Articles
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19 April 2007
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: High Court decision on employer's obligatio…
In this bulletin we look at a decision of the High Court that may have a significant impact on employers and insurers and employer?s obligations to take out 'State insurance?.
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18 April 2007
Competition & Consumer
Caught by the Code? Working under the Franchising Code of Conduct
If your business involves selling goods and services through others, there is a risk that the arrangement constitutes a franchise agreement under the Code.
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30 March 2007
Workplace Law & Culture
New laws about independent contractors - more certainty for emplo…
On 1 March 2007 the new Federal Independent Contractors Act came into operation, continuing the Federal Government?s clean sweep of workplace relations.
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27 March 2007
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Claiming legal costs in litigation of in-house counsel
Cases in which the ability of a successful party to claim in-house counsel?s costs have shown there is no real difference between in-house and external lawyers for this purpose.
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22 February 2007
Workplace Law & Culture
Changes to workplace laws introduced - January 2007
2007 begins with some new workplace laws, some answers, and some solutions in the transition to Work Choices.
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29 January 2007
Property
New legislation to manage disputes between property ....
The Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006 will commence operation on 2 February.
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24 January 2007
Intellectual Property
Website links: potential legal liability risks
Did you know that website links can be very dangerous for both you and the operator of the linked website?
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15 January 2007
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Case law: warranties under the Home Building Act
The Home Building Act radically changed the regulation of residential building in NSW.
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14 December 2006
Insolvency
Insolvency and administration: I lose, you pay - last minute adj…
One factor which weighs heavily in the mind of hostile creditors is the costs of the contested adjournment application.
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05 December 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
Celebrations turned sour - sexual harrassment at the workplace Ch…
The following scenario, with names changed to protect the guilty, illustrates the countless liabilities that may arise from a seemingly harmless staff celebration.
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30 November 2006
Work Health & Safety
Medical Reports - Revisited: workers compensation & the claims ma…
We discuss Oz Cabs Pty Limited v Boadu [2005].
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24 November 2006
Wills & Estate Planning
Wills and Estates Law Update - terminating trusts set up under a…
Trust structures set up by deed or by Will for a particular purpose may outlive their desired objective
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14 November 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
High Court decision on Work Choices sees State industrial relatio…
After a hard fought six day hearing in May the High Court has just handed down its decision on the most important Constitutional case in decades
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09 November 2006
Property
Smoke alarms - obligations for real estate vendors
One can be excused for not being too happy about the new record keeping and pay slip obligations under Work Choices.
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09 November 2006
Dispute Resolution & Advisory
When more is less - the rise of proportionate liability
Until recently, as a general rule the greater the number of potential defendants to an action the greater the likelihood of a full recovery.
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27 October 2006
Work Health & Safety
Workers compensation: approved medical specialist certificates ch…
Since 2002 disputed impairment claims have been determined via approved medical specialist (AMS) assessment.
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10 October 2006
Contracts & Procurement
Confidentiality Agreements and the Standard Salad Sandwich: issue…
We are often asked to prepare a standard confidentiality agreement. There is really no such thing.
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05 October 2006
Workplace Law & Culture
Paper work, paper work and more damn paper work: record keeping o…
One can be excused for not being too happy about the new record keeping and pay slip obligations under Work Choices.