Corporate and Commercial Team – Updates August 2013
ASIC Corporate Investigations and Hearings – Update 84
- Original updated commentary in Chs 9: ASIC Hearings; 10: Conduct of Hearings; 11: Release of Information; 12: Enforcement; 14: Privilege Against Self-incrimination and Penalty Privilege; 15: Legal Professional Privilege; and 16: Review.
- Amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth).
Australian Bankruptcy Law & Practice – Update 164
- Updated annotations to ss 5, 30(1), 35A(1), 59A, 120(1), 121(1) and 121(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth).
- Amendments to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) by the Statute Law Revision Act 2013 (Cth) (Act No 103, 2013).
- Statutes Case Annotations and Registered Trustees contact details updated.
- Updated provisional bankruptcy statistics for June 2013 quarter under Recent Developments.
Banker and Customer in Australia – Update 92
- Legislation updated in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth); Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998 (Cth) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth).
- New Developments updated with new Regulators Material.
Commercial Arbitration Law & Practice – Update 138
- The author has revised and updated commentary throughout the service.
- Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (Tas) amended.
Commercial Damages – Update 13
- Commentary has been added to Chs 7 – Trade Practices Act and Competition and Consumer Act damages; 12 – Contributory Negligence; 14 – Time aspects of damages; 15 – Certainty and loss of a chance; and 18 – Claims for damages suffered by or through others; Assignment of right to damages.
Company Receivers and Administrators – Update 150
- Commentary has been added to New Developments, Appendix 4 and Chs 2, 5, 6 7, 11, 19, 23, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50 and 58.
Injunctions – Update 21
- The following chapters have been revised and updated: Chs 3 – Evidentiary, Procedural and Ethical Issues; 6 – Restraining a Mortgagee's Power of Sale; 7 – Restraining the calling up of bank guarantee and letters of credit; 8 – Leases; 16 – Injunctions to Restrain Breaches of Restraints of Trade and the Misuse of Confidential Information.
The Law of Life Insurance – Update 151
- The Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) have been amended by the following regulations;
1. Corporations Amendment Regulations 2013 (No 1) (SLI 26 of 2013), (No 2) (SLI 83 of 2013), (No 3) (SLI 101 of 2013), (No 4) (SLI 115 of 2013), (No 5) (SLI 151 of 2013) and (No 6) SLI 172 of 2012);
2. Corporations Amendment (Intra-Fund Advice Fees) Regulation 2013 (Cth) (SLI 102 of 2013), commencing on 5 June 2013;
3. Corporations Amendment (Derivative Trade Repositories) Regulation 2013 (Cth) (SLI 150 of 2013), commencing on 29 June 2013; and
4. Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Measures) Regulation 2013 (Cth) (SLI 155 of 2013), commencing on 1 July 2013.
Media and Internet Law and Practice – Update 95
- Commentary updated in Chs 1, 4, 12 and 25.
- The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth), Broadcasting Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 (Cth), Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998 (Cth), Television Licence Fees Regulations 1990 (Cth), Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (Cth), Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth) and Radiocommunications Regulations 1993 (Cth) have been amended.
- Legislative extracts updated.
- New Developments updated.
Modern Contract of Guarantee – Update 46
- New and updated commentary in Chs 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16.
National Credit Regulation – Update 14
- Commencement of the balance of the provisions of the Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Act 2012 (Cth).
- National Consumer Credit Protection Regulation 2010 (Cth) amended.
- Updated and reissued ASIC Regulatory Guides 203, 204 and 206.
National Workplace Relations – Update 63
- Annotations to sections of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) have been amended by Aaron Neal, Elizabeth Kenny, Mark Rinaldi, Victoria Lambropoulos and Rohan Millar.
The Law of Trusts – Update 112
- Professor Michael Bryan has added to the commentary in Ch 24, Trusts and the conflict of laws.
Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation – Update 43
- Updated annotations issued for Chs 1, 2C, 2H, Pt 5.2 and Ch 6.