The high court treatment: trade mark law cleaned up in cosmetics case
Cosmetics is a $22 billion dollar per year industry in Australia.1 Cosmetic companies regularly register trade marks to protect their brands. For…
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Further Award update: Engineers, scientists and IT professionals will be entitled to paid overtime and penalty rates from September 2023
On 17 February 2023, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers published an article about the changes the Fair Work Commission (Commission) proposed to…
Media regulator ACMA to be given new powers to help protect Australians from online misinformation
Did you know that between January 2020 and June 2021, over 82% of Australians reported having experienced misinformation about COVID-19?…
Buying goods from a private seller – does a buyer have any recourse under the Australian Consumer Law?
As we know, the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) provides consumers with a raft of consumer guarantees. One of those consumer…
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Introduction It was long expected that debt collection activities would sharply increase as COVID-19 and the associated payment relief schemes…
Serving a Bankruptcy Notice via Email
A recent Federal Court judgment has tested the validity of service of bankruptcy notices via email. On 1 April 2021…