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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has indicated that its New Year resolution is to be much more litigious. The comments, made by new Commissioner Sean Hughes earlier this month come in the wake of recommendations by Commissioner Dan...
The Federal Government has progressed a number of legislative initiatives that will impact on directors and are likely to come into effect in 2019 if they go ahead. The proposed new laws include significantly increasing civil and criminal penalties f...
The recent case of Vanguard 2017 Pty Limited, in the matter of Modena Properties Pty Limited v Modena Properties Pty Limited (No 2) [2018] FCA 1461 serves as a reminder to directors and other non-parties whose conduct materially influences t...
In a recent case, Emmett AJA of the Supreme Court of New South Wales refused to make an order to terminate the winding up of an incorporated association. In this article, we re-examine the principles with which the Court will have regard when determi...
The Fair Work Commission has ruled in favour of a Foodora rider, finding that he was an employee (not a contractor) for the purposes of the unfair dismissal jurisdiction. In this article, Nicola Martin and Erin Kidd explore the key themes emerging fr...
This article contains a summary of two recent developments in case law and legislation, which significantly increase the penalties that companies and their directors may be liable for misleading and deceptive conduct in breach of the Australian Consu...
Over two years ago on 12 November 2016, the unfair contract term protections were extended to small businesses and took effect. The Treasury recently released its discussion paper on the protections and has invited interested parties to provide feedb...
All too often, parties to commercial contracts end up in a dispute as to the meaning of the document. For a number of reasons, from the way a document was drafted to a difference of understanding between the parties, it may become necessary to go to ...
Employees and directors of businesses are often exposed to confidential information and company records that could, if used for the wrong purposes, cause significant damage to the company. All too often, business owners are faced with an employee ta...