Discusses the impact of the Infrastructure NSW Act 2011.

The Saudi Ministry of Labour has issued two ministerial Decisions requiring certain retail businesses to employ females.

Trade promotions can be a difficult area of the law to master. Not only are there a host of regulatory requirements to comply with, but you must understand the general law of contracts, misleading and deceptive conduct and passing off.

The Construction Bulletin is designed to keep you updated on the latest legal developments, trends, recent cases and legislative changes affecting the Australian construction industry.

A highlight of the risks of co-operating with competitors when negotiating arrangements to supply goods or services.

The international construction market has witnessed the steady growth of Chinese contractors competing for work abroad.

Will Australia be returning to a simple statutory prohibition against "misleading and deceptive conduct"?

The Productivity Commission moved along in its review of the National Access Regime by releasing its Issues Paper.

The decision challenges the previously perceived benefit of using consent judgments as a settlement of court proceedings.

New planning regulations have come into effect in Queensland.

Last week the High Court of Australia handed down a decision in a negligence case that holds major implications for defendants, public authorities and their insurers.

On 25 May 2009, ASIC lifted the ban it had imposed on the covered short selling of financial securities, effective from 10am that day.

In Andrews and Telstra Corporation Limited [2008] AATA 943, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) found that legal professional privilege of two documents had not been waived despite being referred to in other documents filed and served in the proceedings.

The more frequently assets of a superannuation fund are valued to determine changes in value, the greater the risk of error.

On 12 March 2010 in S v South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra Area Health Service [2010] NSWSC 178, the NSW Supreme Court considered the requirements for making a community treatment order (CTO) under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) (the Act).

The latest Construction Update from DLA Piper is now available.Requirement to comply with the procedural requirements in the SOP Act. Late last year in the case of Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 190 (Chase Oyster Bar), the NSW Court of Appeal opened the door on new grounds to challenge decisions made by adjudicators under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (the SOP Act).

An officials’ paper has just been released which proposes a zero percent tax rate for non-residents investing in a PIE in respect of foreign-sourced income.

As widely anticipated, the New Zealand Government has announced further changes to the overseas investment framework which governs foreign investment in New Zealand.

We have already discussed at length the obvious impacts on employment in a recession. But what happens to people who are not employees?

The Securities Act (Short Form Prospectus) Exemption Notice 2009, which replaces the Securities Act (Short Form Prospectus) Exemption Notice 2002, came into force on Monday.