The Department of Immigration and Border Protection launched The Australian Trusted Trader Programme yesterday in Melbourne, marking another important step on the path to a new trade environment. Australian Trusted Trader is a pr...

The China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is the customs and trade topic dominating headlines at the moment, and it makes sense given China is our biggest trading partner. However, there are a number of other recent and important custo...

Court of Appeal upholds use of local handyman for minor repairs. A judgment obtained by Hunt & Hunt, acting for the insurer of a residential occupier where a subsequent tenant sustained significant injury from prior defective...

On 10 June 2015, the High Court handed down a significant decision in the context of personal injury claims within South Australia.  The decision concerns the interpretation and application of Sections 33 and 53 of the Civil Liab...

This article relates to claims against insurers under s601AG of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and application of the proportionate liability regime. In the recent Supreme Court of New South Wales decision of Smart v AAI Ltd; ...

A recent Tribunal decision demonstrated that Australian Customs can, and will, pursue the Australian recipient of goods for underpaid duty even where the foreign supplier acted as the importer of record and was responsible for the...