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30 July 2007 - Publication
Insolvency & Reconstruction: "Work It Out" July 2007
In this edition we summarise the recently introduced Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007.
27 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs Corporate Advisory: Unsolicited offers on the radar
The impact of the so called Tweed amendments to the Corporations Act has been vividly demonstrated in a number of recent situations and provides a stark reminder of the need to carefully consider these provisions when (a) making any unsolicited ...
27 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs In Brief: The Workplace Relations Factsheet
Recent amendments to the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) mean that from 20 July 2007, employers must provide new employees with a Workplace Relations Fact Sheet.
27 July 2007 - Publication
Priority in bankruptcies for indemnifying creditors
A central tenet of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) (the Act) is that all debts of the bankrupt rank equally, and are paid proportionately, out of the proceeds of the bankruptcy. The exception to this is that certain payments are to be paid in ...
20 July 2007 - Publication
Service of court process by text message
The recent WA Supreme Court case of Prout v La Rosa [2007] WASC 63 deals with the question of what constitutes valid service of court process.
18 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs In Brief: GST on forfeited deposits
In the recent case of Reliance Carpet Co Pty Ltd v FC of T [2007] FCAFC 99 (5 July 2007) (Reliance Carpet), the Full Federal Court concluded that GST was not payable on a deposit which was forfeited to the vendor after rescission of a land sale ...
13 July 2007 - Publication
ASIC v Citigroup
On 28 June 2007 Jacobson J handed down judgment in the matter of ASIC v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd (No 4) [2007] FCA 963.
13 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs Corporate Advisory: Climate Change - One step beyond
The Government now seems certain to move to introduce a comperehensive emissions trading scheme. The first step is likely to be a bill based on the existing Greenhouse challenge Program requiring mandatory reporting by firms emitting substantial ...
06 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs Corporate Advisory: The Simpler Regulatory Reform Package for
Corporations and Financial Services.
On 21 June 2007, the last sitting day of the winter session, the Commonwealth Parliament passed
the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Act 2007 (Cth)
(Simplification Act). The Simplification Act received Royal Assent on ...
06 July 2007 - Publication
Fraud and the extent of the indefeasible mortgage
The NSW Supreme Court case of Permanent Custodians Ltd v Yazgi [2007] NSWSC 279 deals with two important points of law, namely, fraud as an exception to indefeasible title under section 42(1) of the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) (RPA), and the extent ...
02 July 2007 - Publication
Case Notes Qld April 2007
In this issue: Plans in The Pipeline Insufficient to Grant Development Permit; Varying the Effect of a Superseded Planning Scheme; Striking Changes Anything But "Minor"; Change To Application Not A "Minor Change".
02 July 2007 - Publication
Corrs Qld Local Government Issues Winter 2007
In this issue: Council Amalgamation; Reform of the Local Government Act 1993; Effective delegation; Sustainability And Local Government; The use of volenti not fit injuria by Local Government Councils in defending actions by persons injured on ...
22 June 2007 - Publication
Statutory demands - a mistake concerning the amount of the debt as a “genuine dispute”
Under section 459H of the Corporations Act (2001), a debtor company may apply to set aside a statutory demand if there is a genuine dispute between the debtor and creditor about the existence or amount of the debt to which the statutory demand ...
21 June 2007 - Publication
Corrs In Brief: The High Court on Obviousness: Lockwood v Doric
On 23 May 2007, the High Court of Australia handed down its unanimous second decision in the ongoing dispute between Lockwood and Doric regarding Lockwood’s patent for security locks with lock-in prevention.
15 June 2007 - Publication
Can a bankruptcy be annulled on the basis of an unquantified cross-claim?
On 10 February 2006, we reported on the Federal Court decision of Baker v Rigg [2005] FCA 1760 in which Wilcox J annulled Mrs Baker’s bankruptcy. In Rigg v Baker [2006] FCAFC 179, the Full Federal Court overturned that decision.
08 June 2007 - Publication
Is it necessary to advertise a mortgagee sale?
The recent case of Vasiliou v Westpac Banking Corporation [2007] VSCA 113 deals with the question of whether a mortgagee sale can take place by private treaty without advertisement.
07 June 2007 - Publication
Corrs Corporate Advisory: CSA Annual Corporate Update
On Thursday 31 May, Andrew Lumsden, a partner in Corrs' Corporate Advisory practice and an acknowledged expert in the field of corporate governance issues, presented at the Annual Corporate Update of the Chartered Secretaries of Australia.
07 June 2007 - Publication
Corrs In Brief: The Government is positioning the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the future – how does it affect you?
If passed, the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007 (Cth) will change the way the Government prices PBS listed drugs that are considered to operate in a ‘competitive market’.
06 June 2007 - Publication
Corrs In Brief: Journalists' Privilege - Amendment to the Uniform Evidence Act
New Commonwealth legislation will provide some much needed protection to journalists – but according to partner Justin Quill, unfortunately not enough.
01 June 2007 - Publication
Comparison rates given extended life
The mandatory use of comparison rates by providers of consumer credit has been extended until 30 June 2009 across all States and Territories.
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