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- NSW Court of Appeal stays the "Mad Max: Fury Road" court proceedings in favour of arbitration in California
- Rise of the Super Injunctions - actions taken against Twitter and Google
- High Court refuses to consider an employer's duty to take reasonable care in conducting workplace investigations
- How the Corporations Act Disclaimer Provisions operate in the context of an EPO
- The dangers of intermeddling
- Contributory negligence of worker reduces damages by 40%
- Domestic violence leave and flexible working arrangements: two important decisions from the Fair Work Commission
- Do the by-laws permit a commercial lot owner to make improvements to exclusive use areas?
- Retailer successfully defends negligence claim following customer's brush with automatic entrance gates
- Over 100,000 reasons for employers to address underpayment claims
- Damages for paid assistance available for worker in "unique" living arrangement
- Breaking News: Amerind overturned!
- Contractor or employee? The Australian Uber decision: guidance from the Fair Work Commission and an opportunity for reform
- When can a real estate agent be liable for statements made to a property purchaser - Part two
- Duty of Care owed by occupiers: have you considered wet weather?
- Casual employees and their rights to convert to full-time employment
- Substitution a possibility when tax liability involved
- Negotiation and settlement of employment related claims - avoiding common pitfalls and traps
- Will your donor have parental rights?
- Reasonable and relevant conditions: Parklands Blue Metal Pty Ltd v Sunshine Coast Regional Council & Ors [2017] QPEC 35
- Australia's first determination of compensation for native title - take 2
- Exclusive native title determination over FMG's Solomon hub mine
- Court reduces Plaintiff's damages by 50% for non-work related condition
- There is a dispute resolution clause in my agreement. Do I have to comply with it or can I commence Court proceedings?
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal says MINI warrants are not derivatives
- An employer's duty of care does not extend to safeguarding the employee completely from all perils
- Brisbane Broncos lose litigation but salvage a draw in golden point extra time
- But I married into money...
- Contemporary heritage issues: When does a view have heritage significance?
- Contributory Negligence: The law helps those that help themselves (and reduces damages for those that don’t)
- Injured worker's labour hire claim for a rear end collision dismissed
- Appeal dismissed because injured worker fails to establish causation
- Slippery when wet: When inviting your ex over goes horribly wrong
- Former company director held personally liable to compensate underpaid employees
- Who would have thought? A body corporate dispute about a balcony before the High Court
- Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against Alpha coal mine project
- Deleted documents still discoverable through technology
- Not so optimal: Search engine optimisation failure
- Building approvals - Are you aware that you need consent from the registered holder of an easement?
- Financial assurance decision stayed without 75% payment
- Corporate paralysis: winding up on the "just and equitable ground"
- Rising tides - native title rights over the sea
- WA Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal by Forrest
- Australia's first determination of compensation for native title
- Coming soon to awards near you: casual employees right to convert to permanent employment and domestic violence leave
- Workers' Compensation - Court holds that straight forward light manual task requires prior instructions
- The risks of accepting electronic signatures
- The winding up of a trading trust: Still no clearer
- Trouble in paradise: Oppressed equal shareholders
- Voluntary job swaps in redundancy: Implications for employers from an important decision of the Fair Work Commission
- Another win for retailers - Court finds supermarket not liable for injury
- Do you have a right of appeal?
- A plank in the wreck - a benevolent construction of a debtor's notice
- Do employees have a "right to remain silent" in employment investigations?
- Occupiers' liability: clear warnings required to alleviate risks associated with guest use of recreational facilities
- Liability for infrastructure charges - Risks of granting owner's consent
- High Court finds in favour of WA Planning Commission in compensation claim for injurious affection
- Incorrect PPSR registrations: An expensive lesson for the lessor
- Calling all stations: why a carefully planned trade mark strategy matters
- Insurer succeeds in recovering settlement proceeds from fraudulent claimant
- Award of $70,000 for non-financial loss in Queensland sexual harassment case
- Time for commercial lessees to pick up the Land Tax bill?
