Introduction A bankruptcy trustee has the power to disclaim interests in land that are burdened with onerous covenants, unsaleable or not readily saleable. On doing so, the interest formerly held by the bankrupt re-vests in the C...

Introduction The recent decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Re: 0 Love 0 Pty Ltd (in liquidation) ATF Cooley Trust 1, Cooley Trust 2 & Cooley Trust 3 illustrates the importance of identifying the capacity of a ...

Hunt & Hunt is delighted to announce Andrew Ham has joined as Principal in the Melbourne based Banking & Finance team. Andrew has more than 25 years' experience as a commercial and financial services lawyer and complian...

In our alert on 4 March 2021 we commented on an exposure draft of proposed legislation (the National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Debt Management Services) Regulations 2021) requiring that debt management and credit r...

ASIC is undertaking a further round of consultation in connection with its review of the ePayments Code. Back in March 2019, ASIC issued a Consultation Paper 310 (review of the ePayments Code). It then consulted widely with ind...

Permanent changes to the laws relating to the electronic signing of documents are emerging from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-2020, the Commonwealth Government introduced temporary measures allowing companies to execute do...