A court finds legal advice from a leading firm can fully mitigate penalties for contraventions of the Corporations Act.Snapshot A recent Federal Court decision found a…
By Matthew Lo - 2 min read
Recent decision indicates a shift away from the objective of using pooling orders to improve outcomes for creditors, like minimising liquidation costs.Snapshot This High Court…
By Emily Barrett, Rachel Zeng and Sivanjali Karalasingham - 2 min read
The Federal Court considers a unique fact scenario which conjures pertinent questions of law, such as what makes a judgement final?Snapshot Is a defamation claim…
By Tim Maybury - 1 min read
The Ever Given may have been dislodged, but the complex legal fallout has only just begun.Snapshot On 23 March 2021, the container ship Ever Given…
By Alexis Cahalan - 3 min read
Discussion of four key areas that require the focus of organisations in order to meet ESG expectations and avoid reputational and financial consequences.Snapshot Organisations are…
By Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope, Heidi Roberts and Sophie Uhlhorn - 2 min read
How the pandemic might inform our response to climate change.Snapshot Decisions to classify land as being ‘at risk’ of environmental hazards are often challenged on…
By Ballanda Sack, Timothy Allen and Amelia Smillie - 3 min read
The international developments that Australian businesses need to watch in 2021.Snapshot If there is one key takeaway when considering human rights in 2021, it is…
By Abigail Gill, Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope and Kate Gill-Herdman - 2 min read
The liquor licensing reforms designed to revitalise our night time economy.Snapshot A range of changes to NSW liquor laws began to roll out from late…
By Kenneth Yardy - 1 min read
An essential overview of the national insolvency reforms designed to tackle the economic impact of Covid-19.Snapshot As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number…
By Michelle Castle and Jim Johnson - 8 min read
The importance of drafting more effective preliminary client agreements to avoid the risk of future litigation.Snapshot Preliminary agreements will only be binding in certain circumstances….
By Emma Griffith and Natalie Polorotoff - 2 min read
The climate change settlement raising the bar for Australian corporate risk management.Snapshot The recent settlement of one of the world’s most-watched climate lawsuits has raised…
By Ilona Millar, Sharona Coutts and Jo Delaney - 2 min read
Temporary reforms slow opportunistic shareholder class actions during COVID-19.Snapshot Continuous disclosure obligations have been the subject of much debate in Australia in recent years. Recent…
By Christine Tran and Harry Edwards - 7 min read
A new take on the valuation of leasehold interests in resumption of land cases.Snapshot In resumption cases, the NSW Court of Appeal has stated that…
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 2 min read