Cooper Grace Ward welcomes senior team members
Cooper Grace Ward has welcomed several new team members across different workgroups and departments.
22 February 2022
Cooper Grace Ward has welcomed several new team members across different workgroups and departments.
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The Federal Court has recently confirmed that liquidators are able to assign their rights to examine people and to obtain the production of documents.
As of 1 July 2021, the last of the recent reforms to the Defamation Act 2005 (Qld) came into effect, bringing Queensland’s defamation framework into line with the law in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
A Supreme Court in Australia has dismissed an application by a UK company’s moratorium restructuring practitioners for recognition of a UK moratorium and ordered that the company be wound up under Australian law.
On 19 March 2021, the Federal Court handed down a decision that clarified the scope of section 21 of the Australian Consumer Law. The Court indicated that, while exploitation of some vulnerability or disadvantage will often be a feature of unconscionable conduct, it is not is not an essential element in establishing that a party has engaged in statutory unconscionable conduct.
Commercial leases ordinarily provide for rent to be reviewed at particular intervals throughout a lease term, such as when an option to renew the lease for a further term is exercised.
Before commencing court proceedings, a claimant will need to ascertain the identity of the person to sue and whether they have a claim against them.
It is possible for a trustee in bankruptcy to make a claim to property held by a bankrupt on trust. For example, by lodging a
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The Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) (EPA) imposes duties to prevent environmental harm. There are significant liabilities for contravention.
It is common in commercial disputes for a party to argue that, because they have a set-off, they are not liable to pay the amount claimed.