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The Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) has priority over the FDM Act where the requirements of section 5 of the FDM Act are met.

The importance of keeping your ASIC details up to date. Increasingly, it seems that more solvent companies are being placed into liquidation by default.

A reminder to keep your corporate affairs separate from your personal financial affairs. .

A discussion of Standard Life Assurance Ltd v Ace European Group [2012] EWHC 104 (Comm).

ASIC will be given new powers to set caps on life insurance commissions and enable "clawbacks" of commissions paid.

Infrastructure delivery is becoming an increasingly critical issue for all governments in Australia, so it is imperative that they explore as many innovative mechanisms to deliver their infrastructure commitments.

Many risks arise from a combination of increasing interest rates, ATO enforcement action and general market uncertainty.

A NSW case confirms that lenders do not owe a general duty of care to advise a borrower on the viability of investments.

Australia-wide, companies are navigating the uncertainties arising from COVID-19. Our previous White Papers identified the risks arising for construction projects

Landlords should ensure that any potential deferral or reduction of rent will operate as intended from a GST perspective.

The COVID-19 retail and commercial leasing protections and relief in NSW are extended until 31 December 2020.

A statutory charge allows a creditor to claim debts from the principal if delayed or not paid by the sub-contractor.

Time is running out! The MIT capital account election form needs to be completed by 2 September 2010. If a MIT is eligible to make an election, but has not done so by the relevant date, any gains or losses on the disposal of eligible assets will be treated on revenue account.

Some 2016 Budget reforms previously announced have now been implemented, but two draft measures have been removed.

TD 2016/16 provides some more clarification on ATO views about when the NALI rules will apply to a related party LRBA.

In the first decision of its kind in Australia, the Federal Court of Australia has awarded a civil penalty of A$ 2.5m (US$ 1.77m) and costs of A$ 500k (US$ 350k) against an Australian financial services licence holder due to serious and sustained cybersecurity failings.

Yesterday the Australian Federal Government released its proposal paper on regulating the crypto industry (Paper). The government proposes to regulate exchanges, custodians and other