Suppliers, sellers and distributors of goods by way of sale or consignment are significantly affected by the changes to property law brought about by the PSSA. Similarly hirers/lessors of plant and equipment and motor vehicles are immediately affected. The need to register and the priority of registration provided by the new rules means that people Click to read more…
At this week’s Personal Property Securities Act seminar (Wednesday 16 May 2012 in Sydney), we will be looking at how the PPSA impacts business. During the presentation we will cover a number of case studies which highlight various scenarios and the PPSA issues (each case study is set out below). I will provide an update Click to read more…
Some interesting cases on the operation of the Insurance Contracts Act are coming out of the Queensland Courts. The latest looks at some aspects of those provisions of Part IV of the Act which do not always find themselves in the spotlight. Part IV has all that stuff about Non-disclosure and Misrepresentation. The case is called Click to read more…
Will courts confirm the application of the Bridgecorp decision in Australia? We could be about to find out… In November 2011, we blogged about the Bridgecorp decision in NZ where the court ruled that a charge imposed upon the directors’ D&O policies prevented the directors from relying on those policies to fund their defence. An Click to read more…
Section 57 of the Insurance Contracts Act permits an insured to recover interest from an insurer where payment under a policy (governed by Australian Law) has been unreasonably withheld. But when is the point in time past which one can say that payment has been unreasonably withheld ? There have been a number of cases in recent years which Click to read more…
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