Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) Decisions
ASIC decisions: Your rights
ASIC makes many decisions about corporations, securities and financial products and services that might affect you.
Information Sheet 9 provides guidance on your rights connected to an ASIC decision.
AAT decisions
Below is a list of recent decisions made by the AAT in relation to business and company names.
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Matter |
Matter description |
Date of decision |
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Ellis and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2019] AATA 2346 |
Refusal of Ministerial Consent to use the restricted word 'trustee' in a company name | 2 August 2019 |
| Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' to a registered company name | 25 July 2019 | |
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TMeffect Pty Limited and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority [2019] AATA 459 |
Use of restricted word in relation to a financial business |
21 March 2019 |
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Hazeldine and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2019] AATA 366 |
Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
12 March 2019 |
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Decorative Imaging Pty Limited and Australian Securities and Investment Commission [2018] AATA 4668 |
Availablity of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
21 December 2018 |
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Perth Martial Arts Academy and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] AATA 3664 |
Availablity of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
2 October 2018 |
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Cavalry Investments Pty Ltd and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services [2018] AATA 3433 |
Whether the proposed name is undesirable and likely to offend |
12 September 2018 |
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Whether discretion is available to ASIC to refuse to transfer and register the business name |
20 July 2018 |
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WKNH and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] AATA 1325 |
Whether the proposed name is undesirable and likely to offend |
22 May 2018 |
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Whether the proposed name is undesirable and likely to offend |
23 December 2015 |
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Boyce and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2015] AATA 768 |
Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
30 September 2015 |
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Stasiw and Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Anor [2015] AATA 328 |
Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
15 May 2015 |
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Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
15 May 2014 |
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Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
26 August 2014 |
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Availability of business names that are 'identical' or 'nearly identical' |
7 April 2014 |