- Drug dismissal upheld despite lack of procedural fairness
- Save Beeliar Wetlands (Inc.) v Commissioner of Main Roads [2017] FCA 4
- The Supreme Court of Victoria decides that an AirBnB rental is a lease and not a licence
- Professional service providers, risk management and accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act
- Pre-nuptial agreements: So long as they are fair, they are as viable as ever
- United Petroleum Pty Ltd v Bonnie View Petroleum Pty Ltd
- Are you a shadow director? Determining your liability as an advisor to a company
- Clarification on the treatment of discretionary trusts in property settlements
- “Out of or in the course of employment”: Truck driver denied injury compensation following claim against employer
- A landlord’s right to terminate a lease: Is a Notice to Remedy Breach first required to be given in every case?
- Adult child maintenance case sees 18 year old sue parents for financial support
- Agreements to negotiate: how binding can they be?
- Amendment and restatement – new, replacement or change?
- Assessing damages in light of pre existing conditions: the test in Malec v Hutton affirmed
- Builder not liable to subsequent purchaser for "latent defects"
- Can a verbal negotiation create a binding agreement?
- Court decision highlights importance of investigating outstanding development conditions on property purchases
- Damages payable following Doctor’s abandonment of medical centre contract
- Email correspondence leads to binding contract despite negotiations being “subject to contract”
- Exclusion clause fails to prevent recreational facility being found liable for quad bike accident
- High Court rules on “triangular” sham contracting
- Landlords take "note" - Form 7 compliance tested
- No relief for buyer of property for seller’s misleading and deceptive conduct
- Purchasing a property with a lease: Does it affect your entitlement to First Home Stamp Duty Concessions?
- Queensland Court of Appeal confirms the test for reasonableness
- Recent court case provides clues to successfully enforcing non-compete restraint obligations
- Recovery of Land Tax under Commercial Leases - How can the provisions of a repealed Act still apply?
- Refusal to work overtime leads to dismissal, adverse action claim and reinstatement
- The ‘C’eys to extending the life of a development approval
- The risks of accepting electronic signatures
- Understanding how an option for renewal works
- What happens to a deposit if the buyer is declared bankrupt before settlement?
- What’s in a name? Changing a child’s name post-separation
- Who Is Australia’s Cheapest Chemist? A cautionary tale for all trade mark owners
- The case of the disappearing accountant … failure to maintain financial records and proof of insolvency
- Worker's failure to follow instructions sees damages reduced by 50% for contributory negligence
- Dispute as to agent’s commission – Was the agent the effective cause of the sale?
- A ‘Walk Away’ Offer can be a Genuine Attempt to Settle Litigation: Sagacious Legal Pty Ltd v Westfarmers General Insurance
- Do Councils owe a duty of care to an applicant in assessing a development application?
- No liability for management committee members for insolvent trading
- Shopping centre kiosks and potential for unconscionable conduct
- Market-based causation in Australian law - a basis for recovery by investors
- Christmas in jail for perpetrators of Australia’s worst case of insider trading
- Coffey reheated: Contaminated Sites Committee decision remitted by WA Supreme Court
- Co-worker’s assault on a FIFO worker at a mine site’s tavern was outside the ambit of their employment
- Hotel not liable for intoxicated patron falling off chair
- Insider Trading is easier to get away with in the United States
- Managing ill employees - can you guarantee a stress/conflict-free environment for a staff member?
- Rude awakenings in the course of employment: when “place” only sets the scene for “activity”
- The winding up of a trading trust: The game has changed
- What happens to an unsigned will upon the will-maker’s death?
- When the limelight dropped on Oliver Curtis
- $500,000 award paid to an estate following the death of a worker on her journey home from work
- A recent decision provides some much needed clarity on conflicts of interest
- A salient reminder to Will makers to ensure that they adequately consider the special needs of beneficiaries
- A warning for divorced couples to finalise their property settlement
- A win for the employer and a licensed club - not liable for patron's assault on security guard
- Another plaintiff’s claim for injuries arising from an assault fails on appeal
- Another spotlight on directors: Why the “box ticking” approach to disclosure documents will not cut it
- Another win for supermarkets
- Appointment of Administrators No Guarantee for Company Directors
- Are you discriminating against your employee? Or is it a genuine occupational requirement?
- Are you protected from fraud?
- ASX listed companies: The importance of timely and accurate disclosure in the context of indirect “market-based causation” class actions
- Avoiding claims of misleading and deceptive conduct when selling off-the-plan properties
- Brothel refused insurance cover due to bikie links
- Can a Landlord be bound by a lease made in breach of legislation?
