5 Recent Customs Developments Including Trusted Trader, Dumping Duty Refunds and AAT Decisions

September has highlighted the wide variety of issues that customs professionals must consider in the areas of classification, the Trusted Trader Programme, anti-dumping duties, the process for appealing decisions by the Department...

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E-conveyancing: Verification of Identity Changes, What a Relief

Version 3 of the Model Participation Rules (MPR) removes the nexus between verifying identity and witnessing transaction signatures. Lenders and those involved in the finance industry will be greatly relieved by the Australian...

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Wrongs Amendment Bill 2015

In 2013, the previous Victorian Liberal Government directed the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission ("the Commission") to review the personal injury provisions of the Wrongs Act ("the Act"). The review was intended to ...

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Consultation on the Regulation of Small Amount Credit Contracts and Consumer Leases

In August 2015 the Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a review of the small amount credit contract (SACC) laws, a review process that is required by statute to take place under the National Consumer Credit Protection Ac...

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Consumer Leasing – a Perfect Storm

The recent release by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) of its report on the cost of consumer leases for household goods (Report 447), coupled with other recent changes, is likely to create a perfect stor...

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Court of Appeal considers operation of Road Management Act

On 20 August 2015, the Court of Appeal handed down the judgment in the matter of Kennedy v Shire of Campaspe [2015] VSCA 215. This was the first occasion on which the court has had the opportunity to consider the operation of the ...

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