Important Changes to Wrongs Act Now Imminent

Further to our previous update on 29 September 2015, the Wrongs Bill 2015 ("The Bill") was introduced and read for a first time in the Legislative Council on 8 October 2015. It was then read a second time, voted on and passed with...

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Trans Pacific Partnership Detail Released: What Importers and Exporters Need to Know

After being kept secret for years, the wording of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has now finally been released.  The wording contains practical guidance for traders on how to use the TPP. TPP refresh The TPP is a Free Trad...

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“The Sleeper Awakes” e-Conveyancing: The Right to Deal

In e-Conveyancing, most of the focus to date has been on how to satisfy verification of identity (VOI) requirements. The VOI obligation is to take reasonable steps to verify the identity of each party to the conveyancing transacti...

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Victoria Broadens Verification of Identity Requirements for Paper-Based Conveyancing Transactions

In September last year, new rules were introduced in Victoria requiring mortgagees/lenders to take positive steps to verify the identity of mortgagors/borrowers and their authority to deal with the land being mortgaged. These chan...

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TPP – The World’s Largest Regional Trade Agreement Negotiated

Negotiators have announced that an agreement has been reached regarding the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional trade agreement potentially covering 40% of global GDP.  However, from an Australian trade in go...

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Bikies and Brothels Bitten by Non Disclosure

The Supreme Court of NSW was recently faced with a decision dealing directly with Section 21 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) regarding the insured's duty of disclosure in the case of Stealth Enterprises Pty Ltd t/as The ...

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