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ASIC sues crypto exchange alleging design and distribution failures On 20 September 2023, ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Bit Trade Pty Ltd (Bit Trade), the provider of the Kraken crypto exchange, alleging that Bit Trade failed to comply with the design and distribution obligations relating to financial products for retail clients, for the margin trading product it offers to Australian customers. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 1:52 am by INFORRM
Policing Minister, Chris Philp unveiled plans at the Conservative Party Conference this week to allow the police to use passports, the police national database and the immigration and asylum biometric system in order to catch criminals. [read post]
 This is consistent with how the issue was considered before the 2022 High Court decisions in CFMMEU v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 and ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd v Jamsek [2022] HCA 2. 2. [read post]
1 May 2023, 7:46 am by INFORRM
On 26 to 28 April 2023, Nicklin J heard the trial in the case of MBR Acres Ltd v Free MBR Beagles QB-2021-003094. [read post]
27 Feb 2023, 9:47 am by INFORRM
Media law in other jurisdictions Australia On 21 February 2023, an application to join additional respondents and amend the original statement of claim in defamation proceedings was granted in the case of Murdoch v Private Media Pty Ltd (No 4) [2023] FCA 114. [read post]
3 Oct 2022, 12:12 pm by INFORRM
On 23 September 2022, the Federal Court found stockbroker Peter Schiff had been defamed by a ’60 Minutes’ broadcast (Schiff v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] FCA 1120). [read post]
30 Jan 2022, 4:46 pm by INFORRM
Media Law in Other Jurisdictions Australia Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of New South Wales has been refused in The Sydney Cosmetic Specialist Clinic Pty Ltd v Hu [2022] NSWCA 1. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 12:00 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  In Australia, the corporate regulators have endorsed the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures’ (TCFD) recommendations and made statements indicating their intention to enforce those. [read post]
28 Dec 2021, 4:25 pm by INFORRM
Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Nationwide News Pty Limited; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 The controversial finding of the majority of the High Court of Australia that news organisations were publishers of third-party comments on their Facebook pages. [read post]
19 Sep 2021, 4:53 pm by INFORRM
In the Courts Australia Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller; Nationwide News Pty Limited v Voller; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 – as already mentioned, a case in which the majority of the High Court held that newspapers were liable for comments posted on their Facebook pages. [read post]
20 Jun 2021, 4:14 pm by INFORRM
In the Brisbane District Court, Judge Reid in BeautyFULL CMC Pty Ltd v Hayes [2021] QDC 111 found former Beautyfull Cosmetic Medical Clinic employee Clare Hayes defamed the clinic’s owners in an Instagram story, which is a post on the social network generally only visible for 24 hours. [read post]
23 May 2021, 4:08 pm by INFORRM
Media Law in Other Jurisdictions Australia On 18 May 2021 the High Court heard argument in the case of Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 4:48 pm by INFORRM
Media Law in Other Jurisdictions Australia On 9 December 2020 Gibson DCJ handed down judgment in the case of Geyer v Ghosn [2020] NSWDC 744. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 5:00 pm by Michael Douglas
Akai Pty Ltd v People’s Insurance Co Ltd (1996) 188 CLR 418, 429 (Dawson and McHugh JJ), 445 (Toohey, Gaudron and Gummow JJ). [8] Ibid, quoted in RCD Holdings (n 1) [57]. [9] Ibid, [58]. [10] Ibid. [11] See, eg, British Aerospace plc v Dee Howard Co [1993] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 368; Incitec Ltd v Alkimos Shipping Corp (2004) 138 FCR 496, 506; Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd v Hive Marketing Group Pty Ltd (2019) 99… [read post]
18 Oct 2020, 4:59 pm by INFORRM
Media Law in Other Jurisdictions Australia In the case of Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors v Wagner & Ors [2020] QCA 221 the Supreme Court of Queensland dismissed the defendant’s appeal against an award of $3,6 m defamation damages to a wealthy Queensland family defamed in a report about the fatal Grantham floods in 2011. [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 2:27 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The Singapore Court has indicated in Re Vanguard Energy Pty Ltd[ii] that the categories of claims for which litigation funding is permitted is not fixed and that so long as the administration of justice and the interest of vulnerable litigants are protected, the categories may be expanded on a case-by-case basis. [read post]
4 Oct 2020, 4:04 pm by INFORRM
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted Guidelines (8/2020) on the targeting of social media users under GDPR. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 12:12 am by Mark Summerfield
In what might well be the final word on the scope and effect of so-called ‘Swiss type’ claims in Australia – at least for the foreseeable future – an enlarged panel of five judges of the Federal Court has clarified what is required for infringement of this form of claim: Mylan Health Pty Ltd v Sun Pharma ANZ Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 116. [read post]
21 May 2020, 9:01 pm by Samuel Estreicher and Nicholas Saady
Australian Multiple-Person LiabilityThere is no doctrine of joint employment as such in Australia. [read post]