Updates & Alerts

Dr Andrew Cannon discusses Supplementary Gazette No 41 of 18 May 2020 and the commencement of the new Uniform Civil Rules 2020 as well as the COVID-19 Emergency Response (Commercial Leases No 2) Regulations 2020.

A new ACP module - Mergers and acquisitions - available for subscribers

Thomson Reuters Connect 4 has added ‘Whistleblower Policy’ and ‘Anti-bribery and Corruption Policy’ to its list of ‘C4 exclusive’ Announcement Types in the Company Announcements module.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.6 “Interim Control by Trustee before Sequestration”; Bankruptcy 3.14 “Bankrupt Estates of Deceased Persons”; Civil Procedure 5.5 “Summary Dismissal, Settlement and Discontinuance”; Criminal Sentencing 12...

Insight into sections 46, 59, 71, 79, 90, 118, 122, 125, 138, 146 and 161 of the Uniform Evidence Acts with particular reference to the exclusion of hearsay evidence, electronic communications being admissible as hearsay evidence, opinions based on specialised knowledge, the...

Thomson Reuters offers our sincere condolences to the Fogg family on the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Alan Fogg

The NewsRoom product on the Thomson Reuters Westlaw platforms includes licensed news content from News Corp Australia.

Dr Andrew Cannon discusses the effect of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 on commercial and residential tenancies

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.7 "Trustee in Bankruptcy"; Business Organisations 4.4 “Receivers and Managers”; Intellectual Property 23.1 “Copyright” (Ch 10); Unfair Dealing 35.1 “Misleading or Deceptive Conduct”

Practical Law Banking and Finance has released a set of standard interest and fee capitalisation clauses that can be easily inserted into a bilateral or syndicated facility agreement.

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Dr Andrew Cannon discusses the draft of the proposed new Uniform Civil Rules.