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ASIC involve­ment marks new twist in Chameleon Min­ing case

In brief — Finan­cial ser­vices licence exemp­tions do not have ret­ro­spec­tive effect ASIC has become involved in the case of Inter­na­tion­al Lit­i­ga­tion Part­ners Pty Ltd v Chameleon Min­ing NL, sub­mit­ting to the court that exemp­tions from the need to hold a finan­cial ser­vices licence do not have ret­ro­spec­tive effect. Lit­i­ga­tion fund­ing agree­ment is a finan­cial product…

Com­mence­ment of the Civ­il Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion Act 2011 (Cth) — News Alert

The fed­er­al gov­ern­ment has announced that the Civ­il Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion Act 2011 (Cth) will com­mence on 1 August 2011. The leg­is­la­tion impos­es require­ments for prospec­tive lit­i­gants to take geni­une steps to resolve a dis­pute before pro­ceed­ings are com­menced in the Fed­er­al Court or Fed­er­al Mag­is­trates Court. For detailed infor­ma­tion about these changes in…

Casu­al employ­ee lodges unfair dis­missal claim after being sacked via a text message

In Brief Fair Work Aus­tralia (FWA) has sent a clear warn­ing to employ­ers think­ing of dis­miss­ing their employ­ees by text mes­sage, award­ing a casu­al employ­ee almost $10,000 com­pen­sa­tion after she was sum­mar­i­ly dis­missed via a text message. Sed­i­na Sokolovic v Mod­estie Fash­ion Aus­tralia Pty Ltd [2011] FWA 3063 Sed­i­na Sokolovic was employed by Mod­estie Fash­ion Aus­tralia…

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