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Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 49 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on September 17, 2021

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “An Impending ‘Avalanche’: Debt Collection and Consumer Harm After COVID-19” – Lucinda O’Brien, Vivien Chen, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali; and “A New Worker Category under the Personal Service Income Regime in Australia” – Christina Allen. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial – Michael Terceiro; Commercial Litigation: “Federal Court Opens Door to Pre-trial Oral Discovery in Australia” – Michael Legg; New Zealand Newsletter: “Reckless Trading Makes Its DEBUT in the New Zealand Supreme Court” – Matthew Berkahn and Lindsay Trotman; and Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Merger Movements: International Co-ordination of Merger Clearance Policy” – Rob Nicholls.

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Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 1

By Journal Alerts on February 10, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “The Law of Penalties and the Question of Breach” – Anthony Gray; and “Overseas Buybacks on the ASX: Disclosure Requirements and Signalling Impact” – Mark Holub and Jason Mitchell. Also in this Part are the following sections: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “The High Court Decision in ACCC v Flight Centre – Crash Landings Ahead?” – Brent Fisse; and New Zealand Newsletter: “Are Gains to Foreign Owners “Public Benefits” in Authorisation Proceedings under the Commerce Act 1986?” – Rex Ahdar.

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Australian Business Law Review update: August 2016

By Journal Alerts on August 22, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO regarding suggested priorities for the re-elected federal government. It also contains the following articles: “Remote signings under Australian law” – Bruce Whittaker; “Re-evaluating the elements of the insider trading offence: Should there be a requirement for the ‘possession’ of inside information?”– Juliette Overland and “Protecting consumers from unfair contract terms: Australian comparisons” – Paul Latimer. Also in this Part are the following sections: Contracts and Restitution: “Trusts, debt and powers of advancement: Fischer v Nemeske Pty Ltd” – James McComish; and New Zealand Newsletter: “The nature of reasonable credit fees” – Barry Allan.

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Australian Business Law Review update: June 2014

By journals team on June 23, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Asset lending, unconscionable conduct and intermediaries” – Denise McGill; “Certainty and the ISDA credit derivative determinations committees” – G P Craddock; and “Whither a unified approach to the functional dimension of market definition: Why Metcash was the one that got away” – Josh Buckland. Also included in this Part are the following section notes: Banking and Finance: Financial literacy and financial decision-making of Australian secondary school students – Paul Ali, Cosima McRae and Ian Ramsay; Competition Law and Market Regulation: Strategic entry deterrence: Does it constitute a misuse of market power? – Stephen Corones; Contracts and Restitution: The High Court considers the meaning of “reasonable endeavours”: Electricity Generation Corp v Woodside Energy Ltd – Troy Keily; and New Zealand Newsletter: Frustration of contract in the New Zealand Supreme Court – Rex Ahdar.

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Australian Business Law Review update: August 2012

By journals team on August 16, 2012

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes articles discussing insider trading and the “Chinese wall” defence, security interests within the Personal Property Securities Act 2009, standard of proof required in merger cases following Metcash, and procurement, social enterprises, co-operatives and public service. There is also a Contracts and Restitution section, the New Zealand Newsletter and two book reviews.

Posted in Australian Business Law Review (ABLR), Update Summaries | Tagged "Chinese wall", "The Big Society", ABLR, Alan Peckham, Book reviews, business law, Cento Veljanovski, Contracts and Restitution, GJ Tolhurst, insider trading, Juliette Overland, Katrina Li, Louise Floyd, mergers, Metcash, Michael Borsky, New Zealand Newsletter, Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), Peter Lithgow, Rex Ahdar, security interests, Tony Coburn, United Kingdom | Leave a response

Australian Business Law Review update: June 2012

By journals team on July 5, 2012

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Do we need a better way for reviewing mergers?” by Peter Strickland; “Precluding prescriptive duties in fiduciary relationships: The problems with the proscriptive delimitation” by Leon Firios; and “The SMSF trustee-members” by Josephine Castillo. Also included in this Part are several sections: Competition and Market Regulation; Consumer Dealings; Company Law and Securities; and New Zealand Newsletter.

Posted in Australian Business Law Review (ABLR), Update Summaries | Tagged Ankon Rahman, Chris Field, company law and securities, Competition and market regulation, Consumer dealings, fiduciary relationshis, Josephine Castillo, Leon Firios, mergers, Peter Strickland, pre-merger review process, prescriptive duties, Rex Ahdar, Robert Baxt AO, self managed superannuation funds, Simon Connell, Stephen Corones, trustee members | Leave a response

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