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What’s in a name? Famous faces and their famous trade marks
For a celebrity, your name is your business. It is no surprise then that celebrities will go to great lengths to protect their brand. This is clear from a recent flurry of A-list trade mark activity including by the likes of Kim Kardashian West, Kylie Jenner and Beyoncé. ...
Allens advises on Hills M2 Motorway $815m refinancing
Allens advised a lender sydicate of 20+ financiers on the $815m refinancing of the Hills M2 Motorway. The Hills M2 owned by Transurban is a 21km road linking Sydney's lower north shore and north west. ...
Allens advises bank group on financing for 50% stake in Kalgoorlie Super Pit gold mine
The bank group provided a new $400 million, 4-year term debt facility and renewed an existing revolving facility for three years which increased to $300 million. In addition to the provision of deb ...
Allens advises ISPT on redevelopment of Karingal Hub Shopping Centre
The Allens team, led by Partners David McLeish and David Donnelly and Senior Associate Ben van Weel, advised on all aspects of the project, such as commercial, legal and procurement matters. The ...
When performance is personal – the hazards of subcontracting without consent
A recent NSW Court of Appeal decision emphasises the importance of contractors complying with contractual requirements to obtain the principal's approval before subcontracting services or works. Failure to do so may disentitle the contractor from claiming payment for services that the unauthorised subcontractors have provided. However, the case leaves open whether it may be possible for a contractor to recover the cost of unauthorised subcontracted services in restitution based on a quantum meruit claim, or on the basis of an unenforceable penalty. ...
Proposed regulation of offshore clean energy infrastructure – what you need to know
The proposed regulatory framework for offshore wind and other clean energy technologies and associated infrastructure in Commonwealth waters looks to be modelled on the regulation of offshore petroleum, with some key differences. ...
ACCC 2020 Enforcement Priorities
A number of industries and issues are in the spotlight following release of the ACCC's 2020 Enforcement and Compliance Priorities by Chairman Rod Sims on 25 February. ...
Do employers need to start telling their employees to limber up before heading home?
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has decided that a knee injury sustained by an employee when he was 'lightly jogging' to the staff bus after his shift had arisen out of his employment. ...
Employee reinstated despite breaching 'zero tolerance' drug policy
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an employee following inconsistencies in an employer's 'zero-tolerance' policy regarding drug and alcohol use. ...
DABUS ignites debate on AI inventorship
Patent offices in the UK and Europe, UKIPO and EPO have rejected Stephen Thaler's DABUS application naming artificial intelligence as inventors. Both patent offices found that DABUS, being a machine, could hold no rights and could not transfer any rights as the inventor to the applicant as successor ...


