$77.00
2 March 2023
This seminar will be an overview of the unconscionability principles — both at general law and under statute — with a look at key and recent decisions in this ever-developing area, including the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia’s decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Quantum Housing Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 40 and the High Court’s decision in Stubbings v Jams 2 Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 6.
This seminar will be an overview of the unconscionability principles — both at general law and under statute — with a look at key and recent decisions in this ever-developing area, including the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia’s decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Quantum Housing Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 40 and the High Court’s decision in Stubbings v Jams 2 Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 6.
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Recent campaigns and debate have centred on the need to recognise Indigenous Australians as the first peoples of Australia under the Australian Constitution. This CPD seminar, presented by Mick Dodson AM, focusses on the seminal judgment in the Tasmanian Dams case, and the effects of the High Court’s decision.
This CPD is a seminar on the interaction between bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy Courts. Barrister Christopher Brown exmaines many of the common statutory provisions that are relevant to bankruptcy cases and recent cases that addresses jurisdictional and standing issues. The CPD then concludes with a Q & A session with Federal Circuit Court Judge Riethmuller
This CPD is a seminar which examines the case Johnston v Endeavour Energy [2015] NSWSC 1117, which concerned the rights of class plaintiffs and insurers in class actions. Helen Tiplady and Jeff Gleeson QC also provide some practical considerations for those advising class plaintiffs and insurers.
This seminar examines enforcement of a foreign judgment based on submission to jurisdiction. It discusses the Privy Council decision in Vizcaya Partners Ltd v Picard & Anor [2016] UKPC 5; the role of experts on foreign Law; and both the Foreign Judgments Act 1962 (Vic) and the Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth).
