You know that your company has taken out D&O insurance, but will cover be there when you actually need it? Unless the policy adequately addresses the effect of the actions of fellow directors, you may find that the policy has effectively gone up in smoke

If you've ever travelled and shopped, you'll know that it is often cheaper to buy that irresistible Chanel handbag overseas and bring it back with you, than it is to buy it at home. But what's stopping a wholesaler or retailer from doing the same thing in bulk?

On 27 August 2008 the Australian Government Productivity Commission released a 322 page report entitled 'The Market for Retail Tenancy Leases in Australia'.

Shopping centre owners and consumers around Australia can celebrate the recent breakthrough announced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

When a company intends to issue debentures, describing the debentures in a prospectus or an advertisement is key.

Gadens Lawyers has an enviable reputation of providing cost-effective practical solutions for ‘business as usual’ processes. Read on to see solutions to the PPS challenge. Many Australian businesses – including yours! – could be significantly affected by changes to the law of ownership impacting all kinds of property, except real estate and a few other exceptions. If your business ever parts with possession of goods before payment in full, you are affected by the new Personal Properties Securiti

The Australian Government is in the process of introducing a single national consumer law, to be introduced in two stages including the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010 (Act) and the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) (Cth) (Bill).

The package of reforms instigated by the Amendment Act also proposes to make changes to POPE regulations so that they only apply to larger theatres and public halls, for which they were originally designed.

Your new land tax bill will be arriving soon and you will need to act fast if you want to object. NSW land tax assessment notices are rolling off the OSR printing press between mid-January and mid-April 2010. With only 60 days to object from the date you receive your land tax assessment notice, landowners, now is the time to give some consideration to the land tax objection and appeal process, to ensure that you’re not paying more land tax than you should be.

Disclosure regulations under the NCCP Act will now commence on 1 October 2011.

Last week the High Court of Australia (HCA) reconsidered the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision in QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Stewart [2009] NSWCA 66 (NSWCA) (see gadens lawyers’ previous update here). Allowing the appeal, the HCA determined that in the absence of a policy in evidence, the insurer bears the onus of proving any limitations on cover.

The MFAA have discussed with Treasury the recently released regulations.

The New South Wales Occupational Health and Safety Legislation requires an owner of a place of work to appoint a principal contractor 'for the construction work' carried out by, or on behalf of, the owner.

Important changes to the process and substance of Place of Public Entertainment (POPE) approvals are about to commence.

Developers who have bought land on the basis of the value of existing use rights could lose millions of dollars because of an amendment to planning laws in NSW. Already developers are seeking advice on whether the legislation can be challenged through the courts.

New project launched designed to streamline conveyancing procedures through use of an online system.

An issues paper was released for public comment, which is likely to culminate in a new planning act for NSW.

The NSW Court of Appeal handed down its reasons for judgment on Friday in the much publicised Cooks case.

The Australian Trade Marks Register is full of life; bursting with a rainbow of colours and a wide range of shapes, sounds, and even smells.

The Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 (the Act) commenced on 4 December 2006 and provides a new remedy for neighbourhood tree disputes.