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The Regulators
The Final Report has been released and for those who followed the public hearings, the recommendations are not surprising. The regulators, ASIC and APRA, …
Getting the Deal Through: Financial Services Litigation 2018
Financial Services Litigation charts the growth of litigation in the financial sector worldwide, with our expert authors answering key questions in major …
New Australian Guidelines for Self-Reporting Foreign Bribery
The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have issued a set of joint Guidelines dealing with …
Australian government releases draft insolvent trading and ipso facto legislation
On 28 March 2017, the Australian Federal Government (Government) released draft legislation in relation to two major reforms intended to encourage …
Australia's law of penalties revisited
In a decision highly-anticipated by bank consumers and corporates alike, last month Australia’s High Court clarified the current state of Australia’s law …
Australian class actions rise
New report revealing trend towards shareholder claims.As the class action mechanism in Australia approaches its 25th anniversary, a recent study presents …
Federal Court stays a second class action against TWE as being an abuse of process
On 5 July 2016 Foster J of the Federal Court ordered that a second shareholder class action commenced by Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd (MCI) against …
Have we opened the door to market based causation?
Recent Australian court decisions are also helping create fertile ground for class action litigation. In July 2015, the acceptance into Australian law of …
Life lessons
Life insurers are facing the critical glare of the public, politicians and regulators following a recent media expose alleging poor claims handling and …
Commercial litigation: 10 significant developments in Australia in 2015
As the year draws to a close we have (as in past years) reflected on some of the most significant commercial litigation developments in 2015. Our article …
Financial Services Regulatory Insights – 2016 Outlook
Our Australian Financial Services Regulatory team has reflected on what they forecast will be the significant regulatory developments in 2016.Last year’s …
New SIV and PIV investment programmes released
Amendments to the SIV programme and the new PIV programme both commence 1 July 2015.In brief Amendments to the SIV programme and the new PIV programme …
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