COVID-19: Changes in the Court System You Need to Know About
With the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, it can be challenging to keep up with the changes to the South Australian legal system. This can be particularly stressful if you have court proceedings…
Federal Government Announces Temporary Changes to Insolvency Laws
Relief for Financially Distressed Businesses
Contract Termination for Insolvency – Not Anymore!
So you think that you have the right to terminate a contract if the other side is insolvent? Maybe not as of 1 July 2018. New laws have recently come into effect preventing parties from enforcing…
Wills: Greedy v Needy
Dissecting Decisions: Swanson v Reis [2018] SASC 20 An Inheritance (Family Provision) claim has been dismissed on the first limb for the first time in South Australia. The age old question, is there…
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
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