Cordato Partners | Australia | 4 Mar 2024
The Supreme Court of NSW has decided if an interest rate of 70.72% per annum made a short-term loan secured by residential mortgage unjust. This is…
Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers | Australia | 25 Feb 2024
The case of Carmichael Rail Network Pty Ltd v BBC Chartering Carriers GmbH & Co KG & Anor [2024] HCA 4 concerned a dispute over damage to steel rails…
Russell Kennedy | Australia | 15 Feb 2024
On Thursday 8 February 2024, the High Court dismissed The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne’s application for special leave and permitted a father of…
King & Wood Mallesons | Australia | 9 Feb 2024
The Federal Government has now secured passage of the remainder of the Closing Loopholes Bill, implementing the final tranche of the Government's IR…
Barry Nilsson | Australia | 23 Jan 2024
The High Court has allowed an appeal against a finding of misleading or deceptive conduct in circumstances where the representations made were…
Macpherson Kelley | Australia | 17 Jan 2024
In its recent judgement, the High Court has ruled in favour of Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (Mitsubishi) and Macpherson Kelley client Northpark…
K&L Gates LLP | Australia | 17 Jan 2024
The High Court of Australia (the Court) has provided important guidance on the application of Australia’s unfair contract terms (UCT) regime to global…
Cooper Grace Ward | Australia | 16 Jan 2024
The High Court of Australia has held that Australia’s unfair contract term laws have extraterritorial application and will apply even where applicable…
Cordato Partners | Australia, New Zealand | 11 Dec 2023
This article is an analysis of Karpik v Carnival plc (The Ruby Princess) (Initial Trial) [2023] FCA 1280, a decision of the Federal Court of…
Piper Alderman | Australia | 5 Dec 2023
Following two significant insolvency decisions in the High Court of Australia (Bryant v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd and Metal Manufactures…