Updates & Alerts

The payments system is increasingly complex. It is overseen by multiple regulators and the laws and regulations that govern it are constantly being reviewed and adjusted as the digital economy matures to ensure the regulatory framework remains relevant.

The merger between the companies that operate the BPAY, EFTPOS and New Payments Platform (NPP) payment systems was authorised by the ACCC only after the proposed new holding company provided a four year section 87B court-enforceable undertaking to assuage the regulator’s concerns...

FIND by Citation has been enhanced on new Westlaw and is now even easier to use.

ASIC Policy Alerts have been added to new Westlaw.

Practical Law In-house have released a new resource which discusses the importance of choosing appropriate role titles for in-house lawyers and legal department personnel.

Latest update now available.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.3 “Native Title Law”; Business Organisations 4.1 “Company Formation”; Contracts: Specific 8.4 “Sale of Goods”; Criminal Procedure 11.5 “Committal Proceedings”...

The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 (Cth) commenced on 4 September 2021. The legislation introduces three new warrant-based surveillance powers to equip the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to combat...

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 8; Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: Vol 31 Pt 2; Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 28 Pt 2; Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 29 Pt 2

On 8 September 2021, the High Court in Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 dismissed an appeal by several Australian media outlets, finding they were publishers of allegedly defamatory third-party comments on their Facebook pages.

Might a reform inspired from a civil law jurisdiction help make Australian companies more socially and environmentally responsible?

Essential compliance information at your fingertips. The full text of Market Integrity Rules (Capital) 2021 is now available. The ASIC Digest on Westlaw holds documents and regulations issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).