Pursuant to the commencement of Pt 5.3B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the author of Company Receivers and Administrators, Dr James O’Donovan, has restructured and added new commentary to what was previously Ch 40. This reflects the unprecedented developments in this area of the...

The law regulating takeovers in Australia is complex and many practitioners may benefit from a digestible summary of the rules relating to certain aspects of takeovers. Practical Law Corporate has published three new documents to assist practitioners to quickly get up to speed on...

The following Journal update articles were posted originally in Journals Talk.

On 18 November 2021 Queensland passed permanent changes to the Property Law Act 1974 and Powers of Attorney Act 1998 permitting parties to enter into deeds and general powers of attorney for businesses in electronic form. The amendments were introduced by the Justice Legislation...

The new release of the Media and Internet Law and Practice online service provides a detailed summary of the new Online Safety Act 2021. Here we present an overview of what this new act entails. 

A DIN is a unique 15-digit identifier used to verify the identity of a director and is assigned to the director permanently. DINs were introduced as part of a wider legislative initiative to combat illegal phoenixing activity.