Hutley 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 - 6 min read
The Torres Strait success story offering hope for culturally significant sites at risk from development.
By Shane Roberts and Graham Carter - 6 min read
Lay observers and expert witnesses face off in the Montara oil spill class action.
By Richard Ryan and Ellen Parry - 6 min read
How the pandemic might inform our response to climate change.
By Ballanda Sack, Timothy Allen and Amelia Smillie - 6 min read
The climate change settlement raising the bar for Australian corporate risk management.
By Ilona Millar, Sharona Coutts and Jo Delaney - 6 min read
A new take on the valuation of leasehold interests in resumption of land cases.
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 7 min read
With 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 - 8 min read
The Budj Bim landscape is the first Australian site to be inscribed on the World Heritage List exclusively for its testament to Indigenous cultural heritage.
By Andrew Beatty and Tim Unsworth - 6 min read
ILONA 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 - 9 min read
The 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 - 7 min read
A recent decision has narrowed the scope of compensation for many resumed businesses, notwithstanding a clear statutory obligation to ‘justly compensate’ them. By ANDREW BEATTY…
By Andrew Beatty and Marlon Shou - 6 min read
RICHARD BEASLEY SC delivers a scathing report of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s ‘unlawful’ and ‘incomprehensible’ mismanagement of the Basin.
By Richard Beasley - 8 min read
Gloucester 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 - 8 min read