Development of the Common Law by Analogy to Statute

Law Lounge, Level 1

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Development of the common law by analogy to statuteIn-person event In recent decades the importance of statute within Australian law has increased enormously. Legislation has proliferated in size, number and scope; and many of these statutes contain underlying policies, values and ideas which the common law is capable […]

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry

Law Lounge, Level 1

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiryHybrid event This event will discuss the submissions made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry that is due to release its report at the end of May. The speakers will consider the range of submissions made to the inquiry and […]

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock

Corrs, Chambers Westgarth

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking StockIn-person event ‘Crowd-sourced funding’ is a new form of online venture capital stock market, open to all investors—retail and wholesale—that was only legally authorised in Australia five years ago. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share in the […]