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The spectre of Forrest: haunting the mining sector post-COVID-19
In Forrest & Forrest Pty Ltd v Wilson (2017) 262 CLR 510 (Forrest), the High Court held that where a statute providing for the disposition of interests in the resources of a State 'prescribes a mode of exercise of the statutory power', that mode must be strictly followed. A grant will be ineffective if the regime is not complied with. ...
Franchisors – take notice!
The Federal Court has recently confirmed the ability of the Fair Work Ombudsman to require employers to hand over documents created before vulnerable worker legislation came into force. ...
Standing down employees during COVID-19?
Recent decisions of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) provide valuable insights for employers considering standing down their employees to ensure the ongoing viability of their business during COVID-19. This Insight considers cases arising out of decisions by employers to reduce their employees' working hours to zero. ...
Linklaters Insight: summer’s top competition stories 2020
The pandemic has shone blinding spotlights on existing areas of concern within competition law and accelerated attempts by policy makers to find solutions. ...
Linklaters: Key finance insights
The pandemic has shone blinding spotlights on existing areas of concern within competition law and accelerated attempts by policy makers to find solutions. ...
National Electricity and Gas rules update: August 2020
In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of August, as well as take a closer look at the ESB's Interim Reliability Measure. ...
Reimagining Australian cities
Cities are always changing, but with 71% of our population now living in major cities,1Â there is an increasing focus on how our cities will emerge from the pandemic and how we can provide the greatest social and economic benefits for all Australians. Hear more from our experts. ...
Use of stub equity in control transactions
ASIC has released its response to the submissions on its June 2019 Consultation Paper on certain aspects of the use of stub equity in control transactions, and the news is mostly positive. ...
Cyber security by design: Australia's (future) Cyber Security Strategy
The Federal Government released its much anticipated Cyber Security Strategy 2020 Report on 6 August. The Strategy builds on the foundations of its 2016 predecessor and closely follows the recommendations made by the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy Industry Advisory Panel in its July report. ...
Report of the Inquiry into Victoria's On-Demand Workforce
The Inquiry into the On-Demand Workforce (the Inquiry) released its report we'll link from here to into the ‘on-demand’ workforce in the Victorian labour market (the Report) on 15 July 2020. The Report makes a number of recommendations to update the current system. ...