Climate risks: Do lawyers owe a duty of care?
Lawyers owe clients a duty of care to advise on a range of risks and this duty may extend to climate risks.
By Elizabeth Wild and Sarah Mansfield - < 1 min readLawyers owe clients a duty of care to advise on a range of risks and this duty may extend to climate risks.
By Elizabeth Wild and Sarah Mansfield - < 1 min readRegulatory watchdogs, ASIC and ACCC, are cracking down on greenwashing claims made by businesses and the consequences for false green claims are greater than ever.
By Teresa Torcasio and Katie Lau - < 1 min readThe Law Society of NSW Briefing Paper brings you up to speed with the latest trends, cases and future direction of climate change litigation.
By Andrew Small - < 1 min readAn expert analysis of recent cases in climate change litigation and what we can expect in 2022.
By Dr Laura Schuijers - < 1 min readHutley and Hartford Davis share some of the practical steps directors can take to reduce the likelihood of liability arising from net zero climate change…
By Noel Hutley SC and Sebastian Hartford Davis - < 1 min readHow the pandemic might inform our response to climate change.
By Ballanda Sack, Timothy Allen and Amelia Smillie - < 1 min readThe climate change settlement raising the bar for Australian corporate risk management.
By Ilona Millar, Sharona Coutts and Jo Delaney - < 1 min readWith climate change being recognised as an exacerbating factor in the Australian bushfire disaster, ‘Climate Disaster Law’ is now coming to the fore.
By Rosemary Lyster - < 1 min readILONA MILLAR & SHARONA COUTTS examine how regulators, corporations and individuals are starting to see climate change as a matter of financial risk management.
By Ilona Millar and Sharona Coutts - < 1 min readThe significance of the landmark Rocky Hill judgment – beyond climate change. By JOHN WATTS, KEN EVELEIGH., MICHAEL MANIKAS AND JEFF KITE.
By John Watts, Ken Eveleigh, Michael Manikas and Jeff Kite - < 1 min readGloucester Resources v Minister for Planning marks the first time an Australian court has refused a development on the basis of its climate change impacts.
By Robert White, Jemilah Hallinan and Belinda Rayment - < 1 min readA landmark Australian judgment has shone a light on how climate change is now working its way into traditional areas of litigation around the world.
By Martijn Wilder and Sharona Coutts - < 1 min readIn Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment [2016] FCA 1042, Griffiths J dismissed an application for judicial review of a decision made…
By Stephen Tully - < 1 min read