Merger reform 101: what’s changing and why it matters
With Australia’s new merger regime mere months away, make sure you understand how its key features and pitfalls will affect your practice.
By Jacqueline Downes - 2 min read
An offer you can’t refuse: big changes coming to the Unfair Contract Terms regime
A guide to the bill currently before Federal Parliament and the wide-ranging reforms to Australia’s Unfair Contract Terms regime.
By Ayman Guirguis, Thomas Shaw, Jessica Mandla, Mei Gong and James Gray - 2 min read
Mardi Gras 2022: Cause to celebrate LGBTIQ+ milestones
For Mardi Gras 2022, we take a look at some of the LGBTIQ+ milestones as a reminder of what has been achieved to date.
By James Skelton, Jennifer Dawes and Georgia Burke - 1 min read
Tranche II is coming: Legal professionals as gatekeepers
The involvement of legal professionals in money laundering and terrorism financing is a significant and increasing problem.
By Dr Doron Goldbarsht - 10 min read
The limited retainer – carving out property taxes
The importance of limiting retainers for property conveyances.
By Lucy Williams and Milica Vukancic - 2 min read
The evolution of continuous disclosure in Australia
Continuous disclosure laws – a seismic change in Australian class actions? Or a mere shift in the sand?
By Christine Tran and Tim Stutt - 2 min read
Declaring dividends: lessons from Dick Smith
Declaring dividends and other lessons for company directors from Dick Smith Holdings.
By Ross Foreman, Kate Boyd and Jerome Entwisle - 2 min read
Space debris: a challenge to our way of life on earth
The surprising threat to life on earth and the legal and non-legal solutions we need to consider.
By Steven Freeland - 3 min read
Modern Slavery Reporting: how have we faired and what’s next?
What we can learn from the results of the first round of Modern Slavery reporting.
By Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope and Heidi Roberts - 10 min read
Directors’ duties and the risky business of greenwashing
Hutley and Hartford Davis share some of the practical steps directors can take to reduce the likelihood of liability arising from net zero climate change…
By Noel Hutley SC and Sebastian Hartford Davis - 7 min read
Full Federal Court brings an end to the peak indebtedness rule
The Full Federal Court judgment that rung the death knell for the peak indebtedness rule.
By Michael Baltins and Georgina Overend - 2 min read