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Director Fails to Access ASIC’s Pre-Litigation Witness Communications

Authors: Katherine Hayes, Partner & Elise Turnbull, Senior Associate On 9 September 2019, in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Mitchell [2019] FCA 1484. Justice Beach2 once again pro ...

Court Clarifies Solicitors' Pre-Litigation Duty to Clients

Authors: Mark Brookes, Partner & Greg Stirling, Senior Associate Introduction A recent decision of the New South Wales District Court in the matter of Bird v Stonham t/as John Stonham & Co Lawyers [2019] NSWD ...

Unfair Contract Terms Regime to be Extended to Insurance Contracts

Authors: Ben Hall, Partner, Luke Bush, Senior Associate & Amanda Le, Law Graduate On 30 July 2019 Treasury released an exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Unfair Terms in Insurance Contracts) Bill 2019 (Bill) ...

Self-Represented Legal Practitioners Can No Longer Claim Professional Costs

On 4 September 2019, the High Court confirmed in Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow [2019] HCA 29. that the so-called Chorley exception is no longer part of the common law of Australia. ...

3 Things You Need to Know About AFCA and ASIC Post-Royal Commission

Authors: Katherine Hayes, Partner and Greg Stirling, Senior Associate Since the Financial Services Royal Commission, there have been a number of changes to the regulation of the financial services sector. The Australian ...

In What Circumstances Will Settlement Agreements be Set Aside in Historical Sexual Abuse Cases?

Authors: Rebecca Stevens, Partner, Sarah Tuhtan, Senior Associate & Lucy Harris, Law Graduate The recent decision of TRG v Board of Trustees of the Brisbane Grammar School [2019] QSC 157. is the first cas ...

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