Crucially, there is no requirement that the external administrator's opinion be reasonable (unlike the direction by creditors provided for in section 75-15 (1)), and their decision will not be subject ...

With the 31 August 2025 deadline fast approaching, RSE licensees should act decisively to: Review and strengthen authentication controls, ensuring MFA is in place for high-risk transactions and ...

The ACCC's increased enforcement activity in this space coincides with the new Franchising Code introduced earlier this year. The new Franchising Code applies to franchise agreements and conduct ...

In class actions, only the group members who have directly entered into agreements with funders are contractually required to pay the funder if the class action succeeds, despite the entire pool of ...

The new social impact and community benefit amendments proposed to Queensland's planning framework by the Planning (Social Impact and Community Benefit) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 have ...

Initially foreshadowed in late 2022, and following community consultation which commenced in 2019, the WA Government has this month introduced Bills to implement its proposed new privacy and ...

The future of the public interest defence The introduction of the public interest defence was designed in large part to remedy the historical failure of the existing defences to protect legitimate and ...

Privacy protections to be bolstered with initial tranche of privacy reforms ...

The test for whether a term is unfair is not so clear that contract drafters can have absolute confidence that they can prevent an automatic renewal clause from falling foul of the unfair contract ...

Australia will have a national biodiversity certification and trading scheme, after the Federal Government steered its Nature Repair Bill 2023 (Cth) and Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Bill ...

An informal contract is legally binding, but will inevitably involve ambiguity as to its terms, and hence potential uncertainty in business dealings, which in turn can lead to distracting disputes.

Corporate entities should consider whether they are either at risk of, or have grounds to pursue, claims relating to damage caused by climate change. If you've been watching climate change litigation ...