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20/09/2019
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) this morning was unsuccessful in Federal Court proceedings it commenced in December 2018 seeking...
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14/08/2019
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In a decision handed down today concerning an attempt to restrain the use of privileged documents which had been leaked, the High Court ...
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01/08/2019
The Federal Government has released, for comment, draft legislation extending unfair contract terms regime to insurance contracts.
The draft legisl...
24/05/2019
On 23 May 2019, the NSW Supreme Court handed down its decision on which of the five shareholder class actions filed against AMP Ltd (AMP) will be allo...
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09/05/2019
The High Court’s decision in the high-profile Rinehart/Hancock dispute highlights the importance of drafting clear arbitration clauses if they are to ...
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11/04/2019
The focus on corporate conduct and enforcement continues with the announcement by the Federal Government of a review into Australia’s white-collar cri...
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05/03/2019
Last week’s double decisions of the Full Court of the Federal Court and the New South Wales Court of Appeal confirm the Courts’ powers to make common ...
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18/02/2019
On 14 February 2019, the Senate passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Corporate and Financial Sector Penalties) Bill 2018 which very signi...
25/10/2018
Draft legislation intended to strengthen penalties for corporate and financial sector misconduct has passed the Senate and is poised to pass the House...
23/03/2018
Australian companies are on the eve of a new age of corporate activism. New protections for whistleblowers who go public about serious corporate...
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12/05/2017
Australian media law reform is long overdue. Australia’s current media laws are largely a product of a pre-internet, analogue era which was domi...
27/04/2017
The Commonwealth Government announced today that it will be putting in place extraordinary measures in order to increase domestic gas supply to the Ea...
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