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Section 54 of the Insurance Contracts Act: Putting insureds in the driver's seat
A recent High Court decision highlights the substantial scope of s541 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 Cth to prevent an insurer from denying cover following an insureds non-compliance with certain terms of an insurance policy. ...
Public authorities - reduced protection against negligence
In coming to a recent decision the Queensland Supreme Court has taken a narrow view of a section of that states civil liability legislation that was designed to limit the liability of public authorities in Queensland Partner Nicholas Ng and Senior Associate Goran Gelic report on this decision and ...
Contract Law Update 2014
Our Contract Law Update provides an overview of important contract law decisions by Australian appellate courts in the past 12 months and considers their significance for the development of Australian contract law ...
Class Action Insights
The recent settlement of the Great Southern class action raises a number of interesting and important issues not only because the court took the unusual step of publishing its reasons for judgment after the settlement had been announced ...
Linklaters Insights: Business Crime Quarterly
In the latest edition of Business Crime Quarterly our global alliance partner Linklaters with input from Allens looks at issues including the release of the Australian Governments long-awaited report on the statutory review of the Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financial Act a number of ...
Competition law update
In touch Competition law update is a regular publication by the Allens Competition Law group to keep you informed of the latest news and developments in this area ...
Contract Law Update 2015
Our Contract Law Update provides an overview of important contract law decisions by Australian appellate courts in the past 12 months and considers their significance for the development of Australian contract law ...
Strangers no more - Taking action against an insolvent defendant's insurer
The High Court of Australia has decided that a third party claimant can join an insolvent or potentially insolvent defendants insurer to proceedings to seek a declaration that the insurer is liable to indemnify the defendant Partner Andrew Maher and Lawyer Shelley Drenth discuss the decision and its ...
Linklaters Insights: Legal professional privilege
After months of political stalemate in negotiations with its creditors to unlock access to bailout funds the Greek government has announced a referendum on proposed bailout conditions an extended bank holiday and the imposition of capital controls ...
Improving external dispute resolution schemes - rather odd recommendations
It is difficult to describe the interim recommendations of the Expert Panel reviewing the financial system external dispute resolution and complaints framework as anything other than odd ...