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International Arbitration - Australian courts' power to grant interim freezing orders
Insight 02 Nov 2018

The WA Court of Appeal has taken an expansive view of the power that Australian courts have to grant interim orders in support of international arbitrations. ...

Finally - a class action regime for Queensland
Insight 17 Aug 2016

Class actions in Queensland are one step closer with the introduction of proposed new legislation into the Queensland Parliament Partner Michael Ilott Special Counsel Robyn Morrison and Senior Associate Suzie Fraser report ...

Australian Financial Complaints Authority: a 'one-stop-shop' for financial dispute resolution
Insight 19 Jul 2018

The new Australian Financial Complaints Authority is to replace each of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman in November 2018 ...

Guarantors owed a duty of care under the Code of Banking Practice
Insight 21 Jan 2016

A recent decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal has given a wide meaning to the Code of Banking Practice finding that the duty of care owed by a lender in assessing the borrowers ability to repay extends to guarantors Effectively the bank was responsible to guarantordirectors for funding their ...

Allens advises bank syndicate on $300 million banking facility
News 02 Sep 2015

Allens has acted for a syndicate of banks in the establishment of a $300 million syndicated banking facility for business equipment financier Silver Chef Limited. The banking partnership with ANZ, ...

Bringing light to the shadows: regulation of the Australian shadow banking sector
Insight 08 Aug 2014

The Financial Stability Board has been working since the GFC to develop a policy framework that mitigates the systemic risks of the shadow banking sector while simultaneously preserving its benefits We examine international developments in shadow banking and the Boards proposed regulatory response ...

PPS deregulation measures one step closer
Insight 09 Jul 2015

A long-awaited change designed to reduce the compliance burden for security interests arising from short-term leases of serial numbered goods is one step closer to becoming law Partner Karla Fraser and Law Graduate Katharine Ward report ...

China's National Carbon Market - what to expect
Insight 02 Feb 2018

China will soon have the worlds largest emissions trading scheme emstrongETSstrongem according to announcements made late last year by Chinas state planning agency the National Development and Reform Commission emstrongNDRCstrongem According to the NDRC Chinas national ETS will be operating by 2020 ...

National Energy Guarantee - the emissions requirement in Australia's carbon policy landscape
Insight 23 May 2018

Following the recent release of the National Energy Guarantee High Level Design Document Partner Jillian Button xand Lawyer Dale Straughen consider how the proposed emissions reduction requirement of the Guarantee will interact with Australias existing emissions reduction policies This article is ...

Full Court dismisses Port of Newcastle access appeal
Insight 18 Aug 2017

The Full Federal Court has dismissed the Port of Newcastles application for review of the Australian Competition Tribunals decision to declare the Ports shipping channel service under the National Access Regime The Full Courts decision confirms the interpretation of the current declaration criteria ...

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