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If your business has entered into a commercial arrangement for the supply of your personal property, you may be able to protect your interest in that personal property by registering a security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).

Recent amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provide employees with new rights to disengage from work-related communications outside of their regular working hours.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has recently handed down its decision of Fairbank Haven Pty Ltd v Merkon Constructions Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 32.

In December 2023, the Federal Court handed down its decision of ASIC v Zurich Australia Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 1641.

Read on for our top 12 articles for 2023.

For the past 13 years, many employers have relied upon terms in modern Awards.

In its first decisions for 2023, the High Court has provided liquidators and creditors with long awaited clarification on two important issues relating to insolvency and preference claims.

Recovering lost funds is fraught with difficulties.

The New South Wales Court of Appeal recently considered the scope of a solicitor’s duty to advise a client, confirming the general rule that a solicitor does not have a duty to remind a client of advice provided previously or advise a client about matters which are already known to them.

All State (but no Territory) jurisdictions in Australia contain a provision in their civil liability legislation whereby a professional can defend a claim alleging a breach of a duty of care.

Temporary changes to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) facilitating electronic execution of documents, which were originally introduced as a temporary COVID measure in 2020, have now been made permanent.

A case involving a house party, a jerry can of fuel and a person subsequently being set alight was recently considered in Ryan & Anor v Dearden & Anor [2023] QCA 20.