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Allens advises Multiplex on a big year of city-shaping projects
The Parkville Precinct Redevelopment is an important step in the staged redevelopment of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Women's Hospital. The redevelopment adds to a run of city-shaping ...
Internal emails, multiple recipients and the question of privilege
The recent decision of TEC Hedland Pty Ltd v The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd indicates that, for the purpose of assessing whether privilege can be claimed, multi-addressee emails will be considered as a number of separate communications between the sender and each recipient. ...
The Inverted Bid Model - five key questions in solving it
Industry Super Australias proposed Inverted Bid Model has generated a lot of interest and discussion At a recent industry symposium participants were invited to explore the model with a view to further refining it for application in the Australian infrastructure market Partner David Donnelly poses ...
Builders' duty of care for defective works continues to narrow
A recent UK decision1 continues the judicial trend of limiting the circumstances in which a builder will be liable in negligence for pure economic loss caused by its defective works. ...
NSW Budget 2015-16
A significant suite of infrastructure projects across transport public housing health and prisons as well as new bodies to facilitate their delivery have been announced in the NSW Budget Partner Leighton OBrien and Associate Dennis Smith report ...
Allens advises SERV on first project financing
The refinancing is the first project financing for SERV, which is the holder of an exclusive 40-year operating concession to administer land registry services for the Victorian Land Titles Office ...
Building strength through collaboration
For the past two decades, Australia has been a leader in the use of public private partnerships (PPPs) and private capital in the delivery of public infrastructure. Our successes have been so pronounced that countries such as Canada would send experts and civil servants to learn from local authorities. The market matured, and many complex projects were delivered using this approach. It is the combination of private and public sectors that is crucial for a successful project, allowing certain risks to be transferred, better management of risk and more innovative thinking. In this Insight, we discuss why private sector involvement is beneficial and how they enable stronger project outcomes for all. ...
Allens advises Aware Super on investment in euNetworks
The investment, alongside other institutional investors, is part of a €2.1 billion equity recapitalisation, and broadens Aware's digital infrastructure investments across its portfolio. euNetworks ...
Tesseract v Pascale - Proportionate liability in arbitration
The High Court's recently handed-down judgment in Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd  has significant implications for parties subject to existing arbitration agreements and considering it as a mode of dispute resolution in future contracts. ...
Allens advises Aware Super on Sydney Light Rail sale
The deal will see John Laing become the largest investor in the Sydney Light Rail network's public-private partnership, increasing its ownership stake to 95%. Allens advised on all aspects of the ...