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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 ...
Will deductions by employees for home to work travel fly?
A recent Federal Court decision means 'fly-in fly-out' workers cannot claim tax deductions for the cost of transport to and from work. ...
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 ...
Distressed debt M&A - share transfers without a scheme
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has given further guidance on the scope of its power to grant leave to a deed administrator to compulsorily transfer the shares of a company The decision in the matter of Nexus Energy Ltd subject to deed of company arrangement 2014 NSWSC 1910 confirms that this ...
Practical pitfalls and the sacrosanct limitation of liability clause
Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...
The hotel window closes - no vulnerability where a contract exists
The High Court recently overturned a NSW Court of Appeal decision that stated a building contractor owed a duty of care for pure economic loss for defective work to a successor in title to the developer of commercial premises. ...
Report: Wrap-up of Sydney Arbitration Week 2014
Over five days in November Sydney played host to a series of major international conferences as part of the second Sydney Arbitration Week ...
More limits on lawyer-driven litigation
Following a decision earlier this year preventing a solicitor from acting in a class action in which the solicitor managed and controlled the representative plaintiff the Victorian Supreme Court has held that a solicitor and senior counsel should be prevented from acting in a class action in which ...
Can you make a supply merely by tolerating something?
In an important ruling the High Court has decided that a purchaser of leased premises will make a supply of the leased premises when after completion the purchaser observes its express obligations under the lease The decision provides much-needed certainty for vendors and purchasers of leased ...
School chaplaincy program remains out of bounds of federal power
In a decision that has potential implications for a raft of Federal Government programs the High Court held that legislation passed to authorise hundreds of government funding arrangements is invalid insofar as it relates to the national schools chaplaincy program The decision once again confirms ...