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This Court of Appeal judgment dealt with two notices of motion in relation to an appeal sought to be brought by Mr D, who is presently incarcerated as a result of assaults on Ms P that formed the subject matter of the proceedings before the primary j...
Yesterday the High Court of Australia handed down its much-anticipated leave decision of Mondelez,1 overturning the earlier decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court. The majority held in favour of Mondelez and Federal IR Minister Ch...
In a move that has garnered concern from the employer groups and legal commentators alike, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recently released guidance that companies should now calculate how much may be...
From today, 1 July 2020, a number of employment related financial thresholds increase for the 2020/21 financial year. Please see below for a summary of the new rates or
Suppliers of goods often rely upon retention of title clauses to preserve their goods in the event the purchaser defaults on any aspect of the supply agreement. However, how enforceable are these provisions when the purchaser enters into administrat...
In February 2020 a former director of the Kleenmaid Group of companies became the first person to be sentenced to imprisonment for insolvent trading as a shadow director. Andrew Young was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment for criminal insolvent trad...
A Full Federal Court decision handed down on 20 May 2020 has upheld the view that casual employees who had a firm advance commitment as to the duration of their employment or the days and hours they would work are in fact permanent employees and are ...
Yesterday, the Federal Court imposed record penalties of $891,000 against the operators of three Hero Sushi takeaway outlets for underpaying workers and providing false records to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). The decision follows t...
In conjunction with the recently enacted Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2020 (the Regulations), the NSW State Government has now implemented their $440 million land tax relief package to assist comm...