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Employment Law
Insight 06 Dec 2016

In this issue we look at the Fair Work Ombudsmans decision to prosecute a sham contracting offence even after the employer had rectified the underpayments the enforceability of post-employment restraint of trade clauses how a new ABCC will look like after its journey through the Senate and the ...

FSB Task Force reports on climate-related disclosures
Insight 16 Dec 2016

New recommendations have been released that aim to provide guidance to companies regarding the making of climate-related disclosures in public fundraising documents Allens Climate Change group members Partner Andrew Mansour Senior Associate Emily Gerrard and Lawyer Dale Straughen provide an overview ...

Seeking judicial advice on whether to seek judicial advice
Insight 09 Dec 2016

For more than 150 years trustees have been able to obtain advice from courts on matters affecting the management or administration of trust property and on matters respecting the interpretation of trust deeds Trustees would usually only seek such advice however if they had doubts about a proposed ...

House of Representatives passes misuse of market power Bill
Insight 29 Mar 2017

The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Governments Bill to broaden the misuse of market power prohibition and the Bill will be introduced to the Senate shortly The Bill as passed removes the mandatory factors the courts would have had to consider in determining whether conduct was ...

Senate Committee supports proposal to broaden the misuse of market power prohibition
Insight 17 Feb 2017

The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has published its report supporting the Governments proposed reforms to broaden the misuse of market power prohibition but recommended that the mandatory factors be removed It is expected that the Government will now seek to expeditiously progress the Bill ...

Class actions in Australia
Insight 14 Mar 2017

Class actions are an established and important part of the Australian legal landscape In recent years Australia has become the most likely jurisdiction outside of the United States in which a corporation will face significant class action litigation ...

Business risk in international trade and investment
Insight 31 Mar 2017

This insight explores the key questions that Australian boards and senior executives (who maintain oversight of risk and compliance issues) should be asking about the security of their foreign investments in 2017. ...

Sanctions: The 5 questions your board and executives should be asking in 2017
Insight 16 Mar 2017

Australian boards and senior executives are expected to maintain oversight of risk and compliance issues including bribery, sanctions, human rights and anti-money laundering. ...

25 years of class actions
Insight 27 Mar 2017

Class action risk is changing A new wave of entrepreneurialism by plaintiff lawyers and litigation funders has substantially changed class action dynamics in recent times The 25th anniversary of the class action regime is a good opportunity to reflect on whether in the light of those and other ...

Supply chains in the spotlight: Establishing an Australian Modern Slavery Act
Insight 21 Feb 2017

The Australian Government has announced the launch of a broad inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia The inquiry will consider whether the introduction of anti-slavery legislation would strengthen and improve Australias current regime to combat slavery If introduced a Modern ...

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