Corporate Liability for Actions of Unauthorised People – A Recent Case Study
By: Lee Filkin, Lawyer, MST Lawyers A recent New South Wales Court of Appeal decision in 183 Eastwood Pty Ltd v...
September 1, 2023
A Question of Remuneration: Allied Rural Pty Ltd v Stimpson
By Mark Skermer, Principal, and Darsh Chauhan, Law Clerk Introduction On 24 April 2023 the Court of Appeal of Supreme Court of...
May 29, 2023
Illegality as an Excuse for Non-Performance: Laundy Hotels (Quarry) Pty Ltd v Dyco Hotels Pty Ltd
By Mark Skermer, Principal, and Darsh Chauhan, Law Clerk Introduction On 8 March 2023 the High Court of Australia delivered judgment in...
May 29, 2023
High burden when appealing findings of fact for breaches of directors duties: Bluemine Pty Ltd (in liq) v AKA (Civil) Pty Ltd and other related matters [2022] NSWCA 160.
On 25 August 2022, the New South Wales Court of Appeal hear the case of Bluemine Pty Ltd (in liq)...
November 10, 2022
Surveillance Laws Stand Strong: Farm Transparency International Ltd v State of New South Wales [2022] HCA 23
On 10 August 2022, the High Court of Australia deliberated on the matter of Farm Transparency International Ltd v State...
September 30, 2022
Are heads of agreement for a sale of a property binding?: McGorlick v Palmer [2022] VCC 1229
On 8 August 2022, the County Court of Victoria delivered judgment in the matter of McGorlick v Palmer. This case...
September 30, 2022
Post-Contractual Restraint Clauses in Franchise Agreements: The Case of Narellan Franchise Pty Ltd v RBME Pty Ltd
On 25 July 2022 Justice Richmond of the Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered judgment in the matter of...
September 27, 2022
A Reminder to Directors to Act with Care when Performing their Duties: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Select AFSL Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] FCA 786
On 8 July 2022, Justice Abraham of the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment on the matter of Australian Securities...
August 29, 2022
Breaching the Unfair Contracts Regime: ACCC v Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia Pty Ltd
On 12 August 2022, Justice Stewart of the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment in the matter of Australian Competition...
August 19, 2022
Unreasonable director-related transaction? Director issuing shares to self
On 29 April 2022, Justice Anastassiou of the Federal Court of Australia delivered his judgement for the case of Aviation...
August 16, 2022
