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The Court of Appeal of New South Wales recently upheld a decision of the Supreme Court to set aside a deed under the Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) (the Act) on the basis that it was an unjust contract due to substantive an...
Recently, the High Court of Australia in Walton v ACN 004 410 833 Limited (formerly Arrium Limited) (in liquidation) [2022] HCA 3 ('Walton')...
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Recently, the High Court of Australia in Fairfax Media Publications; Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27, upheld the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal that media and news companies were "publishe...
Upon application from ASIC, the Federal Court has determined that several terms contained within Bank of Queensland's (BoQ) small business contracts are unfair. This decision follows on from a suite of government reforms passed in 2...
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, governments in the various states and territories of Australia have enacted public health orders to minimise the risk of further transmission of the virus. Following the making of these public health orders, e...
A caveat is a statutory injunction that prevents the registration of dealings and plans on a title to land, provided for under the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) (RPA). A caveat operates essentially like a "red flag", signalling to potential purchasers...
The case of Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment v Blacktown City Council [2021] NSWCA 145 concerned an appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal from a decision of single judge refusing to set aside a subpoena for produ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from a corporation in breach of section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA). This is the first application of the misu...