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Queensland foreign stamp duty surcharge - relief guidelines issued
Insight 03 Oct 2016

New relief guidelines have been issued on Queensland's foreign stamp duty surcharge ...

Amendments to Retail Leases Act (NSW)
Insight 09 Nov 2016

New legislation has been introduced into the NSW Parliament that if passed will make significant amendments to a number of the provisions of the existing legislation governing retail shop leases ...

Employment Law
Insight 26 Oct 2016

This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...

Practical pitfalls and the sacrosanct limitation of liability clause
Insight 07 Oct 2016

Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...

The Life Insurance Code of Practice - just a code, or something more?
Insight 07 Oct 2016

The new Life Insurance Code of Practice has much to recommend it The paragraphs concerning policy design are a case in point But is the Code indeed just a code or does it purport to go further ...

Workplace Relations
Insight 11 Jul 2016

In this issue we look at a Fair Work Commission decision that highlights the issue of costs in relation to a vexatious claim the consequences for employment law in the wake of the Coalitions return to power and an enforceable undertaking to reimburse a large number of underpaid employees ...

Blockchain and why smart contracts still need smart lawyers
Insight 06 Jul 2016

There has been so much talk about blockchain and distributed ledger technology recently especially in financial services that you might be forgiven for thinking it might be more hype than substance But we think it could be very important technology ...

Post-election policy recap
Insight 09 Aug 2016

As the dust settles following the recent federal election it is a good time to reflect on what we can expect from the re-elected Coalition Government for the financial services sector There are two main groups of policy proposals that are going to need to get through Parliament The first is the ...

Conflicts of interest and the duty to manage them
Insight 09 Aug 2016

The Corporations Act 2001 Cth was amended in 2004 to include an additional obligation for Australian financial services licensees to have in place adequate arrangements for the management of conflicts of interest that may arise in relation to the activities undertaken by the licensees in the ...

Costs before Caution - Australia's unique approach to the interchangeability of biosimilars
Insight 17 Aug 2016

Recent developments in Australia suggest that there has been a deliberate prioritisation of the cost benefits of facilitating biosimilar interchangeability over the safety and efficacy risks that can arise when biosimilars are used interchangeably ...

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