Freezing orders are a powerful tool for preserving assets and protecting recovery prospects in fraud cases. Their impact is amplified by ancillary orders, such as asset disclosure, cross-examination ...

Stakeholders are encouraged to provide input to ensure the draft Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers (Register Notices – Extensions of Time) Instrument 2025 effectively addresses the challenges faced ...

The Finance Sector Union is currently pursuing "substantial" penalties against the National Australia Bank plus compensation for allegedly forcing managers to work 10 to 16-hour days as part of a ...

Pallas clarifies the uncertainty regarding pre-mediation group member registration procedures – a critical tool in the efficient conduct and settlement of class action – and suggests that the fairness ...

This Insight provides a legal perspective on how the statutory tort may affect the Australian public sector, including State and Territory government departments. Under the statutory tort, a plaintiff ...

The Administration Legislation appointed Mark Irving, KC, as Administrator over the National CFMEU body, tasked with transforming the CFMEU into "strong, democratic, member controlled, industrially ...

Clayton Utz has advised Greenlit Brands on the sale of its furniture chain Freedom Furniture to Quadrant Private Equity owned Amart Furniture. The acquisition sees the two companies merge into a ...

On 3 June 2025 the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) introduced two new sets of comprehensive guidelines aimed at enhancing the safety and regulation of non-surgical cosmetic ...

Insolvencies in Australia have continued to rise in 2025, with signs of deeper and long-term stress – although lower interest rates and inflation may ease the pressure for some sectors through to year ...