If youre focused on testing your idea developing your product and scraping together enough funds to talk to foundation customers engaging a lawyer could be the last thing on your mind ...

The Federal Government has taken the first step in fulfilling its promise to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme Under an exposure draft of the proposed legislation companies will be required to notify the Office of the Australian Information Commission and affected individuals of ...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled the hotly awaited National Innovation and Science Agenda NISA The Prime Minister declared the beginning of the Ideas Boom stating that unlike the mining boom this is a boom that can continue forever The NISA comprises more than 20 individual policies and ...

The High Court of Australia has decided that a third party claimant can join an insolvent or potentially insolvent defendants insurer to proceedings to seek a declaration that the insurer is liable to indemnify the defendant Partner Andrew Maher and Lawyer Shelley Drenth discuss the decision and its ...

Workplace Relations: We look at an adverse action case; why a redundancy doesn't constitute a termination; the importance of a consistent process to deal with workplace bullying; the fairness of a dismissal for failing workplace drug tests; and preventing an employee going to work with a competitor ...

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 ...

This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...

Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...

There has been so much talk about blockchain and distributed ledger technology recently especially in financial services that you might be forgiven for thinking it might be more hype than substance But we think it could be very important technology ...

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has rejected a wide-ranging attack by a contracting party preferring litigation to arbitration on the operation of an arbitration clause Partner Andrew Maher reports ...