07 December 2018
Increasing the cost of construction in the resources sector – Navigating the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment
As of 1 October 2018, amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy Collection Regulations 1991 (WA) ( Regulations ) came into operation. The amendments repealed the previous exemption for mining construction works, with the effect that a broad range of mining and...
07 December 2018
Insuring against cyber threats going into 2019
Cyber remains a very hot topic for all businesses, including in the mining sector. As projects become more automated, the potential for cyber disruption increases. Equally the controls and/or safety systems for a project may be some distance from the project itself, creating risks across a wider...
06 December 2018
MENAS Breakfast Briefing - Nigeria
Nigeria’s Great Divide: the February 2019 elections For the first time in decades, the leading candidates for the presidency in the February 2019 national elections offer competing views of how Nigeria and its economy should be run. The election will be about policy, money and jobs. Africa’s...
06 December 2018
Cadbury's colour purple trade mark can't be split
Clarity and precision in a trade mark description are the winners in the Court of Appeal Cadbury's attempt to argue its trade mark registration for the colour purple was actually a series mark which could be split and partially maintained was rejected yesterday by the Court of Appeal. Although...
05 December 2018
The View from Brussels – Comments on various "Plans B"
There appears to be a generally accepted view that the UK Parliament will reject the negotiated withdrawal deal comprising a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement and a Political Declaration on future relations – at least at the first vote expected on Tuesday 11 December. We do not seek in the View...
05 December 2018
Growing trend of environmental and human rights-based class actions
On 25 October 2018, Greenpeace e.V. , alongside three organic farmers, filed a claim in the Administrative Court of Berlin on the basis that the German federal government had wrongfully abandoned its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels by 2020. Under the...
04 December 2018
Renewed focus on compensation to address misconduct risk
The Financial Stability Board ( FSB ) released on 23 November 2018 its recommendations on the types of data regulators should be collecting from financial institutions ( FIs ) regarding compensation tools, as part of its workplan to address misconduct risk in FIs. This data is intended to help...
03 December 2018
Casual employment and double dipping continues to take centre stage
We discussed in our previous Legal Briefing 1 the flurry of recent activity with plaintiff-focussed litigation funders and law firms instituting and threatening to commence class action claims in the mining, direct sales and marketing, and labour hire sectors over the alleged underpayment of...
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07 December 2018
Insuring against cyber threats going into 2019
Cyber remains a very hot topic for all businesses, including in the mining sector. As projects become more automated, the potential for cyber disruption increases. Equally the controls and/or safety systems for a project may be some distance from the project itself, creating risks across a wider...
07 December 2018
Increasing the cost of construction in the resources sector – Navigating the Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Amendment
As of 1 October 2018, amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy Collection Regulations 1991 (WA) ( Regulations ) came into operation. The amendments repealed the previous exemption for mining construction works, with the effect that a broad range of mining and...
06 December 2018
Cadbury's colour purple trade mark can't be split
Clarity and precision in a trade mark description are the winners in the Court of Appeal Cadbury's attempt to argue its trade mark registration for the colour purple was actually a series mark which could be split and partially maintained was rejected yesterday by the Court of Appeal. Although...
06 December 2018
MENAS Breakfast Briefing - Nigeria
Nigeria’s Great Divide: the February 2019 elections For the first time in decades, the leading candidates for the presidency in the February 2019 national elections offer competing views of how Nigeria and its economy should be run. The election will be about policy, money and jobs. Africa’s...
05 December 2018
The View from Brussels – Comments on various "Plans B"
There appears to be a generally accepted view that the UK Parliament will reject the negotiated withdrawal deal comprising a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement and a Political Declaration on future relations – at least at the first vote expected on Tuesday 11 December. We do not seek in the View...
05 December 2018
Growing trend of environmental and human rights-based class actions
On 25 October 2018, Greenpeace e.V. , alongside three organic farmers, filed a claim in the Administrative Court of Berlin on the basis that the German federal government had wrongfully abandoned its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels by 2020. Under the...
04 December 2018
Renewed focus on compensation to address misconduct risk
The Financial Stability Board ( FSB ) released on 23 November 2018 its recommendations on the types of data regulators should be collecting from financial institutions ( FIs ) regarding compensation tools, as part of its workplan to address misconduct risk in FIs. This data is intended to help...
03 December 2018
Casual employment and double dipping continues to take centre stage
We discussed in our previous Legal Briefing 1 the flurry of recent activity with plaintiff-focussed litigation funders and law firms instituting and threatening to commence class action claims in the mining, direct sales and marketing, and labour hire sectors over the alleged underpayment of...