- Car park assault: employer and occupier ruled not liable for cleaner's injuries
- Case Note: Surfers International
- Casual service can now count towards calculating notice and redundancy pay entitlements
- Claim dismissed: Queensland Court of Appeal upholds 50% contributory negligence finding
- Compensation payable - Guidance from the Land Court
- Copyright and data streams - a taxing problem
- Costs in the context of matters with a long history: Chief Executive, DERM v Australis Mining Operations Qld Pty Ltd & Anor
- Costs: Further evidence that the rules do not require change
- Council not liable for late night fall off cliff
- Council not liable to motorcyclist for unlawful act of third party
- Court finds Bluescope free of blame after successful appeal
- Court rules same sex couple not in relationship after 8 years
- Covert pics lead to psychiatric injury and compensation for female worker
- Date for assessment of vendor’s damages and receivers and managers’ costs liability
- Details, details: Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s essential in the making of Enterprise Agreements (at least for now!)
- Disclosure of witness statements under PIPA: Mahoney v Salt
- Employer cops additional exposure to a $1.3 million damages bill because of worker's post injury exacerbation
- Employer found not liable for client's assault on disability support worker at residential care facility
- Employer not liable for accidental stabbing
- Employer not liable for injury to First Aid Officer
- Employer not liable for the actions of its employee who accidentally stabbed another worker in the hand
- Exceptional circumstances allow third party intervention in WA planning review proceedings
- Gerhardt Revisited
- High Court decision in Placer Dome Inc sheds light on the valuation of goodwill for legal purposes
- Host employer determined to exercise complete control over worker
- How much supervision is enough? Supreme Court finds employer’s supervision deficient awarding worker $112,485.00
- Hurried employee’s bathroom slip work-related
- I’m not lithium: Duracell maker guilty of contempt
- Inadequate supervision: Court upholds liability findings against host employer while employer is found not liable
- Injuries sustained post resignation found to have arisen "out of or in the course of employment"
- Interpretation of development approvals and calculation of infrastructure charges
- Labour Hire Agency Not Liable for Worker's Injury Claim
- Landmark Queensland Court of Appeal decision confirms developers' protection against the wrongful refusal to settle by purchasers
- Late claim allowed for medical negligence: When is expert opinion a material fact of a decisive character?
- Lux pays price for unconscionable breach of Australian Consumer Law
- Misleading product promotion results in significant fines ordered by Federal Court of Australia
- Mobile phone user contributed to slip and fall
- Multinational employer ordered to pay $100,000 for general damages in landmark sexual harassment case
- No double dipping allowed for plaintiff injured by heavy fire door
- Occupier liable for puddle in median strip
- Placement agreement paramount despite shareholder dispute
- Planning and Environment Court awards costs against a commercial competitor
- Playing rugby held “in the course of employment”
- Police officer fails despite exposure to significant psychiatric trauma
- Politicians and defamation – a costly “tweet” and an even more costly “revenge” - Part one
- Politicians and defamation – a costly “tweet” and an even more costly “revenge” - Part two
- Psychiatric claim against an employer dismissed due to plaintiff's failure to establish reasonable foreseeability
- Queensland Supreme Court decision a first step towards new disclosure regime
- Retailer not liable for failing to warn customer of the risk of tripping in its children's play area
- Security guard injured in trolley mishap fails against his employer and the club occupier
- Slippery steps a source of strife
- The Big Spill: Damages for contamination to land
- The case of the tomato trade mark - agribusiness monopolies and genericism
- The flexible workforce and workers' compensation: A catalyst for change?
- The importance of properly describing a development proposal
- The Lodge house keeper's claim for compensation reinstated by AAT despite its finding that her symptoms were exaggerated
- There’s no place like home (office): Court considers the applicability of the CLA to journey claims when working from home
- Time limits for declarations by the Takeovers Panel: the Court distinguishes between circumstances and their effects
- WA developments in Conflict of Laws: Sakari Resources Ltd v Purvis
- Welcome decision for employers as worker’s late claim for damages is rejected
- What is the meaning of the word ‘day’?
- What regard (if any) will Courts have to deleted words in a contract?
- When do stairs require extra precautions?
- When is a Council decision on infrastructure contributions out of bounds?
- When mezzanine funders go to war
- Win for employer: School not liable for slip on grape
- Workplace investigations when a key player is on sick leave
- ‘Subject to’ conditions - is the offer binding or not?
