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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 Modern Slavery Committee – Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (NSW) – 29 September 2023
Letter to Law Council of Australia – Legislating the objective of superannuation – 26 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
Letter to Treasury – Regulating Buy Now, Pay Later in Australia – 22 December 2022
Letter to Australian Taxation Office – Taxpayers’ Charter Review – 26 October 2022
Letter to Law Council of Australia – Review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act – 7 October 2022
Letter to Anti-Slavery Commissioner – Strategic Plan to Combat Modern Slavery – 29 November 2022
Letter to The Treasury – Quality of Advice Review – 23 September 2022
Letter to Law Council of Australia – Exemptions for litigation funding schemes – 21 September 2022
Letter to Treasury – Financial adviser professional standards – 15 September 2022
Letter to Treasury - Multinational Tax Integrity and Tax Transparency – 31 August 2022
Letter to The Treasury – Superannuation Annual Members’ Meeting Notices – 28 July 2022
Letter to Treasury – Enhancing Australia's foreign investment framework – 10 March 2022
Letter to Treasury – Supporting business adoption of electronic invoicing – 23 February 2022
Visit the Business Law policy archive
2023 Committee list
Ms Amber Cerny (Chair), Mr Tim Masters (Dep Chair), A. Balis, S. Brown, A. Care, C. Cowley, E. Ferris, M. Gupta, C. Hall, P. Harrison, S. Howari, K. Kapetas, M. Lo, K. McLean, T. Mierendorff, B. Roe, F. Schoneveld, K. Smith, R. Snowden, J. Stathis, T. Stevensen, C. Taylor, E. Wong.
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.