Sale Readiness and Vendor Due Diligence: Build Trust Before You Go to Market

During 2026, Rankin Business Lawyers will be presenting a series of articles providing guidance on what to do when preparing a business for sale. To kick off, this month we cover sales readiness and vendor due diligence, and steps that can be taken to build trust before going to market.   Sale Readiness and Vendor [...]

2026-02-23T23:30:08+00:00February 23rd, 2026|Business Advice, Compliance, Contracts, Corporate Advisory, Data Protection, Sale of Business|Comments Off on Sale Readiness and Vendor Due Diligence: Build Trust Before You Go to Market

A New Era for Privacy: The Statutory Tort of Invasions of Privacy

From 10 June 2025, Australian privacy law has taken a major step forward with the introduction of the statutory tort of invasions of privacy. This reform gives individuals new and direct rights to take legal action in court – something previously unavailable under Australia’s privacy regime. In this blog, we break this change down into [...]

2025-09-03T22:46:43+00:00August 4th, 2025|Compliance, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution|Comments Off on A New Era for Privacy: The Statutory Tort of Invasions of Privacy

Privacy Law: Evolving Cause of Action – Breach of Confidence

Breach of confidence is a common cause of action in matters involving intrusion of privacy. The doctrine is not statute-based but arises from common law (i.e. judge-made law) and equity. To establish a claim for breach of confidence, based on the principles in Coco v A N Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1968] FSR 415, a plaintiff [...]

2025-05-20T06:01:30+00:00May 20th, 2025|Data Protection|Comments Off on Privacy Law: Evolving Cause of Action – Breach of Confidence

Does your business have an APP compliant privacy policy?

The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) require an APP entity (essentially not a small business) to have a clearly expressed and up-to-date privacy policy (APP privacy policy) describing how it manages personal information. The APP privacy policy must be based on and reflect the practices, procedures and systems that the APP entity has implemented to ensure [...]

2025-03-11T22:15:10+00:00March 11th, 2025|Compliance, Data Protection|Comments Off on Does your business have an APP compliant privacy policy?
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