- Australia's first High Court determination of compensation for native title
- Can delay be in the best interests of children?
- Court upholds principles of finality and consent in arbitration in defective “med-arb”
- Defining the issues in dispute: leave is not required for an assessment manager to rely on provisions not cited in the decision notice
- Don’t pre-empt financial assistance
- Employee records and privacy: employer ordered to pay $60,000 compensation for breach of employee privacy
- Expert to decide contraventions and remedies is beyond the powers of the EP Act
- Failure to Disclose can be Unprofessional Conduct
- Google to answer to ACCC in data driven world
- Inconsistency and failure to follow direction the plaintiff’s downfall - Court finds employer not liable for worker's injury
- Lacrosse Towers fire - How far does an architect’s liability extend?
- Less stringent test introduced by the recent Full Federal Court decision for control of trade mark use in a corporate group - but uncertainty remains
- Native Title Compensation: High Court hands down Timber Creek decision
- No legal privilege in paradise
- Petroleum royalties in Queensland - challenges and changes
- Police officer recovers damages against intoxicated driver
- Pre-shift injury is work related
- Qld vegetation clearing laws have been upheld by the Court of Appeal
- Rugby League’s no fault rule is ‘reasonably necessary’ says the Federal Court
- Sales policy catches employer out in ‘snatch and grab’ incident
- Should we complain about the service? Challenging service under the Security of Payment regime
- Successful climate change challenge to open cut coal mine
- Testosterone regulations in sport: CAS rejects Caster Semenya’s IAAF appeal
- The Israel Folau saga: A simple case of failure to comply with an employment contract or is there more?
- There’s no safety in silence when selling shares
- Update: Caster Semenya - Swiss Federal Tribunal suspends IAAF regulations
- Wagner Investments Pty Ltd v Toowoomba Regional Council - a successful challenge to infrastructure charges
- Will successful climate change challenge extend to Western Australian applications?
- Will your donor have parental rights? - an update
- You are not a-loan: written agreements crucial in family financing
- Recent case highlights the need for unlisted public companies to comply
- ASIC records are not evidence of directorship
- Planning and Environment Court considers Brisbane City Council’s new “townhouse” and car parking policies – YQ Property Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2020] QPEC 2
- What’s in a name? High Court stipulates broad definition of company “officer”
- A casual or permanent employee? The Rossato decision looks to the entire employment relationship not just the contract
- ASIC places REX in doghouse
- ASIC updates guidance on continuous disclosure
- Best interests of children remain paramount consideration in adjournment applications
- Brisbane City Council v YQ Property Pty Ltd [2020] QCA 253
- Can a committee consent to a development application?
- Can I set aside my binding child support agreement due to COVID-19?
- Can parents who are dissatisfied with existing parenting orders rely on COVID-19 to re-litigate their matter?
- Challenge to ERC Calculator — Land Court confirms strict application is not required
- Charitable gifts and the cy-près doctrine
- Charitable gifts in Wills – case update
- Constructive dismissal of Queensland public servant: State’s applications dismissed with costs
- Dealing with proofs of debt involving conflicts between group companies: do you apply for a special purpose liquidator or seek alternative relief?
- Employees covertly recording conversations at work in Australia – is it legal?
- Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission clarifies the law on the relevant test to be satisfied when seeking an interim stop-bullying order
- Healius – Who is the customer? Lump sum payments and the capital vs revenue distinction
- High Court provides relief on personal leave accruals, quashing controversial Mondelez ruling
- High Court sends New Acland Project back to the Land Court
- HopgoodGanim Lawyers assist mining exploration company with a win in the Land Court
- Infrastructure charges – the Court of Appeal’s decision in Toowoomba Regional Council v Wagner Investments
- Land Court confirms no compensation is payable for pre-existing ecological condition
- Losing Control: How to rectify the ASIC register when false documents have been lodged
- Memory loss and history of impulsive decision-making defeat Nominal Defendant CTP claim
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – April 2021
- Pregnant employee unlawful termination decision confirmed: employer ordered to pay $52,000 compensation
- Repeat offender penalised $230K for an underpayment of $5K – first successful “serious contravention” wage underpayment case brought by the FWO
- Scope of mining lease objections: consideration of Symbolic Resources Pty Ltd v Kingham & Ors [2020] QSC 193
- Statutory Wills and loss of capacity – a recent case which avoided an intestacy
- Stuntman fails to prove injury significantly stunts his earning capacity
- Waratah Coal fails to have human rights objections to coal mine struck out
- It’s never too late, except when it is: the dangers of late report lodgement
- When is an absolute discretion not absolute? When it’s bonus time!
