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The Business Law Committee monitors all matters related to business law and represents the Law Society and its members on policy and practice issues arising from it. Our priorities include:
- Developing and commenting on law reform and legal policy proposals (including preparing submissions, and liaising with government and other stakeholders in this process)
- Educating the legal profession about changes to the law, and providing guidance on practice and other issues
- Exchanging information about issues arising in legal practice (such as recent case law) that may indicate a legal policy issue or concern
Without limiting the Committee’s area of review, subcommittees have been convened for the specific areas of:
- Competition and Consumer Law
- Contract Law
- Corporations
- Financial Services
- Insolvency
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
Learn more about committees
Current committee members
How to join a committee
Recent policy submissions
Letter to The Treasury - Mortgage broker best interests and remuneration reforms - 9 October 2019
Letter to Better Regulation Division, Dept of Customer Service - Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2019 - 30 October 2019
Letter to The Treasury - Mortgage broker best interests and remuneration reforms - 9 October 2019
Letter to Treasury - Review of the Tax Practitioners Board - Discussion Paper - 6 September 2019
Letter to Treasury - Cash payment limit - draft legislation - 14 August 2019
Letter to Treasury - Employee Share Schemes - Consultation Paper - 20 May 2019
Letter to IP Australia - Fees Review 2019-2020 - 16 May 2019
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Modern Slavery Act - Draft Guidance - 6 May 2019
Letter to Treasury - Review of the Tax Practitioners Board - Terms of Reference - 23 April 2019
Letter to Treasury - Enforceability of financial services industry codes - 12 April 2019
Letter to Treasury - Insurance Claims Handling - 29 March 2019
Visit the Business Law policy archive
2020 Committee list
A. Cerny (Chair), T. Russell (Dep Chair), C. Bertuch, A. Boog, D. Castle, C. Felicio, T. Hunter, J. Kabos, T. Masters, K. McLean, T. Mylecharane, D. Ramsay, B. Roe, L. Serafim (YL Rep), R. Snowden, J. Stathis, A. Vatani.
How to join a committee
Law Society Committees have powers, authorities and tasks delegated by the Council. Consisting of dedicated volunteers, each committee focuses on a particular area of law, pooling together specialist skills and experience in order to scrutinise legislation, court decisions and other government policies.
There are three broad categories of committees:
- Regulatory committees – perform statutory duties under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
- Liaison committees – linked to other professions or organisations
- Policy committees
By drawing on the insights of committees, the Law Society can meet its statutory duties and act as a major player in law reform and policy debates.