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Misleading and deceptive conduct: be wary of the silences - limited protection for commercial parties under the ACL

  • Herbert Geer
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 18 2013

There is a prohibition against misleading or deceptive conduct in trade or commerce under section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) (the

Bank class action: “expert” media comments astray, and implications for service contracts

  • Wigley + Company
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  • Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • March 13 2013

It’s been fascinating watching “experts” comment in the media this week about the proposed class action against banks, sometimes saying a claim

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

ACCC commences Federal Court proceedings against Visa

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The ACCC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Visa Inc (Visa), and a number of related Visa entities, alleging contraventions of the

PPSA guidance from New Zealand Court of Appeal: identifying transactions outside the ordinary course of business

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • January 10 2013

In StockCo Limited v Stiassny & Ors 2012 NZCA 330, the New Zealand Court of Appeal provides some useful guidance for the Australia market in identifying

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

Bell Group appeal: issues for directors and creditors

  • Bell Gully
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

In the latest episode in one of Australia's most complex and lengthy commercial disputes, the Western Australia Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by a syndicate of banks (the Banks) from a decision in favour of the liquidators of the Bell Group (the Group

For directors and lenders in insolvency, for whom does the bell toll?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 21 2012

After 448 days in court, over 85,000 documents and more than 10 judgments, a special bench of the Western Australian Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Westpac Banking Corporation v The Bell Group Ltd (in liq) (No.3) 2012 WASCA 157 (Bell Appeal Decision

Supreme Court of New South Wales considers whether withholding consent for the creation of a charge was unreasonable in in the matter of Idoport Pty Ltd

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 26 2012

Whether consent for the granting of a charge over a party’s contractual rights has been unreasonably withheld by the other party is determined objectively by the Courts having regard to all the circumstances (including the withholding party’s actual reasons

Passing your assignments: getting straight as as an assignee of debt lessons from the High Court

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 15 2012

As an assignee or transferee of a debt, how can you ensure complete assignment and maximise the remedies available to recover the debt (or monies representing it)?

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