- You can take the money just don’t take the dog! – Can you apply for shared custody of a pet?
- Australian court finds government has a duty to protect children against climate change
- Drink-driving outside of work hours not a valid reason for dismissal
- Family law: Four considerations if you have assets in Australia and overseas
- Former employer successfully enforces non-compete restraint obligations
- Land Court of Queensland decision in Hail Creek Coal Holding Pty Limited & Ors V Michelmore (No 2) [2021] Qlc 23
- Redundancies up for double scrutiny
- Occupational health and safety for aged care providers
- Sexual harassment in the workplace — highest amount of aggravated damages ordered against self-purported “platonic lover”
- Can a Queensland court deal with a New South Wales Will?
- Casual employees in the aged care sector
- High Court rules on casual employment in Rossato No 2 and foreshadows a new direction in the judicial consideration of work relationships
- ‘Breakdown’ doesn’t always mean ‘break up’– determining when a de facto relationship has broken down and an examination of the High Court’s decision in Fairbairn v Radecki
- ‘Non-compliance’ with assessment benchmarks in the absence of adverse planning consequences
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission v BPS Financial Pty Ltd
- Bosanac – High Court asked to abolish the presumption of advancement
- Bosanac update: High Court refuses to abolish the presumption of advancement
- Case alert - Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment (No 2) [2022] FCA 873
- Case alert - HILL v ZUDA [2022] HCA 21
- Case alert – important decisions relating to employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination
- Case update: Fair Work Commission makes fundamental changes to piecework arrangements in the horticultural industry
- Case update: how notional estates can trump binding death benefit nominations
- Clive Palmer-owned Waratah Coal application is recommended refusal as the Court considers human rights and climate issues
- COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact parenting orders
- De factos - till when do us part?
- Deceased worker bears onus of proof
- Dismissal of long serving bank manager for sexual harassment was not harsh or unfair
- Does a respondent employee need to know a complainant’s identity to respond to an allegation of misconduct?
- Does your club or association have the power to reject membership applications?
- EP Act executive officer liability tied to when harm is actually caused
- Fair Work Commission to rule on an historically significant application seeking fundamental changes to piece work arrangements in the horticultural industry
- Fair Work Commission upholds dismissal of unvaccinated employee
- Federal Court rejects Santos appeal, upholding Tiwi Islands Traditional Owners’ landmark legal win against Barossa offshore gas project
- Forrest & Forrest strikes again – your exploration licences may be at risk
- Full Federal Court confirms removal of Mother-derivative trade mark: The 'parent trap'
- Intermingling of funds and evasion – some principles of tax litigation and a warning to taxpayers and their advisers
- Is a worker an employee or independent contractor? Recent High Court decisions reassess how to answer this question
- Just announced: Service of proceedings by airdrop and crypto exchanges as trustees? The implications of the D’Aloia decision
- Lease signed by the tenant - can the tenant still withdraw?
- Life after the High Court decisions in Personnel and Jamsek – is your worker an employee or independent contractor?
- Local Development Plans and the realities of the Deemed Provisions
- Loss of earnings vs loss of earning capacity: Calculating economic loss when post-injury earnings are greater than pre-injury earnings
- Mischaracterisation of early termination clause in lease – Retail Shops Act
- Misuse of Enduring Powers of Attorney and the presumption of undue influence
- No bending the rules: banana harvester found liable for contributory negligence
- Now where did I put that Will?
- One dwelling or two? The answer may lie in proposed reforms to the R-Codes
- Pendal, Perpetual and the Regal Consortium: When the hunter becomes the hunted
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review - March 2023
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – April 2022
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – December 2021
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – December 2022
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – July 2022
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – September 2021
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – September 2022
- Professional indemnity: No waiver of privilege based on denial in pleadings
- QCA unshackles damages claim
- Remedying an inadvertent failure to lodge cleansing notices
- Settlement of Family Provision Claims and the level of information expected by the Court
- Significant personal injury payout for an adverse action claim
- Slip and fall incidents in supermarkets: ‘Grape’ disappointment
- Supreme Court provides some clarity on Ministerial power for excisions and bespoke conditions on mining tenure
- The House is in Order: High Court confirms Tribunal Correct to dismiss disability complaint for want of jurisdiction
- The importance of lodging a submission within the public notification period
- Tiwi Islands Traditional Owners win legal case against Santos’ Barossa offshore project
- Water use considerations in developmental approvals
- When has your development substantially commenced?
