The ACCC's increased enforcement activity in this space coincides with the new Franchising Code introduced earlier this year. The new Franchising Code applies to franchise agreements and conduct ...

Crucially, there is no requirement that the external administrator's opinion be reasonable (unlike the direction by creditors provided for in section 75-15 (1)), and their decision will not be subject ...

With the 31 August 2025 deadline fast approaching, RSE licensees should act decisively to: Review and strengthen authentication controls, ensuring MFA is in place for high-risk transactions and ...

In class actions, only the group members who have directly entered into agreements with funders are contractually required to pay the funder if the class action succeeds, despite the entire pool of ...

The future of the public interest defence The introduction of the public interest defence was designed in large part to remedy the historical failure of the existing defences to protect legitimate and ...

Privacy protections to be bolstered with initial tranche of privacy reforms ...

The test for whether a term is unfair is not so clear that contract drafters can have absolute confidence that they can prevent an automatic renewal clause from falling foul of the unfair contract ...

The NSW Government’s ambitious agenda for building legislation reform has taken another step forward, with the release of three Bills for public consultation as part of the Construct NSW ...

Tax and foreign investment rules at both the Federal and State level are being amended to make it easier for foreign and domestic capital to invest in Australian Build to Rent developments. Build to ...

Clayton Utz are pleased to welcome specialist energy and infrastructure lawyer Alexander Danne to lead its Energy Practice. Alex will join the firm's partnership from law firm Gilbert+Tobin, where he ...

The Federal Court's ground-breaking decision to allow a potential claim of negligence to proceed against the Commissioner of Taxation is a novel development (for novel circumstances) that is a first ...

Large-scale acquisitions often come with disclaimers seeking to exclude liability under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) for misleading and deceptive representations. Are they worth the paper they ...