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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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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".

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?

ASIC and ASX have both announced temporary changes to their respective regulatory regimes to facilitate capital raisings for listed entities in response to the economic impact of COVID-19. As more entities seek...