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Recent publications
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Date: 04 Apr 2013
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse opened this week. The Commission's chairman, provided information on how future private and public hearings would be conducted.
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Date: 07 Feb 2013
The revised Code of Banking Practice has been published. Subscribing banks have 12 months to make changes to ensure compliance with the revised code by 1 February 2014.
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Date: 11 Dec 2012
A recent NSW Supreme Court decision has upheld a mortgagee's right to security for the anticipated reasonable costs of defending a threatened claim by a mortgagor when discharging security.
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Date: 20 Nov 2012
In a recent NSW Supreme Court decision, the Court confirmed the binding nature of an 'in principle' settlement agreement, and held that disagreement as to terms did not mean that there was "no agreement".
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Date: 04 Oct 2012
In a recent decision, the NSW Supreme Court confirmed that parties are able to, by agreement, limit the time in which a s 52 TPA claim can be brought to a period which is less than the 6 year period allowed under the TPA, without "contracting out" of the TPA.
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Date: 12 Sep 2012
The NSW Opposition has introduced a Private Member's Bill which, if enacted, would increase the powers of small businesses in respect to their dealings with banks, franchisors and other large corporates.
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Date: 03 Sep 2012
The Western Australian Court of Appeal recently upheld earlier decisions of the NSW Supreme Court and the Victorian Supreme Court in rejecting 'a defence of securitisation' from the defaulting mortgagor.
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Date: 27 Aug 2012
In a recent NSW Court of Appeal case, a lender has successfully sued its mortgage originator for monies not recoverable from the borrower on the basis that the mortgage originator did not follow proper procedures when checking the identity of the borrower.
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