Sixty million reasons to be mindful of privacy as Federal Court agrees to consumer law penalties
The Federal Court on Friday agreed to impose penalties on Google totalling $60 million, after last year finding that it had engaged…
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Wills & Estate Planning Newsletter – August 2022
We are pleased to invite you to read our August 2022 edition of HWL Ebsworth’s Melbourne Wills and Estate Planning newsletter….
Amendment to the Victorian Planning Provisions pushes Victoria towards an environmentally friendly future
Amendment VC221 (the Amendment), gazetted on 4 August 2022, supports the implementation of Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy 2021 and Gas…
Update on the regulation of medicinal cannabis in Australia – prescribing medicinal cannabis to patients, July 2022
The prescribing of medicinal cannabis products in Australia is governed at the federal level by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989…
Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) reform back on the agenda!
Last year we waited with much anticipation to see whether the changes to the unfair contract terms regime contained in…
On a Proper Construction Issue 17: The New Security of Payment Act
Introduction 1. The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (SOP Legislation) came into effect on 1 August…