In the latest episode of The Cut, Simon Cathro and Emily Barrett discuss challenges and opportunities in insolvency.

On 24 April 2020, the Western Australian Parliament passed the Commercial Tenancies (COVID-19 Response) Act 2020 (WA) (the Act).

Earlier this week the ATO released draft TD 2020/D1 Income tax: notional deductions for R&D activities subsidised by JobKeeper payments to clarify its view on how section 355-405...

In its recent judgment involving the PAS Group of companies, the Federal Court held that rent payable by the PAS Group during an extension of the period in which an administrator...

Last week, in Glencore v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] HCA 26 the High Court of Australia unanimously affirmed the status of Legal Professional Privilege as merely an immunity from the exercise of compulsory statutory powers.

This week, the Federal Court published judgments in three unfair preference claims brought by the liquidators of the Gunns Group. We acted for the liquidators in each proceeding.

New South Wales Parliament has today passed the Defamation Amendment Bill 2020. This makes NSW, which has been described as "Australia's defamation capital"...

In an age driven by technology, employers are increasingly using biometric technologies, such as fingerprint scanning and facial recognition, as a way to deal with employee identification, absenteeism, and workplace surveillance.

The Treasurer has announced major proposed reforms to Australia's insolvency framework aimed at facilitating the restructuring of small to medium businesses (MSMEs) and streamlining their ...

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal's recent decision in Royal Wins Pty Ltd and Innovation and Science Australia AATA 4320 reinforces that it is important taxpayers appropriately document a hypothesis prior to commencing research and development activities.

Amendments to safely legislation in the Queensland resource sector introduce the new criminal offence of industrial manslaughter.

Recent amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) (EP Act) further reform the mine rehabilitation regime in Queensland.

The Supreme Court of Victoria's recent decision in Pacific Dairies Limited v Orican Pty Ltd[1] illustrates judicial unwillingness to interfere in shareholder disputes

How should the liquidator of an insolvent trustee company ensure payment out of trust assets of the entirety of his or her remuneration and expenses?

In this Intellectual Property Update we consider whether minor amendments and changes might be diluting the value of your company's trade mark in the long term.

On 9 April 2020, the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 (the Act) was introduced. Among other things, the Act modified South Australian law in respect of commercial leases to assist lessees suffering financial hardship.

On 5 June 2020, the Federal Court in ACCC v Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited (Sony) [2020] FCA 787 ordered Sony to pay $3.5 million in pecuniary penalties because,...

Times are changing rapidly with the current flow of Coronavirus measures introduced to support businesses in debt and distress. We take a look at what creditors can (and can't) do to help better protect their position.

The Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (Qld) (MEROLA) will introduce new rules applying to the transfer of resource tenements and the change of control...

Whilst section 5(1) of Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOPA) goes to some lengths to give guidance as to what would be "construction work".