The Hayne Report – lessons for lawyers – Australian Academy of Law event
The relevance of the ‘Hayne Report’ for the legal profession is the subject of the first of the Australian Academy of Law’s events in Sydney for 2019. On Monday 25 March 2019, an impressive panel comprising those from law, ethics and academia will look for the legal lessons to be learned from the Report – […]
Director identity number bill now before parliament
A number of bills broadly concerning the registers of information held by the Commonwealth have been referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics for review.[1] The Committee is due to report by 26 March 2019. One – the Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019 – would introduce a director identity number – DIN. This idea, simple […]
Building security of payment laws – the impact of the claimant’s insolvency
Now that we have some consistent security of payment laws across the states and territories protecting building sub-contractors, there is a need for the various Supreme Courts to adopt consistent legal interpretation. Any variation in approach should be the exception. The Courts might have their own jurisdictional limits, but the building industry doesn’t. An exception […]
