Member Articles

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken an aggressive stance against cartel conduct, leveraging its enforcement powers to secure significant penalties and criminal convictions against both bus ...

In the context of commercial leasing, consideration should be given to what would constitute a penalty versus a genuine pre-estimate of damage for the purposes of enabling a landlord to lawfully claw back a proportion of ...

In Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) (Jamsek No 3) [1] the Full Federal Court confirmed that only natural persons are entitled to superannuation guarantee contributions, which excludes workers providing ser ...

Law No. 13/2023 of 3 April, amends the Labour Code and related legislation. Regarding Compensation Funds, although it does not make any changes to the respective legal regimes, the entry into force has significant impact ...

In Spain, with the entry into force, on December 28, 2022, of Law 38/2022, a new tax has been introduced, called "Impuesto de Solidaridad a las Grandes Fortunas." Basically, this is a temporary welth tax for high-net-wo ...

Last week the Federal Government released an Australian first to further its commitment in the transition into a decarbonised transport system – the National Electric Vehicle (NEV) strategy. This strategy aims to incre ...