Set-off Defence Gains Ground in Unfair Preference Claims
Is Morton v Rexel Electrical Supplies Pty Ltd [2015] QDC 49 (Rexel) gaining ground across Australia? In 2015, Queensland District Court Judge Searles held that Section 553C of the Corporations Act…
Australian Executor Trustee Ltd v Suncorp Life
Arson by Deceased Leads to Claim on Life Insurance Policy
Client Profile: The Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc
With the fun, competition and pageantry of the Adelaide Show over for another year, we take a peek behind the scenes at the Society that makes it all happen…
Succession Law: Tiburzi v Butler [2017] SASCFC 89 (28 July 2017)
What seems grossly unjust at first glance, is often more complicated than we think.
The Risks of Acting for/as Trustee Companies
The trustee has been quoted to be the ‘archetype of a fiduciary’.[1] The trustee and beneficiary relationship is the most traditional fiduciary relationship that exists. As a fiduciary, the trustee…
Copyright Infringement
The Imitation Game: The Perils of Copying a Developer’s Code
Oppression Claims by Minority Shareholders
Have You or Are You Being Oppressed?
When Should “Without Prejudice” Be Used?
It’s a common, and often savvy, tool used in negotiations and disputes, however, can marking your correspondence as “without prejudice” actually have the opposite effect on your claim? One of the…
A Safe Harbour From Insolvent Trading?
In late March 2017, draft reform legislation in relation to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) was introduced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda. A key element of the…
The ‘Stepping Stone’ Doctrine
Are Directors Liable for their Company’s Contraventions of the Corporations Act?
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