The time debt is incurred is the relevant time for when directors may be liable for a company's inability to pay rent.

With a 2013 federal election, it is difficult to predict how or whether the law affecting online gambling will change.

Every day public bodies exercise their power to make decisions which impact adversely your business. Has your business been affected by a decision or action taken by a government department, authority or statutory body which you consider to be adverse or unfair? Help may be at hand through administrative law by using the avenues available to challenge the legality or merit of the decision or action.

Successfully securing your valuable intellectual property rights is important. But it is only part of the story.

The new Australian Consumer Law (the ACL) has the potential to affect wagering operators. Wagering operators should review their sales and marketing practices to ensure they comply with the ACL. The ACL will replace the existing consumer protection framework provided by the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (the TPA) and similar legislation at the State and Territory level. The TPA will be renamed the Consumer and Competition Act 2010 (Cth) (the CCA) and the ACL will be included as a schedule t

This paper highlights the practical implications for a general counsel and the scope of the duties and responsibilities.

Is a person injured at a direct selling company’s premises deemed a ‘worker’ for workers compensation purposes? The 2005 NSW Court of Appeal decision in Bessemer has significant implications for direct selling companies and workers compensation insurers as it may deem distributors/consultants as ‘workers’ for workers compensation purposes.

Held to be the biggest change to domain names since the emergence of the Internet in the late 80s, the introduction of new generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) will enable companies and organisations to apply for and operate their own personalised domain space.

In December 2009, the Australian Federal Government released the results of a trial of Internet filtering technology and announced its intention to proceed with a controversial plan to introduce mandatory Internet filtering in Australia.

This Focus Paper outlines the main recommendations of interest to franchise participants following the Review's release.

This introduces a new statutory regime with mandatory privacy principles with which all relevant businesses must comply.

For an order that a company be wound up in insolvency, it is not mandatory to prove insolvency at the relation-back day.

Businesses trading in Australia should protect intellectual property, including trade marks, patents and domain names.

An advertisement aimed to deter teenagers from sports betting was held to do the exact opposite and encourage gambling.

The High Court dismissed an appeal brought by 'high roller' Harry Kakavas who tried to recover losses from Crown Casino.

NSW race fields legislation1 came into force on 1 July 2008. The offence provisions contained in the legislation come into effect on 1 September 2008.

New legislation will require all venue operators to link to a state-wide pre-commitment system by 1 December 2015.

In this article we look at the meaning of the phrase "best endeavours".

In this article we look at the meaning of the phrase "best endeavours".

Recent legislative reforms change the classification and the advertising requirements in respect of therapeutic goods.