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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
  • Commercial and Corporate
  • Financial Services
  • Insolvency and Restructuring 
  • Intellectual Property and Technology
  • Taxation

Learn more about committees
Current committee members
How to join a committee

Recent policy submissions

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Impact of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability – 8 August 2024

Letter to Treasury - Review of eligibility requirements for registration with the Tax Practitioners Board – 7 August 2024

Letter to Small Business Commissioner - Discussion Paper – Review of small business experiences with regulatory policymaking - 10 July 2024

Letter to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry - Review into the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 – 28 June 2024

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Reforming Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime – second phase consultation – 22 May 2024

Letter to the Law Council of Australia – Winding down Australia’s cheques system – 6 February 2024

Letter to Treasury – Merger Reform – 18 January 2024

Letter to Law Council of Australia – Regulating Digital Asset Platforms – 6 December 2023

Letter to Modern Slavery Committee – Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (NSW) – 29 September 2023

Letter to Law Council of Australia – Proposed measures in response to events involving PwC – 28 September 2023

Letter to Law Council of Australia – Legislating the objective of superannuation – 26 September 2023

Letter to Law Council of Australia – Independent Review of the Franchising Code of Conduct – 25 September 2023

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Privacy Act Review Report - 20 March 2023

Letter to Treasury – Token mapping – 3 March 2023

Letter to Treasury – Statutory review of the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 – 28 February 2023

Visit the Business Law policy archive

 

2024 Committee list

Ms Amber Cerny (Chair), Mr Timothy Masters (Deputy Chair), A. Balis, S. Brown, V. Caldwell,  D. Chien, O. Fischbein, M. Gupta, P. Harrison, J. Iyer, M. Lo,  K. McLean, T. Mierendorff, K. Redenbach, B. Roe, F. Schoneveld, L. Serafim, R. Snowden, R. Staltare, J. Stathis, T. Stevensen, C. Sylow.

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.

See the Law Society Committee webpage