany Mahler Judgment date: 25 February 2021 Citation: AAI...
In the last quarter of 2020, the ACCC commenced proceedings against Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd and a related entity (together "Fuji") for the alleged use of unfair contract terms in their standard form contracts since October 2018....
In November 2020, the Federal and State Governments' announced their mutual intentions to amend the Unfair Contracts Regime (the Regime) to enhance the protections offered by the current Regime. After a twelve-month investig...
Bitcoin has hit an all-time-high this week, breaching AUD$60,000 and appears to be in a new price-discovery phase. The rise is, at least partially, coming off the back of ubiquitous American electric vehicle automotive company, Tesla, confirming in S...