The Review of the Competition Law Provisions of the Trade Practices Act (The Dawson Report) was released by the Australian Government in April 2003. The first substantial chapter in the report relates to mergers. While recommending the existing substantial lessening of competition test be...

The article deals with the interesting issue of the tax treaty qualification problems arising in hybrid financial instruments and structures. The need to fit the great diversity of instruments and legal, economic and accounting trends attached to them into the closed range of treaty income...

- A combined practical and theoretical comparison of UK and EU corporate finance law giving unique perspectives and a forward looking approach.- Addresses key issues arising from the financial crisis, such as the scope for innovation in legal markets, as well as anticipating issues likely to be...