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28 October 2022
Court of Appeal provides guidance on application of Australian proportionate liability legislation to arbitration
A recent decision of the South Australian Court of Appeal, Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd [2022] SASCA 107 ( Tesseract ), confirmed that the proportionate liability legislation it was required to consider is not available to be applied in an arbitration, unless...
28 October 2022
Should your business worry about Microsoft Teams, Slack (etc) and legal professional privilege? Answer: it depends
More than 400 years after legal professional privilege was established, in August 2013, the word “Slack” entered our lexicon and we learnt about collaboration applications at scale.
27 October 2022
ACCC proposals on regulatory reform for digital platforms expected soon
Digital platforms remain squarely on the agenda of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ( ACCC ), as the five-year Digital Platform Services Inquiry continues, with its biggest report yet due to land any moment.
13 October 2022
Regulatory approvals as conditions subsequent in Australian schemes of arrangement
In appropriate contexts, the conversion of outstanding conditions precedent in respect of regulatory approvals to ‘conditions subsequent’ may offer a practical way for a Scheme to proceed on a more accelerated timeline.
06 October 2022
Near enough is good enough: Full Federal Court of Australia revisits construction of “about” in patent claim
In the area of patent law, clarity is king. Where precision of language is essential for defining the limits and scope of legal rights, the acceptance within Australia of unbounded terms such as “about” in patent claims (unlike other major jurisdictions such as Europe) seems almost anomalous.
30 September 2022
Latest developments - Creating a National Anti-Corruption Commission: What does it mean for business?
On 28 September 2022, the Australian Labor Party introduced the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 to federal parliament, fulfilling one of its key promises from the federal election earlier this year.
16 September 2022
Raising Capital in Uncertain Times
In this webinar Partners Paul Apathy and Clayton James, with our co-Head of Venture Capital Elizabeth Henderson and special Guest Panel Member Marcus Derwin, Managing Director, R Cubed, reflected on the current market for expansion capital raising and how founders, companies and investors can...
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13 September 2023
Australian Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety Podcasts
Join our experts as they discuss and share their views on the latest developments we are seeing in the employment, industrial relations and workplace healthy and safety space covering areas such as underpayment compliance, annualised salary provisions, industrial manslaughter laws and what key...
12 September 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund bill set to become law
The federal government’s Housing Australia Future Fund ( HAFF ) bill is expected to pass through parliament this week, after the Greens party announced their support for the bill yesterday. The bill is one of the Labor government’s key 2022 election commitments and will establish a $10 billion fund...
11 September 2023
UPC Structure – local, regional and central divisions and Court of Appeal, Judges & Languages
The UPC has a Court of First Instance (divided into local, regional and central divisions) and a Court of Appeal (Luxembourg). Cases can 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 .