If a contractor fails to rectify defective work, the contractor will be exposed to ‘damages’ for breach of contract.
How do you calculate the value of any ‘damages’?
The value of damages for any contractual bre ...
The Albanese Government’s latest amendments to the Fair Work Act propose important changes in relation to casual employment, independent contracting, labour hire, liability for underpaying workers, and trade union dele ...
Introduction
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has repeatedly highlighted the importance of unfair contract terms (UCT) provisions, as they ‘protect consumers and small businesses against ter ...
Australia’s journey towards digital asset regulation has had hops forward and slips back, with a brief recap including:
In 2018, an early hop on the world with one of the first AML/CTF laws applying to centralised e ...
On 5 September 2023, the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 (Bill) was finally passed by both Houses of Parliament, meaning that the long-awaited Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) is poised to become Australia ...
The Australian Government is consulting on proposed reforms to the Australian Consumer Law to address certain unfair trading practices not presently regulated by legislation.
Background
Some unfair trading practices, a ...
We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.