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LexisNexis Practical Guidance®
Straightforward guidance across a range of topics
Overview
Checklists
Business disputes — Checklist for corrective orders
Business disputes — Injunctions checklists
Business disputes — Checklist for mediation
Business disputes — checklist for specific performance
Business disputes — Liquidated sums claims checklist
Client Checklist: Client information form for registration of a Pty Ltd (Private) Company
Commercial property law — Checklist of issues to consider in relation to an agreement for lease
Commercial property law — Checklist for procedure for application (Vendor and Purchaser Summons (Tas))
Commercial property law — Checklist of lessor for non-retail lease
Commercial property law — Checklist of lessee for retail lease
Commercial property law — Checklist of purchaser for reviewing contracts
Commercial property law — Lessee’s checklist for non-retail lease
Commercial property law — Lessor’s checklist for retail lease
Commercial property law — Pre-exchange checklist for purchase of a commercial property
Contract law — offer and acceptance
Corporations Law — Checklist for an off-market bid
Corporations law — Checklist for complying with modern slavery legislation
Corporations Law — Steps in an on-market buy back
Corporations law — Checklist for preparing for a company annual general meeting (AGM)
Corporations law — Checklist for reducing capital
Corporations law — Client information form for registration of a Pty Ltd company
Public — Takeovers — Checklist for lodging a substantial shareholder notice
Finance and securities — Checklist of caveatable interests
Franchising and licensing — Application of New Code
Franchising and licensing — Checklist for summary of penalty provisions
Personal property securities — Checklist for drafting and reviewing security agreements
Personal property securities — Checklist for registering on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
Personal property securities — Checklist for searching the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
Personal property securities — Comparison between pre-PPSA law and the PPSA
Personal property securities — Expressions established by the PPSA
Insolvency — administrator's checklist for conduct of first creditors' meeting
Insolvency — administrator's checklist for conduct of second creditors' meeting
Insolvency — Summary of steps to be taken in connection with the winding up of a company (court winding up)
Insolvency — Summary of steps to be taken in connection with the winding up of a company (members' voluntary winding up)
Insolvency — convening creditors' first meeting notice to the company
Insolvency — Checklist for first application to court to convene meeting
Insolvency — pre-appointment enquiries
Insolvency — second application to court to approve scheme
Insolvency — Summary of steps to be taken in connection with the winding up of a company (creditors' voluntary winding up)
Due diligence checklist — for home and residential property buyers
Purchase and sale of business — Checklist of key terms for drafting or reviewing a "basic" lease or hire purchase agreement
Purchase and sale of business — Checklist to distinguish a contractor arrangement from employment
Purchase and sale of business — checklist for buying from a company or buying shares in a company
Purchase and sale of business — Client questionnaire for Purchaser
Purchase and sale of business — settlement checklist
Purchase and sale of a business — trustee vendor checklist
Trust review checklist
Trusts — Checklist for creating a trust
Trusts — Checklist for deductible gift recipient status
Trusts — Checklist of drafting considerations for special trusts
Trusts — Powers of trustee for deed
Agency — Checklist for the appointment of an agent in Australia
Legislation
Latest Legal Updates
18 May 2020
Vic temporary regulations allow for electronic signing of deeds and remote witnessing of documents
14 May 2020
ACCC provides update on "Open Banking", including an overview of the Conformance Test Suite and Compliance and Enforcement policy
13 May 2020
COVID-19 — NSW allows certain documents (including paper land registry dealings and plans) to be witnessed remotely
12 May 2020
ASX issues compliance update about changes to temporary emergency capital-raising relief measures
11 May 2020
QLD emergency legislation provides broad powers to amend laws relating to documents
08 May 2020
COVID-19 causes all proposed foreign land acquisitions since 29 March 2020 to be reviewed by FIRB
07 May 2020
ACCC gives financial service providers an extra 3 months to get ready for Open Banking and circulates proposed changes to CDR rules
05 May 2020
Australian Signals Directorate issues cyber security warning for remote working in response to COVID-19
29 Apr 2020
COVID-19 prompts Australian Financial Complaints Authority to extend permitted time for resolution of complaints
22 Apr 2020
JobKeeper legislation includes temporary powers to amend Commonwealth legislation relating to executing and witnessing documents
20 Apr 2020
COVID-19 — ASIC issues urgent advice measure to facilitate early access to superannuation
03 Apr 2020
Federal Court finds directors of Storm Financial breached their duties of due care and diligence (Cassimatis v Australian Securities and Investments Commission)
31 Mar 2020
Corporations Act amended to include temporary relief measures for companies under Federal Government’s COVID-19 economic stimulus package
17 Mar 2020
A director’s failure to declare substantial holding leads to criminal prosecution
13 Dec 2019
