We regularly publish news updates to alert our clients to important legal and accounting developments that may affect their business as well as developments within our business that we wish to share with our clients.
The decision in the case NB2 Pty Ltd v P.T. Ltd [2018] NSWCA 10 serves as a reminder of the importance for retail lessees of ensuring that any matters on which they rely in entering into a lease [...]
This article sets out the prohibition on insolvent trading by company directors in section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), reviews the safe harbour defence, and provides a summary of the [...]
In September 2018, the ACCC imposed an infringement notice against Fitness First for contravening the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) provisions relating to excessive payment [...]
In Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 1125, Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd has been penalised $3 million for manipulating [...]
The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measure No. 3) Act 2018 (Cth) commenced on 1 September 2018, introducing significant increases to the maximum penalties for breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
In Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045, Australia’s biggest non-retail bookmaker, Sportsbet Pty Ltd, has been successful in obtaining an interlocutory injunction preventing [...]