The South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission has released its tentative findings The Royal Commission will now embark on a series of meetings at various locations around South Australia to discuss these findings with interested stakeholders Partner Richard Malcolmson and Senior Associate ...

The Dodd Frank Act is a bit like the US financial system it is trying to regulate - vast complex and hard to wade through It creates a bunch of new regulators on top of what was already a pretty solid cast and gives them wide-ranging powers They can not only set capital and liquidity requirements ...

The Queensland Parliament has passed the Chain of Responsibility Bill with important amendments prior to enactment The amending Act establishes a new regime under the States primary environmental legislation that exposes related bodies corporate executive officers financiers shareholders and a ...

The judgment of Lord Mansfield in Carter v Boehm in 1766 is frequently cited as establishing the principle that parties to an insurance contract owe each other duties of utmost good faith. ...

Globalisation has created significant benefits for consumers by making products cheaper to purchase It has allowed consumers to access food that is out of season from halfway across the globe or regularly update the model of their phone However the long and complex supply chains that facilitate ...

Amendments to the Papua New Guinea Land Act have been proposed which among other things will restrict ownership of land by non-citizens including PNG incorporated companies that are wholly or partly owned by non-citizen individuals or companies ...

The New Zealand Court of Appeal considered an application by a honey producer seeking a declaration that the labelling of its honey products complied with the requirements for nutrition, health and related claims under the Food Standards Code. ...

If you have investments in European listed companies you should be aware of the EUs new Market Abuse Regulation and how it may impact you wherever in the world you are based ...

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 ...

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 ...