NSW Landholder duty to be calculated on unencumbered value and to include anything fixed to the land even if not a fixture
12 Dec 2019
Changes imminent in NSW about when a discretionary trust is deemed to be a foreign trust for the purposes of NSW surcharge purchaser duty
11 Dec 2019
ASIC to ban unsolicited cold call sales of direct life insurance and consumer credit insurance
06 Dec 2019
Courts likely to accept claims of underpayment unless an employer has evidence to the contrary: Ghimire v Harriview Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 1627
04 Dec 2019
High Court decision causes litigation funders to revisit viability of class actions: BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster; Westpac Banking Corporation v Lenthall [2019] HCA 45
03 Dec 2019
Changes to superannuation laws prohibit salary sacrificing triggering a reduction in the employer’s super contribution
02 Dec 2019
Packaging and Plastics Bill before Federal Parliament designed to eliminate use of single-use plastics from packaging
29 Nov 2019
Law Reform Commission releases discussion paper on corporate criminal responsibility regime
28 Nov 2019
This may make you sick: the largest class action in Australia is about PFAS contamination
26 Nov 2019
APRA to investigate Westpac’s governance following launch of AUSTRAC proceedings against the Bank
25 Nov 2019
ASIC updates guidance about requirement for super funds to disclose fees and costs
22 Nov 2019
Industry-specific information now available on the Personal Property Securities Register website
21 Nov 2019
Government accelerates establishment of new financial advisor discilplinary system
20 Nov 2019
ASIC succeeds against Westpac subsidiaries over telephone advice (ASIC v Westpac Securities Administration Limited [2019] FCAFC 187)
19 Nov 2019
Federal Court proceedings against financial advisor singled out by Banking Royal Commission for case study about “bad advice”
18 Nov 2019
Australian Financial Complaints Authority launches online tool comparing responsiveness of insurers, banks, financial advisers, superannuation funds to consumer complaints
15 Nov 2019
ASIC publishes guidance on mandatory whistleblower policies ahead of 1 January 2020 deadline
13 Nov 2019
Government re-introduces bill to deny foreign residents CGT main residence exemption
12 Nov 2019
End of Innovation Patent Scheme following enactment of Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2019 (Cth)
11 Nov 2019
Consumer awareness of important terms should not be expected if buried in fine print of long and detailed contract says ACCC
07 Nov 2019
WA government announces 75% duty rebate for purchasers of off-the-plan residential units
06 Nov 2019
Australian Financial Service Authority publishes new guide to searching the Personal Property Securities Register
04 Nov 2019
New rules to require companies conduct regular pay reconciliations for annualised salaried employees under 19 industry awards
31 Oct 2019
Final Assent of new act to extend to family trusts the anti-avoidance rules that apply to other closely held trusts
30 Oct 2019
ACCC files Federal Court claim alleging Google misled android mobile phone users about collection of personal location data
29 Oct 2019
NSW — New disclosure requirements and statutory remedies for residential off-the-plan contracts to commence on 1 December 2019
28 Oct 2019
ASIC publishes Information sheet and 13 flowcharts dealing with most types of external administration, controller appointments and schemes of arrangement
25 Oct 2019
ASIC Corporate Governance Taskforce releases report on director and officer oversight of non-financial risk
24 Oct 2019
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to cooperate with ASIC on significant Australian benchmarks used by EU-supervised entities
22 Oct 2019
Tax Commissioner succeeds in High Court appeal: Commissioner of Taxation v Sharpcan Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 36
18 Oct 2019
Information Commissioner consults on guidelines to safeguard privacy when Consumer Data Right (CDR) regime commences
16 Oct 2019
ACCC commences inquiries into NBN affordability and into the transparency of bank home loan pricing
15 Oct 2019
ASX publishes response to consultation paper — Simplifying, clarifying and enhancing the ASX listing rules
14 Oct 2019
NSW — Can a landlord terminate a lease by entering and taking possession of the leased premises without notice for non-payment of rent?
11 Oct 2019
Feedback sought on proposed changes to rules about how Australian domain names can be used
10 Oct 2019
ASIC proposing to end the exemption of funeral expenses from the definition of “financial products”
09 Oct 2019
Australian Taxation Office clarifies position on fuel tax credits Linfox decision
03 Oct 2019
Federal Department of Home Affairs publishes guidance about how companies are to comply with Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)
02 Oct 2019
Vic — Duties and land tax — changes arising from the State Taxation Acts Amendment Act 2019 (Vic)
27 Sep 2019
Franchisors tread carefully — Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2019] FCAFC 164
24 Sep 2019
Signing and delivering a deed is binding, even if the other party has not yet signed
20 Sep 2019
ACCC publishes updated cartel immunity policy and launches whistleblowing tool for anonymous reporting of cartel conduct
18 Sep 2019
Final Assent of new act making sure multinationals pay a fairer share of tax in Australia and other measures
13 Sep 2019
ATO unsuccessful in transfer pricing case against Glencore: Glencore Investment Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCA 1432
10 Sep 2019
