Holman Webb Lawyers is proud to relay that the firm has been listed as a finalist in two categories in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2021:

• Law Firm of the Year
• Insurance Team of the Year

Click through for more information on this year's finalists, and upcoming winner announcements.

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth) amended the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) from 1 July 2018 to impose a prohibition on the enforcement of rights against a company including contractual termination rights arising on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to that company.

On 12 February 2018, the NSW Government released the report of former NSW Supreme Court Judge Patricia Bergin, SC  into the fundraising activities of RSL NSW, RSL Welfare and Benevolent Institution and RSL LifeCare.

This Health Law Alert discusses issues such as:

• Mandatory Data Breach Notification has commenced! Do you have a Data Breach Response Plan?
• Corporate Governance Update for Not-for-profit Health and Aged Care providers
• Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws Passed in Victoria
• Private Health Insurance Reform – how will it affect you?
• What Approved Providers can and cannot charge under the Aged Care Act - Regis Aged Care Pty Limited v Secretary, Department of Health [2018] FCA 177; Regis Aged Care Pty Limited v Secretary, Department of Health (No 2) [2018] FCA 454
• Unfair Dismissal Update – casual and labour hire employees
• More...

Greg Malakou, Holman Webb CEO, speaks to Business First magazine about how innovation not only gives Holman Webb a competitive advantage in the market but is also fundamental to the firm’s growth strategy.

A new version of the Code of Conduct came into effect on 18 April 2017.  Members are reminded to update the links on websites and other electronic communications to remain compliant with Clause 11.4 of the Code.

We are delighted to announce that the Holman Webb Health Law Bulletin May 2017 edition has been published.

Associations and charities alike understand the need to negotiate their way through changing patterns of contact and response from government, and have seen how the government’s attitude to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and regulation of charities has changed lately.

Standard form contracts have long been under a cloud and have troubled contract theory because they may arise even though there may have been no ’meeting of minds’ between the parties. Even so, merchants have found them very useful, probably for as long as there have been merchants. In Schroeder Music Publishing Co Ltd v Macaulay [1974] 1 WLR 1308 Lord Diplock noted the ’ancient’ history of standard form contracts and approved those between merchants facilitating terms of trade, but criticised the growth of one-sided contracts between parties of unequal bargaining power.

We are delighted to announce that three of our firm’s senior team members have been selected in the Ninth edition of the oldest and most respected guide to the legal profession, Best Lawyers.