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In the recent case of In the matter of Gondon Five Pty Limited and Cui Family Asset Management Pty Limited [2019] NSWSC 469, the New South Wales Supreme Court (Brereton J) considered the purpose and scope of an appointment as receiver to a c...
Originally introduced in September 2018 and passed by both Houses of Parliament in April 2019, the Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Bill 2018 seeks to deter corporate employers from avoiding their ...
On 17 May 2019, news broke that Israel Folau, a professional Australian rugby player, had been dismissed by Rugby Australia over a controversial religious Instagram post last month. The post singled out gay people, among others, and suggested that th...
The Federal Court decision of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) v Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 12 sent shockwaves through the franchise sector after imposing a $2.604 million penalty against national franchisor...
As reported in our article The year ahead for directors: what’s in store for 2019, the Federal Government presented the Treasury Laws Amend...
The ACCC has welcomed a new alliance with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as of April 2019. The ACCC announced on 15 April 2019 that the ACCC and FBI have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (the Memora...
In a recent decision of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v viagogo AG [2019] FCA 544, the Federal Court of Australia has found that online ticket reseller Viagogo had engaged in four misrepresentations that were misleading or w...
Unfair dismissal claims often centre on the harsh, unjust or unreasonable nature of a dismissal relating to an employee’s conduct or performance at work. It is less common that claims of unfair dismissal arise due to an absence from work, where an em...
Could a tenant avoid or resist their make good obligations on the basis that the make good obligations (or payment in lieu) would be of no value and give the landlord an unfair windfall? In commercial leases, often the most contentious terms...