Updates & Alerts

Federal Court of Australia sends strong message to digital platforms of the importance of not misleading consumers about the collection and storage of their personal information.

Practical Law Australia In-house has published a new legal update on the 2022 Australia: State of the Legal Market Report.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Ruddick v Commonwealth [2022] HCA 9, under sections 7 and 24 of the Constitution.

Australian Journal of Administrative Law Vol 29 Pt 2.

This article discusses the contemporary difficulties with agreements as to costs including the intricacies of the statutory frameworks regulating their validity, and compounding and accelerating difficulties with the ACL.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.2 “Aboriginal Customary Law”; Bankruptcy 3.4 “Compulsory Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.18 “Debt Agreements”; Business Organisations 4.5 “Company Reorganisation”; Civil...

The Practical Law Corporate team is pleased to announce the launch of its new topic: Members' schemes of arrangement. The topic contains new and existing resources relating to members' schemes of arrangement and control transactions more generally.

Finding authored annotations on a section of legislation just got easier.

An Advanced Search Form has been added to the Forms & Precedent landing page.

For legal practitioners advising companies that wish to supply goods or services to government entities or Commonwealth government lawyers assisting with the tender process, the highly regulated framework within which government procurement occurs can be complex and confusing. Fast...

Recently amended regulations increase fees for applications to FIRB

As part of the August release, we are introducing a new way to access New Zealand content in new Westlaw Australia.