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30 March 2023
Establishment of National Reconstruction Fund in Australia
This week, the Australian federal government passed a bill to establish a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) to invest in priority areas of the Australian economy. What is the NRF, what are the government's priority areas, and what trends are we seeing around the world?
18 November 2020
UK Government announces plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
Today the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out the Government’s ten point plan for what it is calling the green industrial revolution. This is part of the blueprint for the UK to meet the legally-binding target to produce net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
05 June 2020
Declarations extended for CQCN, Queensland Rail and DBCT services
The Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning on 31 May 2020 declared Central Queensland Coal Network services ( CQCN services ), parts of the Queensland Rail service ( QR service ) and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal services ( DBCT services ) as services under sections 84-87...
29 January 2020
Is US government inaction on climate change a breach of the constitution?
A United States court has recently been asked to consider whether the federal government’s inaction in relation to climate change breaches the United States constitution. The court (by a majority of two to one) reluctantly found that they did not have jurisdiction to order the government to redress...
21 January 2020
The new environment for climate change litigation
The Dutch Supreme Court (the Court ) has recently affirmed a decision of the District Court to issue an order directing the State of the Netherlands to reduce it's greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2020 by at least 25% of the emissions as at 1990. The order issued by the District Court now...
03 May 2018
National Energy Guarantee: Will it keep the lights on?
On 20 April 2018, the COAG Energy Council ( Council ) released its high level design document ( High Level Design Document ) for the national energy guarantee ( NEG ), which has been ‘ designed to integrate energy and emissions policy in a way that will encourage new investment in clean and low...
13 April 2018
Herbert Smith Freehills advises Synergy on its Bright Energy Investments joint venture with DIF and CBUS
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Synergy on its joint venture with DIF and CBUS to form ‘Bright Energy Investments’, which will build up to 210MW of large-scale renewable energy projects in the South West Interconnected System ( SWIS ) in Western Australia.
06 April 2018
Herbert Smith Freehills celebrates as major infrastructure transactions recognised
Herbert Smith Freehills’ market-leading infrastructure work has been recognised with three industry awards in the IJ Global Awards 2018, which celebrate significant and market-leading infrastructure transactions.
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27 June 2023
ILS 6th Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration & Dispute Resolution in MEA, hosted by International Law Summits & Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
ILS’s 6th Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa will take place on 27th and 28th June 2023. The event is organised in association with Herbert Smith Freehills and will take place in person at our London office, and will examine the economic,...
01 June 2023
UPC: Mediation and Arbitration
The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) forms part of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Its rules of operation are available here . It operates independently, but carries out its tasks in close contact and cooperation with the committees/bodies of the UPC which will have to take decisions...
01 June 2023
UPC Costs
The value of a case before the UPC will be determinative of court fees and the applicable ceilings for recoverable costs. The UPC Administrative Committee has published guidance on the determination of the value of a case before the UPC , alongside guidance on the scale of ceilings for recoverable...
01 June 2023
How to get a Unitary Patent
Also termed the European patent with unitary effect, the unitary patent (UP) is a single patent right covering all the states that have taken part in the enhanced cooperation procedure to create the right and fully ratified the UPC Agreement (UPCA). UPs are available now the UPC is operational to...
01 June 2023
UPC: Jurisdiction and opt-out
After the transitional period (of at least 7 years), as well as having exclusive jurisdiction over unitary patents, the UPC will have exclusive jurisdiction over all EPs designated to UPC participating EU Member States (unless these EPs have been opted out of its jurisdiction). The UPC will also...
01 June 2023
The UPC Rules
The final version of the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (also available in French and German ) came into force on 1 September 2022. One of the most significant changes from earlier drafts was to opt-out procedures, as well as changes to restrict access to pleadings where previous...
01 June 2023
UPC Structure – local, regional and central divisions and Court of Appeal
The UPC will have a Court of First Instance (divided into local, regional and central divisions) and a Court of Appeal (Luxembourg). Cases will commence in any one of these divisions according to the subject matter and the prescribed division set out in the UPC Agreement and the UPC Rules .