{"id":17496,"date":"2026-01-28T06:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/?p=17496"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:32:48","slug":"australian-business-law-review-update-vol-53-pt-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/2026\/01\/28\/australian-business-law-review-update-vol-53-pt-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 53 Pt 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that the links to the content in this Part will direct you to Westlaw AU. If you are using Checkpoint, the links can be found in the <strong>Checkpoint PDF <\/strong>at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase an article, please email: <a href=\"mailto:LTA.Service@thomsonreuters.com\">LTA.Service@thomsonreuters.com<\/a> or contact us on 1300 304 195 (Australian customers) or +61 2 8587 7980 (international customers) during business hours (Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm AST).<\/p>\n<p>The latest issue of the <em>Australian Business Law Review <\/em>(Volume 53 Part 5) contains the following material:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Document\/I8f0d4ae0f77611f08b17887158fbc486\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;VR=3.0&amp;RS=cblt1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDITORIAL<\/a> \u2013 <em>General Editor: Michael Terceiro <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Document\/I8f0d4ae4f77611f08b17887158fbc486\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;VR=3.0&amp;RS=cblt1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Liability as a Principal and under Agency for Companies in a Corporate Group: ACCC v Emma Sleep GmbH <\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2013 Adrian Coorey<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the recent decision of <em>Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Emma Sleep GmbH<\/em>, important factual and legal questions were raised in relation to establishing the liability of a parent company and related body corporate for contravening conduct of an Australian subsidiary. The decision provides valuable insight into the current state of law, especially in relation to the principles of agency and the attribution of liability of a director, employee or agent to the body corporate under s 139B(2) of the <em>Competition and Consumer Act 2010 <\/em>(Cth). This article provides an in-depth discussion of the facts and legal issues raised in the decision, and concludes with an outline of implications and key legal principles that were confirmed by the Court in this case.<\/p>\n<p>PRIVACY \u2013 <em>Editor: Normann Witzleb<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Document\/I8f0d4ae3f77611f08b17887158fbc486\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;VR=3.0&amp;RS=cblt1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Face to Face: Australian Privacy Commissioner Weighs Facial Recognition Technology Adoption against Transparency and Proportionality <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 <em>Tom Kench and Tim de Sousa<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BANKING AND FINANCE \u2013 <em>Editor: Andrew Godwin<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Document\/I8f0d4ae6f77611f08b17887158fbc486\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;VR=3.0&amp;RS=cblt1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Managing the Destruction of Financial Records <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 <em>Yu-Tung Liu and Tien-Wei Hwang<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BOOK REVIEW \u2013 <em>Editor: Nicholas Felstead<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com\/Document\/I8f0d4ae7f77611f08b17887158fbc486\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;VR=3.0&amp;RS=cblt1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Competition Law and Economics in Australia, Volume I: The Competition Law System: Context, Law, and Economics (1st ed), edited by Julie Clarke, Allan Fels, Brent Fisse, Deborah Healey, Mel Marquis, John Middleton and Rhonda Smith <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 <em>Reviewed by Nicholas Felstead<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the PDF version of the table of contents, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/New-Westlaw-Australia-ABLR-Vol-53-No-5-Contents.pdf\">New Westlaw Australia &#8211; 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