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This week’s TGIF considers a recent decision of the NSW Supreme Court where the Court protected the priority of an ADI’s unregistered security interest perfected by control, over the registered security interest of a secured creditor.

What is the path ahead for the financial advice industry following the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry?

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm, has announced the appointment of Dr Robert Fearn, a founder of NSW Police’s digital forensic technology research laboratory, as a Forensic Technology Manager in its Legal Technology Solutions (LTS) group.

Recent changes to the way the United States regulates foreign investment in its technology assets have highlighted an interesting contrast to Australia’s approach.

After several years of consultations, committee hearings and draft proposals, the long foreshadowed reforms to Australian whistleblower legislation were finally passed on 19 February 2019. Here’s what you need to know…

On 14 September 2018, the Office of the Land Access Ombudsman began performing its functions under the Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017 (Qld).

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm, has appointed seasoned human rights expert Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope as Head of Business and Human Rights.

This week’s TGIF considers a recent Federal Court decision which validated dispositions of property made by a company after the winding up began.

ACCC Chair Rod Sims this week outlined the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Enforcement and Compliance Priorities for 2019.

The Queensland Government has passed the Waste Reduction and Recycling (Waste Levy) Amendment Act 2019 (Qld), which will implement a levy on waste from 1 July 2019.

Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has been named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) for 2018-19. This is the thirteenth consecutive year Corrs has received public recognition by WGEA for its commitment to gender equality.

The ACCC has not made the case that the significant merger control law reforms it proposes in its Digital Platform Inquiry Preliminary Report are warranted. Why not?

This week’s TGIF considers Re Legend International Holdings Inc (In liq) [2018] VSC 789, the next chapter in the story of Legend International Holdings Inc, where the Court found a company to be insolvent on the basis of a foreign debt.

A recent decision by the Fair Work Commission has considered whether greenfields agreements could be entered into for a major Victorian infrastructure project.

Recognised leaders in internal investigations, regulatory inquiries and commercial litigation, Craig Phillips and Abigail Gill have joined the partnership of Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

In December 2018, the Government of Western Australia released barrister John Fiocco’s ‘Final Report to the Minister for Commerce [on] Security of Payment Reform in the WA Building Industry’. In our latest Corrs High Vis podcast, Chris Ryder, Spence

The Report of the first national review of Australia’s model Work Health and Safety laws was released on 25 February 2019. It makes 34 recommendations for reform, including the introduction of an industrial manslaughter offence.

From 1 January 2019, businesses may have to report annually on the risks of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains, and what they are doing to address those risks.

The recently-released reports of the Migrant Workers Taskforce and the ‘Fairness in Franchising’ inquiry highlight the extent of worker exploitation in Australia. Where to from here?