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Selected Business Law Cases
Short explainers for court decisions that change how Australian businesses handle contracts, staff, customers, IP and company duties.
Sources last reviewed 8 June 2026
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Get legal helpAbboud and AM2PM Group v Oltoy
Consumer guarantee claims about vehicles, equipment or other business assets often turn on evidence. If the problem is technical, the expert report needs clear...
ACCC v Coles Supermarkets
Discount campaigns need to be genuine, not just technically lower than a recently increased price. If a business advertises a was/now or price-drop promotion, it...
ACCC v Emma Sleep
Online discounting needs discipline. If products are almost always advertised as discounted, or sale countdowns keep rolling, the business may be selling urgency...
ACCC v Jayco Corporation
Product marketing claims need to line up with the actual design, warranty terms and evidence about safe use. If a product is promoted for demanding conditions, the...
ACCC v Mobil Oil Australia
Marketing a product as having special features is risky if the supply chain does not actually deliver those features. Retailers, franchise systems and suppliers...
ACCC v Qteq
Cartel risk is not limited to signed price-fixing agreements. A failed attempt to divide work, limit a competitor's tender or stop another business competing can...
ACCR v Santos
Environmental and climate claims need evidence behind them, but the law also reads them in context. A long-term target is not automatically misleading because it...
Akibou Yacouba v Key Assets The Children's Services Provider (Australia) Limited (No 3)
If your business is defending more than one claim from the same employee or former employee, do not assume the matters will stay separate just because the...
Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (Costs)
If your business is in court, the result is not the only thing that matters. The way you run the case can change the costs outcome significantly. This judgment...
Albert St Group Pty Ltd v Universal Real Estate Vic North Pty Ltd
If your business is in a multi-party dispute, do not assume that another party dropping or settling with one respondent means you can recover your own extra legal...
Albert St Group Pty Ltd v Universal Real Estate Vic North Pty Ltd (No 2)
If your business is defending an ACL claim, do not treat the existing parties as fixed. Ask early whether another person should be joined because they made,...
Allen (Trustee) v Huangfu, in the matter of the bankrupt estate of Zhang
If you have used family or jointly owned property to support business debts, keep careful records of who borrowed, what the money was used for, who benefited, and...
Allen (Trustee) v Selimi, in the matter of Selimi (Bankrupt)
If you are moving shares in a private company to a family member, spouse, sibling, related entity or other associate, especially when financial pressure exists,...
Altrad Australia Pty Ltd v Dropulich (No 3)
For business owners, finance leaders and in-house teams, the practical message is to treat accounting allegations as document-and-transaction disputes, not just...
Amaero re-domiciliation schemes
Re-domiciling a group or inserting a foreign holding company changes more than the logo on the cap table. It can affect investor rights, option holders, tax,...
Anderson v Morgan Crest Pty Ltd trading as Ray White Benalla
Read this case as a procedural warning, not a ruling on consumer law liability. If your business files late, the court may still let you defend the case if you...
Angelis v CP
Urgent refinancing can save a family business, but it can also leave years of dispute if the loan, security and PPSR position are not nailed down. Businesses should...
Angelis v CP PPSA information request
A PPSR dispute can become much harder to manage if the secured amount, loan records and security documents are not clear from the start. Businesses using emergency...
Annear Holdings v Farm Projects
When shareholders fund a project company with loans, do not leave repayment timing, working capital obligations and exit rights to assumptions. If the project...
Apollo Kitchens true employer directions
Related-entity payroll structures should be documented properly. If one company is named as employer but another company funds wages and receives the labour,...
ASIC v Bekier
Directors and senior officers cannot hide behind information overload. Boards and executives need systems that surface material risk, require active questions and...
ASIC v BPS Financial
Crypto, payments and wallet products can fall inside financial-services law even where the business sees itself as a technology or marketplace operator. Legal...
ASIC v BSF Solutions and Cigno Australia
Credit products cannot be structured around licensing and fee caps without serious risk. Legal advice can matter on penalty, but it is not a free pass if the model...
ASIC v Electro Optic Systems
Listed companies and investor-facing businesses need a trigger process for forecast changes. Once management knows earlier guidance no longer has a reasonable...
ASIC v FIIG Securities
Cybersecurity is now a licence and governance issue for regulated businesses. If your business holds sensitive client data, weak access controls, untested incident...
ASIC v Green County
Business-purpose declarations are not a magic switch that removes credit law. Lenders and introducers need reasonable inquiry records before treating a loan as...
ASIC v Macquarie Investment Management
Financial services licensees need product governance that works in practice. If a platform facilitates investments for members or clients, the licence holder cannot...
ASIC v Money3
Responsible lending checks cannot be a box-tick. If a lender has bank transaction data, declared expenses and warning signs, it needs a real process for inquiries...
ASIC v MWL Financial Services
Financial advice businesses need controls over referral models, conflicts, client files and product recommendations. A company entering liquidation does not stop...
ASIC v Nuix
Disclosure decisions need evidence and process. Even where a regulator's case fails, the judgment shows why boards should document forecast reviews, draft...
ASIC v Oztures trading as Binance Australia Derivatives
If a regulated product is meant to be offered only to wholesale clients, the onboarding controls need to prove that status before access is given. Classification...
ASIC v Saad
ASIC investigation orders can affect directors personally before any final liability finding. If travel restraints or asset-protection orders are made, directors...
ASIC v Telstra Super
Complaint handling is a regulated process for many financial businesses, not a customer service courtesy. Response deadlines, delay notices and AFCA information...
ASIC v Walker Stores
Businesses offering goods on instalments or consumer credit need to model the true credit cost, not just the sales price. Large penalties can follow if interest,...
ASIC v Westpac
Regulated customer requests only count if the operational system actually catches them, routes them and answers them on time. Credit providers, fintechs and payment...
AstraZeneca AB v Pharmacor Pty Ltd (No 2)
If your business needs to change its case late in litigation, be careful about how the explanation is framed. A statement that the company and its lawyers only...