Category: Commercial Law

• 3/4/2012 - Warranty vs due diligence
  The High Court recently considered whether a purchaser's failure to carry out due diligence prevented them from claiming damages for breach of warranty.
• 1/12/2011 - The insurance business - time to stay in or get out
  The new Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act comes into force in March 2012.
• 22/9/2011 - Void Purchase Agreement - A Good Reason Not To Settle?
  A number of property subdivisions completed within the last 2 or 3 years were originally pre-sold at levels well above market value at the time of settlement.
• 21/9/2011 - New Securities Act
  The Government has recently released the proposed draft Financial Markets Conduct Bill (Bill). The Bill represents a comprehensive review of securities law. It will replace the existing Securities Act.
• 24/5/2010 - Venture capital start up - "ground up" legal structure
  Many new business are founded on great ideas. They invariably need help creating a 'ground up' legal structure.