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Allens sets goal of at least 35 per cent female partners
Allens has announced its goal to have at least 35 per cent female partners by 2022, the year that will mark the 200th anniversary of the firm. Currently 26 per cent of the firm's partnership is ...
Allens named Australian Law Firm of the Year
Allens has been named Australian Law Firm of the Year for 2017 by leading international legal directory Chambers. The award caps off a year of working alongside our clients on some of the country's ...
Allens' leadership recognised in Legal 500 rankings
Allens has been named a tier one firm in nine practice areas in the Legal 500 Australia rankings and in four practice areas in the Legal 500 Vietnam rankings for 2017. Allens teams were recognised ...
Tax deductions for mining rights and information
Legislation amending the timing of tax deductions for expenditure incurred on acquiring mining rights and mining information has been introduced into federal Parliament The new law will remove the immediate tax deduction for the cost incurred by a mining entity in acquiring mining rights or mining ...
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 ...
Contractors face uphill battle restraining security calls
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has dismissed a subcontractors application for an interlocutory injunction restraining a call on a bank guarantee Partners Nick Rudge and Jeremy Quan-Sing and Lawyer Evan Lacey discuss the decision and its implications ...
You've got to be perfected - Equipment leasing and the PPSA
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales has again illustrated the potentially severe consequences for lessors of equipment and other goods under the vesting provisions of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 Cth The lease can be a security interest If the lessors dont perfect ...
Being 'professional' under D&O insurance policies
In a recent decision the Full Federal Court has clarified the scope of a professional services exclusion in a Directors Officers insurance policy Partner Andrew Maher and Senior Associate Andrew Lazzaro report on a case that gives some guidance on the relationship between professional indemnity and ...
Predictive coding gets green light from an Australian court
The Victorian Supreme Court recently handed down the first decision of an Australian court to specifically consider and approve the use of predictive coding technology in a large-scale discovery exercise Partner Nick Rudge Managing Associate Kate Austin and Applied Legal Technology Manager Lisa ...
Disclosing privileged documents to regulators
The case of Cantor v Audi provides insights into what you should consider before providing privileged documents to a regulator. ...