Corporations

Practical Law Commercial has released two brand new resources: a legal update on the proposed reforms to the unfair contract terms regime introduced in Parliament on 9 February 2022 and a legislation tracker which monitors key developments in the proposed legislation.

Shareholders, litigation funders and class actions promoters are set to benefit from the long-awaited High Court decision in litigation involving the former mining company Arrium Ltd.

British-based polluters won’t escape accountability behind the corporate veil, declares the UK Supreme Court in two recent decisions.

Ideally, changes introduced in Corps Act 2001, Pt 5.3 will assist small businesses to quickly restructure and survive the economic impact of COVID-19. If not possible, they will be able to wind up faster and more efficiently.

Practical Law Corporate has published three new documents to its extensive suite of takeovers related documents.

The allocation of director identification numbers (DINs) by the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) commenced on 1 November 2021. In this Practice note, the Practical Law Commercial team consider the data protection and privacy issues relevant to both directors and companies...

Practical Law Corporate has published two new resources to its due diligence: acquisitions topic for use in the context of the sale and purchase of oil and gas (petroleum) titles or assets.

Practical Law In-house have released a new resource which provides a chart to help in-house lawyers manage organisational risk.

Practical Law In-house have released a new resource which discusses the importance of aligning an in-house legal department with it's organisation's risk tolerance.

Practical Law In-house have released a new resource which provides a glossary of the key risk terms used in Practical Law's risk materials and in risk management practices and processes.

Practical Law Corporate has published a new practice note to assist directors to discharge their duties and meet their obligations in relation to the consideration, management and disclosure of climate risks faced by their organisation.

Practical Law Corporate has published four new practice notes and a standard document to its extensive suite of takeovers related documents.