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Employers should review their policies in case they may be exposed to claims of breach of mutual trust and confidence.

Entities liable under the CPM will need to record and report their covered greenhouse gas emissions from 1 July 2012.

These three acts aim to clarify the taxation treatment of payments and benefits provided under native title agreements.

Recent decisions have clarified the test to determine whether a worker is an employee or a contractor.

The TPP is a plurilateral free trade agreement that seeks to liberalise trade in the Asia Pacific Region.

This update provides a summary of the new corporate reconstructions and consolidations exemption from stamp duty in NSW.

The New Zealand maritime scene has been dominated by the consequences of the grounding of the Rena at Tauranga.

Fashion designers in the United States have struggled to develop legal strategies that adequately protect their work.

On 14 May 2007, the Governor-General made orders and regulations to give effect to the changes in the Companies Act 1993 and Financial Reporting Act 1993 contained in the Business Law Reform legislation enacted in late 2006.

Restraint of trade clauses are notoriously difficult to enforce. In order to be enforceable, the employer needs to demonstrate that it has a legitimate business interest to protect and that the clause it has used to try to protect this interest goes no wider than is reasonably necessary.

The live sheep trade to the Middle East has for many years attracted the attention of animal liberationists seeking to ban the trade on animal welfare grounds.

The New South Wales Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal’s recent decision in D V Kelly Pty Ltd v China Shipping (Australia) Agency Co Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCTTT 136 has caused considerable debate and cast doubt over the enforceability of container detention charges. The case concerned the distinction between liquidated damages and penalty clauses in contracts, and has already caused ripples throughout the entire Australian shipping industry.

'I've just found out that we have an inquest on next week, can you help?' A not uncommon call to a lawyer in our health practice from a hospital or health service.

Our Health Law Team includes Alison Choy Flannigan, Partner in our Sydney office and Andrew Forbes, Partner in our Brisbane office.

Australia's proposed new Privacy Principles have been released in draft form. Submissions to government regarding the draft legislation are due by 27 July 2010.

A partner in a UK law firm, entrusted with the responsibility of dealing with all aspects of the firm’s professional indemnity insurance, was found to have failed to fulfil his obligations to notify a matter to the firm’s professional indemnity insurer.

The article, for foreign developers wanting to invest in the hospitality sector, is the first in a series of publications.