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Buy Or Rent? Why The Australian Dream Might Be Due For A Makeover

The belief that "rent is dead money and buying is the pathway to prosperity" is widely held in the Australian housing market.

Australia Real Estate

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FTI Consulting

M&A Review: Market insights & outlook for 2026

Recent interest rate cuts and lower tariffs are generally supportive of deal activity, but uncertainty in the US is affecting investor confidence.

Australia Finance

HR

Holding Redlich

Green Finance In The Australian Commercial Property Market

Major banks have offered green loan products to fund energy efficient commercial properties.

Australia Finance

PA

Piper Alderman

2025 Banking Code of Practice - key changes affecting lenders and borrowers

The Banking Code of Practice 2025 introduces significant changes to the previous banking code.

Australia Finance

BP

Bartier Perry

Understanding Unregulated Business Loans

Australia Finance

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Matthews Folbigg Lawyers

ESMA's assessment of the MiFID Trade Reporting Framework

Australia Finance

TRAction

Default Dilemma: Mortgagee in Possession vs Receivership

Australia Finance

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Worrells

Failing to Register a PPSR Security Interest on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Australia Finance

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Swaab

Could a bank enforce a loan agreement with a forged signature? Which case won?

Australia Finance

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Stacks Law Firm

How Does Refinancing Your Home Loan After Divorce Work?

Australia Finance

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Unified Lawyers

Is reporting at ‘position level' allowed for all EMIR Derivatives?

Australia Finance

TRAction

Key Facts About the Doctrine of Exoneration in Australia

Australia Finance

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Justice Family Lawyers

What Is Bona Vacantia? An Overview for Australians

Australia Finance

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Justice Family Lawyers

FSG relief – what's in it for me?

Australia Finance

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Holley Nethercote

AI For Better Insurance

Australia Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Keeping Up With ESG In Australia – August 2025

Australia Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Can Wills Be Contested by Family and Friends?

Australia Family

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JB Solicitors

Crypto In The Courts – ASIC v Finder Update

Australia Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

Payroll Tax Obligations For Authorised Representatives Of ACL And AFSL Holders

Authorised representatives of Australian Financial Service License (AFSL) holders and credit representatives of Australian Credit Licence (ACL) holders may be deemed "contractors"...

Australia Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Perfecting PPSR security interests: Best practices and insights

The PPSR is a national online register where security interests in personal property can be registered and searched.

Australia Commercial

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Cathro & Partners

Tacking in lending: Understanding the key concepts

Tacking is when a secured creditor, who has already advanced funds, advances more funds, but keeps its priority ranking.

Australia Finance

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Bankruptcy and the forgotten mortgage: Storm Financial case

Can secured debts become statute barred? Discusses section 13 of the Limitations of Actions Act 1974 (Qld).

Australia Finance

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Worrells

Holding back to defend attack: Withholding security for anticipated litigation costs

Australia Finance

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Notices of assignment of debt – what they are and why they matter

Australia Finance

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Rostron Carlyle Rojas

Taking Security From Related Entities Of A Borrower – Unreasonable Director-Related Transactions

Australia Finance

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Vincent Young

Registering on the PPSR without reasonable grounds? You could be penalised

Australia Commercial

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

The ATO's new approach to managing business tax debts: Implications and reactions

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PCL Lawyers

Securing the repayment of loans - mortgages and securities

Australia Finance

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

How to collect statute-barred debts

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

PPSA Reform – Where to from here?

Australia Commercial

CP

Cathro & Partners

Who pays the mortgage after separation in Australia: Everything you need to know

Australia Family

JF

Justice Family Lawyers

Garnishee Orders in New South Wales

Australia Litigation

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

How to collect statute-barred debts

In Australia, debts become statute-barred after a specific time period from the date when the cause of action arose.

Australia Litigation

SL

Stonegate Legal

PPSA Reform – Where to from here?

Proposed reforms include the adoption of 345 of the Whittaker Review's recommendations and a number of other changes.

Australia Commercial

CP

Cathro & Partners

Who pays the mortgage after separation in Australia: Everything you need to know

Mortgage liability post-separation is determined by who is listed as borrower on the mortgage documentation.

Australia Family

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Justice Family Lawyers

Garnishee Orders in New South Wales

A garnishee order is a civil law court order that allows one party to recover a debt from another party's bank account.

Australia Litigation

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Your next ASIC invoice – Indicative costs ASIC's 2022-2023 regulatory levies released

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Subrogation to the rights of a creditor when a third party pays debts

Subrogation is an important doctrine to ensure that your client's entitlements are protected.

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

Will a caveat protect a lender?

Lenders frequently file caveats to protect their interest in the property until settlement is finalized.

Australia Real Estate

MD

McCarthy Durie Lawyers

BTR Series Part 1: The Housing Crisis – A Big Problem In Search Of A Solution

The housing crisis in Australia has been brewing for more than a generation. The symptoms are painful and obvious and include...

Australia Real Estate

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K&L Gates LLP

Changes to Unfair Contract Terms laws - What private lenders need to know

How new laws regarding unfair contract terms affect private mortgage funds & how to ensure compliance.

Australia Commercial

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Fundamental – Issue 43

Australia Real Estate

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McMahon Clarke

Mortgages—let's get your priorities straight

Australia Finance

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McMahon Clarke

Putting poverty on the map in NSW

Australia Government

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Received a statutory demand? Consider these three proven grounds to dispute the debt

Australia Litigation

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Holding Redlich

Is your debt worth pursuing? Knowing when to cut your losses

Australia Finance

CG

Coleman Greig Lawyers

Contractual indemnities - handle with care!

Australia Commercial

BP

Bartier Perry

Timely reminders for corporate borrowers in Australia following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Feeling squeezed as a mezzanine lender? There is hope!

Australia Finance

MD

McCarthy Durie Lawyers

Debt recovery lawyers

Australia Litigation

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JB Solicitors

Mortgagee in possession?

Australia Finance

CP

Cathro & Partners

The ATOs current debt recovery strategy

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

Rising interest rates: what happens if you can't pay your mortgage?

Australia Finance

RC

Rostron Carlyle Rojas

Inflationary pressures prompting miners to take pause

Australia Energy

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KordaMentha

TGIF - Success for CBA in long-running dispute with developer

Australia Finance

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Featherweight securities and administration risk – make sure you have sufficient security

Australia Commercial

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McCullough Robertson

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Mortgagee in possession?

CP

Cathro & Partners

It Depends – When is a negative gearing trust structure appropriate?

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

It Depends – Does it matter if the family debt is all in my name?

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Signing loan documents electronically

BP

Bennett & Philp Lawyers

An introduction to the Personal Properties Securities Act

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

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