- When is a council determination notified to an applicant?
- When is an Adjudication Application decided?
- “Living wonders” case fails as Federal Court dismisses climate change challenge
- 5 steps employers should take in arranging public holiday work
- Cryptocurrency recognised as property in another common law jurisdiction: the gate is open
- Director’s DOCA is set aside
- Employer not liable for alleged fatigue induced car crash
- Federal Court extends injunction stopping construction of Barossa Project export pipeline
- Federal Court lifts injunction, dismissing application against Santos’ Barossa Project export pipeline
- Federal Court upholds appeal, casting doubt over the granting of petroleum production leases in the Narrabri Gas Project
- High Court clarifies employers' vicarious liability
- Native title update: High Court clarifies how section 24MD(6B) of the Native Title Act operates
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review - June 2023
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – November 2023
- Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review: December 2023
- Supreme Court clarifies application process under Queensland petroleum legislation
- When is a resignation not ‘legally effective’?
- Workplace injuries in the mining industry: 15 years of Queensland Supreme Court decisions
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- US Patent and Trademark Office issues patent no. 10,000,000
- The bell tolls for two cent waiver backdoor listings
- PageUp's security incident and the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme
- The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Part two: Seven simple steps you can take now to comply with the GDPR
- Battle of the Telcos: A timely reminder to avoid 'misleading' advertising
- The Royal Commission: Corporate culture spotlight - where is all this heading - part two
- The rise of data breach litigation in Australia
- No news is not good news - a reminder of the need for balanced disclosure
- The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): What is it, and what does it have to do with your Australian business?
- 2018 Federal Budget update
- Impacts of China's 'Green Sword' Policy on Australia's waste disposal
- The Royal Commission: Corporate culture spotlight – Where is all this heading
- Further ASIC guidance on ICOs and crypto-assets
- ACCC to investigate UberEats and unfair contracts
- March 2018 Quarter CPI Figures Released
- WA Government opens door to carbon sequestration on pastoral leases
- Evident trends with adverse action claims - complaint or inquiry in relation to employment
- All out: Disrepute clauses in sponsorship agreements
- ASX and the cryptocurrency industry, what you need to know
- Queensland Resources and Energy Update March 2018
- 31 flavours? Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme sees 31 data breach notices filed in under 30 days
- Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology in family law disputes (Part 1)
- Break-Up Boss trade mark heartache
- December 2017 Quarter CPI Figures Released
- Naming the correct owner of a trade mark
- Think before you post: social media and family law disputes
- Can I get a trademark for my app?
- Using the registered trademark symbol ® on trademarks - its meaning and benefits
- Notifiable Data Breach resources published - Get ready now!
- Contaminated land amendments
- Infrastructure charges - Keeping it simple
- A snapshot of EHP Annual Report 2016-17
- Valuing a potential use
- Singapore reflections
- How much do I need to change a patented invention to avoid infringement?
- Top five trademark issues to consider for your franchise
- Trademarks and health technology
- WARU and the ARU - Friends or foes?
- Trademarks and fin-tech
- React.js: is Facebook going to sue me?
- What is the difference between a patent and a design?
- What is the difference between a standard patent and an innovation patent?
- Are 'final' parenting orders really final? When can parenting orders be changed?
- Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) in Australia
- Trademarks in fashion - what you need to know
- New tax incentives for investors in junior exploration companies
- I've been selling my invention. Can I still get a Patent?
- Interest in land
- Do I need an overseas trademark?
- I've been accused of infringing someone else's patent
- What do coal, cocaine and Thomas the Tank Engine have to do with defamation law?
- How do I get a patent in Australia?
- What can I patent?
- Can I trademark my business name?
- How do I get patents overseas?
- Peter Sagan is out of this year’s Tour de France - but could he have a claim against the UCI?
- Process of international trademark registration through the Madrid Protocol
- Someone has stolen my trademark - What should I do?
- Why should I apply for a patent?
