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16.12.2021
ALRC InBrief | Merry Christmas
Season’s Greetings! The Australian Law Reform Commission wishes you a wonderful festive season. 2021 has been a productive year for the ALRC: submitting the Judicial Impartiality Inquiry Report to the Attorney-General on 6 December; and releasing the first Interim Report for the Financial Services Inquiry on 30 November. As an end-of-year celebration of the research, analysis and …
Read more15.12.2021
Breaking down the ALRC 12 Days of Christmas
As an end-of-year celebration of the research, analysis and reports completed in 2021, the ALRC team, led by the Hon Justice SC Derrington, have created a festive inquiry-related version of the 12 Days of Christmas. The Inquiry that lasts for three years is the ongoing Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services …
Read more10.12.2021
ALRC InBrief | December 2021
Financial Services Legislation Interim Report A now online First interim report reveals significant complexity in financial services legislation. The ALRC’s first Interim Report as part of a three-year review of complexity in Commonwealth legislation regulating corporations and financial services was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General of Australia, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash on 30 November 2021. This Interim Report …
Read more30.11.2021
Financial Services Legislation Interim Report A Released
Interim Report A now online First interim report reveals significant complexity in financial services legislation The ALRC’s first Interim Report as part of a three-year review of complexity in Commonwealth legislation regulating corporations and financial services was today tabled in Parliament. This Interim Report focuses in particular on the use and design of definitions in legislation. The Commission …
Read more30.11.2021
Religious Exemptions Inquiry Update November 2021
On 25 November 2021, the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (Cth) (Bill), and associated legislation, was introduced to the Parliament of Australia. In accordance with Terms of Reference issued by the Attorney-General on 10 April 2019 and amended on 29 August 2019 and 2 March 2020, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) will conduct an Inquiry into the framework …
Read more30.11.2021
Undue complexity in Australia’s corporations and financial services legislation
This article discusses two of the key themes arising so far from the ALRC’s review into corporations and financial services law – namely, undue complexity, and poor navigability. It also provides a brief overview of some of the reforms suggested in Interim Report A, released on 30 November 2021.
Read more30.11.2021
First interim report reveals significant complexity in financial services legislation
The ALRC’s first Interim Report as part of a three-year review of complexity in Commonwealth legislation regulating corporations and financial services was today tabled in Parliament. The Commission seeks feedback on 16 proposals, and 8 questions for reform. Submissions are due by Friday 25 February 2022. The report contains 13 Recommendations for reform, relating to …
Read more23.11.2021
WA Lee Equity Lecture 2021
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented the address for the WA Lee Equity Lecture at the Banco Court in Brisbane on 18 November 2021. The WA Lee Equity Lecture is held each year in honour of foremost equity and trusts academic and author, Honorary Professor WA ‘Tony’ Lee. This prestigious series of lectures …
Read more16.11.2021
ARITA Expert Series: Insolvency
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented at the ARITA Expert Series: Insolvency on 11 November 2021.
Read more19.10.2021
ALRC InBrief | October 2021
Reform Journal Relaunched in 2021 In October, the Australian Law Reform Commission published the 95th issue of the journal Reform, following an 11-year hiatus. The first issue was released in January 1976, and then twice a year until 2010. The journal’s aim was to raise public awareness of contemporary legal issues and to provide a forum for …
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