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Can You Serve a Statutory Demand by Email in Australia?

This article explores whether a statutory demand can be validly served by email under Australian law, following major reforms to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

Class actions and regulatory intervention – Two sides of the same sword?

Regulatory and class actions share a common motive; deterrence, both specific and general.

Australia Litigation

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Holley Nethercote

Being well-informed and managing stress is key when going to court

A few tips that may assist you both in the lead-up to court & during the court process.

Australia Litigation

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Walkies! When are dog walking services "treatment & care"?

Recent decision shows that 'care of domestic pets' falls within "attendant care services".

Australia Litigation

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McCabes

Your right to sue for personal injury in Queensland

Australia Litigation

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Appeals to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) – 2024

Australia Litigation

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Roche Legal

Queensland Supreme & District Court Awards for Personal Injuries in 2024

Australia Litigation

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Roche Legal

What Happens If You Experience Psychiatric Injury/psychological Harm Following An Injury To A Loved One? And Can You Claim Compensation?

Australia Litigation

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Carroll & O'Dea

Tribunal rejects applicant's self-proclaimed "expertise"

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Court Allows Evidence From Multiple experts With Same Specialty in Stroke Negligence Case

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Free speech for academics, doctors and technical experts – meeting the peer review test

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

What Is a Vexatious Litigant?

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

Expert affiliation does not necessarily affect impartiality

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Slippery When Wet – When An Unsafe Speed Means You're Livin' On A Prayer

Australia Litigation

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McCabes

YouTuber Yung Filly charged with raping woman in Australia

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Construction Contracts: How Proper Drafting Can Help You Avoid Expensive Mistakes

Australia Real Estate

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PCL Lawyers

A Key Issue For The Federal Election 2025

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

How Caveats Apply | Skilled Occupation Lists For Migration To Australia

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

The privacy law reforms finally passed in 2024 set the priorities for 2025

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

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Australian Courts Grapple With Generative AI In Court Proceedings

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) can be an amazing tool and resource – but caution must be exercised when using it in a legal context.

Australia Litigation

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Mills Oakley

Medibank Class Action: Navigating The Legal Privilege Maze

Concerns about claims of legal professional privilege over third-party investigation reports produced in the course of responding to cyberattacks...

Australia Technology

AO

A&O Shearman

Overriding purpose – still the most significant discovery in NSW

Overriding purpose – still the most significant discovery in NSW

Australia Litigation

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Kennedys

Understanding legal professional privilege for plaintiffs in NSW

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Protecting Confidentiality in Mediation: The Gazal v Setiawan and Topaloglu Case Study

Australia Litigation

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Documents produced for court: not to be used for other purposes

Australia Litigation

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HHG Legal Group

In what instance will an application to reopen a case to introduce further expert reports be refused?

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Effect of delayed efforts in sourcing experts

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Jarryd Hayne's successful appeal: The reasons for the result

Australia Litigation

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Case Summary: Trustees Of The Roman Catholic Church For The Diocese Of Maitland-Newcastle V AA [2025] NSWCA 72

The decision sets a precedent for future litigation involving institutional responsibility for abuse.

Australia Criminal

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Carroll & O'Dea

Should I use mediation or arbitration for a commercial dispute?

Explains the factors you need to consider when choosing whether to undertake mediation or arbitration for your commercial dispute.

Australia Litigation

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LegalVision

What is an offer of compromise?

Sometimes the smartest move isn't charging full-speed toward trial—it's making a calculated offer to settle.

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

Undefended Hearing in the Family Court

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

What Is a Litigation Guardian?

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

Top five tips for court cross-examination in family law disputes

Australia Litigation

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Cooper Grace Ward

Court Mediations and the Enforceability of a Settlement Reached

Australia Litigation

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HHG Legal Group

Case Alert: Repetitious Claims In Adjudication

Australia Real Estate

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K&L Gates LLP

Security for Costs Orders in Queensland

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

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Court Procedure

Can You Serve a Statutory Demand by Email in Australia?

This article explores whether a statutory demand can be validly served by email under Australian law, following major reforms to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Australia Litigation

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Stonegate Legal

Case Summary: HMB24 v Operator, National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse [2025] FCA 278

Longbottom J ultimately accepted that the delegates of the Respondent engaged in a material breach of an implied condition of procedural fairness.

Australia Law Practice

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Tribunal rejects applicant's self-proclaimed "expertise"

NSWCATAD did not accept a "report" which had been styled as expert evidence, but which had been prepared by the applicant.

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

What Is a Vexatious Litigant?

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

Expert affiliation does not necessarily affect impartiality

Australia Litigation

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ExpertsDirect

Australian Courts Grapple With Generative AI In Court Proceedings

Australia Litigation

MO

Mills Oakley

Do pre-action protocols promote justice and efficiency? Satellite litigation flowing from pre-action protocols

Australia Litigation

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Gilchrist Connell

Undefended Hearing in the Family Court

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

What Is a Litigation Guardian?

Australia Litigation

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Unified Lawyers

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Banking/ Finance

Proportionate Liability under the microscope - when both parties are in the wrong

A recent case considered proportionate liability where both parties are wrongdoers.

Australia Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

What bank fees constitute penalties?

A recent case considered whether a bank fee constitutes a penalty.

Australia Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Insurance Case Note - The credibility gap and the gullibility fill

The Court provided guidance on the extent that a party must prove reliance to succeed on actionable misrepresentation.

Australia Litigation

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Hunt & Hunt

Four more banks to be subject to credit card fees class actions

Australia Litigation

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DibbsBarker

Landlords gain ground in Colorado Group administration

Australia Litigation

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DibbsBarker

What is the correct approach in determining whether a secured lender has lost an opportunity to make a profit from an alternative investment?

Australia Litigation

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Moray & Agnew

Practical guidance for trade creditors in an administration

Australia Insolvency

DP

DLA Piper Australia

High Court holds dishonouring cheques was defamatory and awards damages

Australia Finance

CU

Clayton Utz

Retention of Title Clauses – Court of Appeal

Australia Litigation

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Addisons

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Latest Videos

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Debt collection lawyer or debt collection agency?

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Stonegate Legal

Finding out who is behind a negative Google review

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Madgwicks

It Depends – The different types of Court hearings

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Double dipping: making claims for Total and Permanent Disability (TPD)

RL

Roche Legal

Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP17: Bracing For A Year Of Change

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Herbert Smith Freehills

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