- Is technology the beginning of the end for family lawyers?
- Registering a managed investment scheme? Seven tips for getting your constitution right
- The Finkel Report: The recommendations most likely to be implemented
- Important changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding tax regime
- No such thing as a free drink
- Sunday and Public Holiday Penalty Rate cut timetable confirmed
- Top five trademark issues to consider for your startup
- How is the WannaCry ransomware attack related to information privacy?
- ASIC opens the Sandbox for FinTechs to play
- Startups: 10 tips for avoiding litigation
- Appeal and stay rights - financial assurance and estimated rehabilitation costs
- Note for directors and in-house counsel: Where your contracts can go wrong
- Defamation and online business reviews - should you "go legal" or turn the other cheek?
- It's a balancing act - interim injunctions to restrain termination of body corporate management rights
- ASIC and ASX hot on Distributed Ledger Technology
- Co-operatives in Agribusiness
- Key trends in Australian Agribusiness
- Resources and Energy Update February 2017
- Rise of the Drones Part 2 - Using drones for commercial purposes
- December 2016 Quarter CPI Figures Released
- Why a litigation lawyer is good for you
- A tick and flick guide to meeting employer and individual obligations during the social season
- But what of the TPP? Vastly differing approaches in the US and Japan
- An employer's guide to staging Christmas parties
- The Do's and Don'ts of Operating Drones in Australia: Part 1 - The case of the $9,000 sausage sandwich
- Succeeding in Total and Permanent Disability claims: The devil is in the detail
- Driverless cars and the law: Will driverless cars eliminate legal issues on our roads?
- "Go away money" still proving popular
- Born in the wrong body: Gender dysphoria in family law
- Retirement Living and Aged Care Accommodation Incentives
- ASIC re-releases guidance on mining and resources forward looking statements
- What does the proposed block on online retail M&A mean for innovation?
- Crowdfunding Litigation: Is it a viable alternative?
- One day to go! The new Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act: 5 things you need to know
- Knuckles dusts up the QRU with a "handshake": The importance of documentation and procedures in the sports industry
- Mining tenure and land access solutions
- Australia's metadata retention scheme begins today - Government will not pursue regulations to expand use of metadata in civil cases
- Family Law overhaul - Government announces intention to fundamentally reform the Family Law system
- FinTechs amongst the winners in this year's budget
- Five things you need to know about the Queensland Government's proposed financial assurance and rehabilitation policy
- I've been served a subpoena - what next?
- March 2017 Quarter CPI Figures Released
- Proprietary companies win in equity crowdfunding bill
- Solar Batteries - What protections are available when things aren't looking bright?
- Someone is patenting my invention. How do I stop them?
- Summary of 2017 Federal Budget
- Termination of contracts on appointment of administrators
- What to do after a cyclone or flood to ensure your insurance claim is paid
- Women: The next great resource in mining
- Digital currency exchanges set to be regulated under new laws
- Electronic signatures and their legal validity in Australia
- Government crackdown on companies rising from the ashes
- Greater than the sum of its parts - mining sector consolidation in Western Australia
- How can a co-owner force the sale of a property - section 38 of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld)
- Initial Coin Offerings, token generation events and the opportunity for Australia
- Married v De Facto: The fundamental differences at law
- Misconduct investigations: our top tips
- New same sex marriage laws: things to do before you rush down the aisle
- Parenting and Christmas: 7 ways to enjoy a happy and respectful holiday period
- Problems arising from the Forrest case and WA's partial "legislative fix"
- Proposed changes to electricity on-supply conditions
- Raising the standard of Elected Members in Western Australia through education
- Setting aside a Clean-Up Notice
- Western Australian fraccing inquiry calls for submissions
- What constitutes an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of property in a body corporate?
- When can a company sue for defamation?
- Airbnb and Stayz – what is the impact on bodies corporate?
- “Reasonable notice” for terminations?
- Identifying drug abuse – the right test at the right time
- Garnishee Notices: The Tax Commissioner’s new weapon of choice
- Brisbane City Council Natural Assets Local Law 2003
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- Mineral and Energy (Financial Provisioning) Bill passed - new financial assurance and environmental rehabilitation regime for Queensland
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- Queensland Bill introduced to restore civil ceremonies for same-sex couples
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- Comprehensive roundup: emergency amendments to the Planning Act and Economic Development Act
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