Cutting back the thicket of corporations and financial services law
Proctor Article by Dr William Isdale and Christopher Ash
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Read moreBreaking 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 …
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Read moreFinancial 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 …
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Read moreUndue 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.
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Read moreFirst 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 …
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Read moreFinancial Services Legislation | ENews October 2021
New background papers online The latest Financial Services Legislation Inquiry background papers are now available online. Complexity and Legislative Design (FSL2) explores the drivers and metrics of legislative complexity, and considers how legislative complexity can be managed and reduced through legislative design. In particular, this paper explores the drivers and metrics of complexity in corporations …
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Read morePodcast: Prof Bant discusses the ALRC’s inquiry on simplifying corporations and financial services regulation
The ALRC’s current inquiry into the simplification of corporations and financial services regulation has generated significant interest and expectations on the part of stakeholders. What is motivating the inquiry and what are some of the challenges and objectives? In this recorded interview, Dr Andrew Godwin (ALRC Special Counsel) asks Professor Elise Bant (ALRC Advisory Committee …
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Read moreDevilish Detail of Financial Services Laws: ALRC launches journal issue
On Tuesday 20 July 2021, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in partnership with Melbourne Law School, hosted a webinar to launch the Company and Securities Law Journal Special Issue: Financial Services Laws – Understanding the Devil in the Detail.
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Read moreFinancial Services Legislation | eNews July 2021
REMINDER TO REGISTER Webinar: The Devilish Detail of Financial Services Laws Tuesday 20 July 2021, 12-1pm Join us for this webinar which will explore financial services laws in Australia through the lens of the Company and Securities Law Journal Special Issue: Financial Services Laws – Understanding the Devil in the Detail. Associate Professor Rosemary Langford will provide …
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Read moreFinancial advice sector welcomes ALRC to Licensee Summit
On Monday 7 June 2021, Justice SC Derrington, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and Christopher Ash, Senior Legal Officer, presented the first session of the Conexus Professional Planner Licensee Summit in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Nearly sixty licensee heads gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities reform could bring to the …
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