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Employment alert
23 May 2023 Between a rock and a hard place - When is a resignation voluntary or forced?
What you need to know: The Fair Work Commission has recently determined a series of unfair dismissal cases where employees have claimed they were forced…
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
18 Apr 2023 Australia gears up for a public register of beneficial ownership
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Peter Richard, Expertise Counsel and Carla-Rose Brett, Lawyer
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COMPETITION LAW NEWS
17 Apr 2023 ACCC Chair provides important new details on proposed shake-up of Australia's merger control laws
Authors: Alyssa Phillips, Partner; Peter Armitage, Partner; John McKellar, Senior Associate; and Zoe Huang, Graduate
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CORPORATE CRIME AND INVESTIGATIONS
09 Dec 2022 Out of time for crime: the Full Federal Court's decision in Walker v Members Equity Bank Limited
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Peter Richard, Counsel; and Johnny Nguyen, Lawyer
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Competition Law News
27 Oct 2022 Competition and consumer law penalties drastically increased, plus unfair contract terms prohibited in Australia
What you need to knowParliament has just passed an Act which drastically increases the potential maximum penalties that may be awarded by a Court for…
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Employment Alert
04 Oct 2022 Respect@Work laws introduced: A positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
Respect@Work laws introduced: A positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
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Competition Law News
29 Sep 2022 Competition and Consumer law reform begins: Substantial increase to maximum penalties and unfair contract terms to become illegal in Australia
The Australian Government has introduced a Bill which proposes to significantly increase maximum penalties under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA)…
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Competition Law News
09 Sep 2022 Federal Court imposes first custodial sentences on individuals in landmark cartel prosecution
A landmark decision by the Federal Court of Australia sees individuals handed first-ever sentences for criminal cartel conduct following an investigation by…
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Competition Law News
19 Aug 2022 Competition and consumer law penalties to keep growing: Australian Government consulting on a draft bill to increase penalties to eye-watering levels
The Australian Federal Government has released Exposure Draft legislation which proposes to significantly increase competition and consumer law penalties.
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CORPORATE CRIME AND INVESTIGATIONS
16 Aug 2022 R v Jacobs Group - seeking redemption in a self-report of bribery
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Peter Richard, Counsel; and Phimister Dowell, Associate 1 R v Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 657 2 R v…
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competition law newsletter | australia
11 May 2022 Peters Ice Cream receives chilling $12 million penalty for exclusive dealing
Peters ordered to pay $12 million penalty by the Federal Court for exclusive dealing that had the likely effect of substantially lessening competition.
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
28 Apr 2022 The long arm of the law: US anti-money laundering reforms and their implications for Australian financial institutions
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Peter Richard, Counsel; Phimister Dowell, Lawyer and Carla-Rose Brett, Lawyer
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corporate crime and investigations
30 Mar 2022 Risky business: managing breach reports to ASIC by auditors
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Peter Richard, Counsel, Phimister Dowell, Lawyer; and Michael Wu, Lawyer Footnotes 1 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 311 and…
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January and February in Australian Tax
18 Mar 2022 Latest income tax developments - January and February 2022
Peter Greensill Family Co Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] FCAFC 99 The High Court has refused the taxpayer special leave to appeal…
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competition and consumer law
10 Mar 2022 The Year Ahead: What to expect in Competition and Consumer Law in 2022
The Year Ahead, What to expect in Competition and Consumer Law in 2022
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financial services speedread
25 Nov 2021 Financial Services SpeedRead - 25 November 2021
FCA issues Final Notice to Servicesport Finance Limited refusing SMF 29 application On 10 November 2021, the FCA published a final notice to…
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Funds Insider | Issue 3
21 Oct 2021 Ready or not, ESG is coming
Ready or not, ESG is coming – What sponsors should expect from investors regarding ESG considerations in fundraising
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WA State Agreement Update
20 Oct 2021 No risk to parliamentary sovereignty: High Court upholds WA Parliament's variations to Mineralogy State Agreement
Authors: Catherine Pedler, Partner; Peter Congdon, Senior Associate; Charles Dallimore, Lawyer 1 Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Ltd v Attorney-General…
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OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS UPDATE
28 Sep 2021 Making headway in Japanese offshore wind - the challenges which remain
Japan's much anticipated offshore wind legislation, passed in November 2018 , has been an undoubted success in attracting key international and domestic…
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governance & compliance update | issue 5
16 Sep 2021 Ashurst Governance & Compliance update - Issue 5
Welcome to the fifth Ashurst Governance & Compliance (AGC) update, the aim of which is to keep you and your board on top of the latest developments.
