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The Federal Court of Australia (Burley J) has considered whether media monitoring services provided to government clients are “for the services of the Commonwealth or State” and within the protection afforded by s 183(1) of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)...
This week the Federal Court of Australia (Jackman J) considered the application of the unfair contract term provisions of the ASIC Act to a standard form contract of insurance. In ASIC v Auto & General Insurance Company Ltd [2024] FCA 272, ASIC contended...
Today the High Court handed down an important decision in the law of restitution. In Redland City Council v Kozik [2024] HCA 7, the Council had invalidly levied special rates on waterfront land holders for the purpose of carrying out works on canals and...
In a decision of interest for strata law practitioners, this week the NSW Supreme Court (Elkaim J) published its decision in Perpetual Corporate Trust Ltd v Owners Corporation SP6534; El Khouri v Owners Corporation SP6534 [2024] NSWSC 173, concerning...
We are pleased to congratulate our Junior Clerk, Casey Ashton, on attaining 10 years of service at Banco Chambers. For 10 years Casey has been attending to important day to day Chambers operations including ensuring our kitchens and photocopiers copiers...
In significant news for competition law practitioners, today the Australian Competition Tribunal (comprised of The Hon Justice Halley, Dr J Walker and Ms D Eilert) granted authorisation to ANZ Bank’s proposed $4.9 billion acquisition of Suncorp...
This week Chambers & Partners released its guides to the Australian Bar. Banco Chambers was ranked as a Band 1 set for Dispute Resolution in Australia with commentary describing Banco as “the list you go to: high-quality and responsive.” On the individual...
This week the High Court of Australia heard an important appeal concerning whether the offence and penalty provisions of a law of the Northern Territory apply to a Commonwealth Body. The case, Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority v Director of National...
The High Court of Australia has determined a notable issue concerning the extra territorial application of the ACL’s unfair contract provisions to a contract made outside of Australia. The case, Karpik v Carnival plc [2023] HCA 39, concerned a class...