King Reigns All: High Court Decides Holding Companies May Be Held Accountable for Subsidiary Company Actions
The High Court of Australia decision broadens section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 interpretation, meaning that potentially anyone can be considered an Officer of a Company if they have the capacity to affect significantly the financial standing of that Company.
Building and Construction Contracts: The Importance of Good Contract Administration
Adelaide’s landscape is constantly changing. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied the growth of many industries, the State Government’s Renew Adelaide project and home-builder grants have…
COVID-19: Companies Given the Temporary Right to E-Sign Agreements
There has been a lot of uncertainty as to whether digitally executing a document satisfies the company execution requirements under section 127(1) and section 129(5) & (6) of the Corporations Act…
COVID-19: Modern Slavery Statement Extension Granted
Entities receive a three-month extension to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (‘Act’)
COVID-19: Transactions Involving Foreign Investment
The Commonwealth Government (the Government) has announced temporary changes to the foreign investment regime to protect Australia’s national interest during the COVID-19 pandemic - a historically…
The Covid-19 Outbreak and Contract Relief in the Form of Force Majeure
Introduction The new lunar year of the Metal Rat has regrettably commenced amidst an abundance of wretched disasters. Whether flood, fires and most distressingly, the global pandemic of the Covid-19…
Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain
Slave is defined in the Macquarie Encyclopaedic Dictionary as: 1. /sleiv/ n. someone who is the property of, and wholly subject to another 2. Someone who works for and is the prisoner of another;…
Director Identification Number Bill
The war against phoenixing
Do You Have Goodwill?
High Court reprises Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Murry in Placer Dome
Crowd-Sourced Funding for Private Companies
Crowd-sourced equity funding (CSF) is now available for proprietary companies. Up until recently, CSF was only available to qualifying unlisted public companies. As the vast number of companies…
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