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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...
The much anticipated National Cabinet Mandatory Code of Conduct for commercial leases (including retail, office and industrial) has been revealed. It is now up to each State and Territory to pass the relevant legislation to give effect to the rent re...
On 4 February 2020, the Federal Court of Australia considered the circumstances in which it might be said that a provisional liquidator of a company ought not be appointed as the official liquidator because of an alleged "reasonable apprehension ...
What makes a contract an unprofitable contract which can be disclaimed by a trustee in bankruptcy without the leave of the Court under section 133(5A) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) (Bankruptcy Act)? Can a litigation fundi...
In Australia, there has been increased scrutiny by the Fair Work Ombudsman, the regulator, on employer's underpayment of wages or "wage theft" as it is commonly known. George Calombaris of MasterChef fame, Heston Blumenthal, Subway and supermarket gi...
In the recent decision of Boensch as Trustee of the Boensch Trust v Scott Darren Pascoe [2019] HCA 49, the High Court has clarified whether property held by a bankrupt on trust for another vests in the bankrupt's trustee in bankruptcy, and t...