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The biggest minimum wage rise since 2010 will see a 3.5% increase in the National Minimum Wage and modern award rates from 1 July 2018. An estimated 2.3 million employees are set to see a pay rise following the release of the Fair Work Commission’s ...
We all expect that lawyers will be loyal to their clients, act in their best interests, and protect their confidential information. Lawyers have duties to their clients to do so. When lawyers draw their swords to go int...
The recent decision of the Full Federal Court in White, in the matter of Mossgreen Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) v Robertson[2018] FCAFC 63 (19 April 2018) serves to reinforce the importance of an external a...
The European Union (EU) has introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR introduces a new set of rules around data processing and privacy. The rules are fairly prescriptive, and apply broadly to...
In November 2017 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) commenced proceedings against Apple Pty Ltd in the Federal Court of Australia, alleging that it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduc...
On 3 May 2018, the Farm Debt Mediation Amendment Bill 2018 (NSW) (the Amendments) was passed. The Amendments make several significant changes to the Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994 (NSW) (FDMA),...
This week marked a significant development in the infamous and long running AWB scandal: the Victorian Court of Appeal shot down ASIC’s appeal against the finding that Peter Geary, the former Group General Manager of Trading of AWB, had...
The Full Court of the Federal Court has recently brought the long running saga between the ACCC and Flight Centre to an end. The dispute, which went on tour up and down the federal court system (including to the High Court) on multiple ...
Last week Gordon and Nettle JJ of the High Court of Australia scuttled Valve’s special leave application to appeal against last year’s judgment of the Full Court of the Federal Court. The case was concerned with whether Valve was requir...