Reliance Liquidation Court Approves Application For Direct Payments From Reliance's Reinsurers To Certain Insureds.

“Success and Stability: A Strategic Review of Guernsey’s Banking Industry” has been published by Lord Hunt.

This newsletter includes links and summaries to recent media releases and new developments relating to healthcare law.

In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court confirmed the 122 year-old precedent that pets are property for tort-law purposes, and there can be no recovery for noneconomic damages rooted solely in emotional attachment to the pet.

In a recent case, Hunt v. 21st Mortg. Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132574, the court concluded that based on the facts of that particular case, it was limiting the definition of "automatic telephone dialing system".

A policy in relation to the renewal, expiry and deletion of .au domain names, which came into effect on 18 April 2010. The new policy changes the way in which expired and deleted .au domain names are removed from the domain name registry.

There are a number of other recent and important customs and trade developments that impact importers and exporters.

Court of Appeal upholds use of local handyman for minor repairs.

The two parts of the system can operate independently but are designed to occur simultaneously. Title is to pass about the same time that the purchase money is transferred electronically.

The High Court has recently analysed the authorities on the circumstances in which amounts paid by way of settlement to a claimant can form the basis of a claim for recovery from third parties and should be taken as the measure of damages.

Increasing public and political pressure in the last week culminated on 13 July 2011 with News Corporation ('News Corp') abandoning its bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC ('BSkyB'), in which it already holds a 39% stake.

On 21 November 2008, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ("ACCC") published its new "Merger Guidelines". The Merger Guidelines are the ACCC's first published guidelines in the area of mergers since 1999.

A new record has been set in Australia for fines for misuse of market power. Some are saying a new era of enforcement has dawned in misuse of market power prosecutions.

On 25 September 2008, the Federal Government introduced into parliament the Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill to amend the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). If passed, the changes will affect all businesses which advertise the price of their goods or services in component parts.

If you are buying or selling a business you should be aware of the new privacy law reforms and how they impact on the due diligence process which is conducted to enable buyers to examine the business of the seller.

Avoiding those difficult conversations can reduce an employer's ability to successfully defend any future legal claims.

A recent decision highlights employer obligations to give pay slips to employees as required by the FWA and Regulations.

The Federal government has passed its much anticipated anti-bullying amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

In NSW at least, employees will accrue annual leave while absent from work and receiving workers compensation payments.

Employers should review and update policies or practices which may discriminate against people with those attributes,.