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New Standard Energy PEL 570 Pty Ltd & Anor v Outback Energy Hunter Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] SASCFC 132
In this case, the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia considered the scope and nature of a change of control clause providing that a party's prior written consent 'will not be unreasonably withheld'. ...
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co Ltd v Hans Bo Kristian Holgersson trading as Holgersson Complete Home Service [2019] WASCA 114
Court of Appeal of Western Australia considered the extension of an insurance policy to a building-project subcontractor who was neither a party to the insurance contract nor mentioned by name in the policy. ...
Visual Building Construction Pty Ltd v Armistead (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 280
In this case, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered when a contract is validly terminated if the termination clause provides for termination if a remediable breach is not remedied within a set timeframe. ...
Contract law update 2019
Contracts often contain detailed provisions prescribing how parties must perform their obligations or exercise their rights under it. Frequently, such provisions are not strictly complied with. There will often then be a dispute about the consequences of that non-compliance. ...
Connected infrastructure
Both the Sydney population and the population of Melbourne are expected to reach the size of New York City by 2050, raising questions about how our cities of the future will function. ...
Allens advises on Australia's second waste-to-energy facility
Allens advised Acciona Concesiones S.L ( ACCIONA ) on its investment in the project which is part of the consortium of equity investors, including John Laing and Hitachi Zosen INOVA. A separate tea ...
Allens advises Cigna on new health venture
The joint venture will aim to offer a range of services for the benefit of health fund members in Australia, to deliver better health outcomes and risk management. Each company will contribute $10 ...
Private equity update – PIPE deals with ASX-listed companies
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global equity markets, with falls of a speed and magnitude not seen since the global financial crisis. The impact of the virus has been compounded by rapid falls in global oil and gas ...
High Court unanimously finds isolated genetic material not patentable
In the culmination of a hard-fought patent dispute the High Court of Australia has unanimously ruled that Myriad Genetics patent claims to isolated nucleic acid coding for the mutant or polymorphic BRCA1 polypeptide are not valid ...
Comply or say bye to your franchise!
With the new Franchising Code of Conduct and civil pecuniary penalties set to commence in 2015 a recent Full Federal Court decision is a timely warning to franchising parties to ensure their practices comply with the Code ...