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Two recent decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) shed light on when the AAT will find action taken by an employer to be ‘reasonable administrative action’ or ‘reasonable disciplinary action’. If such actions are found to have contributed to an injury claimed by an employee, the claim may be excluded from the definition of ‘injury’ under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) (SRC Act). The two decisions handed down by Senior Member Friedman are Re Steuregger

On 1 January 2014, new workplace bullying laws will form part of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

Foreign workers on foreign vessels on Australian offshore resources projects may not be subject to Australian laws.

The effect of amendments on members' rights must be carefully considered before unilaterally amending the constitution.

The paper highlights some legal and tax issues that US parent and Australian subsidiary companies need to consider.

A landmark judgment has held a credit rating agency liable for the negligent AAA rating of a structured financial product.

The real "change" is the change in the approach and attitude of the Privacy Commissioner.

In an important back down, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has retreated from its previously articulated position that Australia’s transfer pricing rules can overlay our domestic thin capitalisation rules in determining an arm’s length level of debt: irrespective of whether an arm’s length interest rate is applicable on the relevant debt. Accordingly, draft Tax Determination TD 2007/D20 issued in November 2007 and the ATO Discussion Paper, Intra-group Finance Guarantees and Loans, issued in

The NSW State Government has recently passed legislation bringing forward the abolition of mortgage duty from 1 January 2011 to 1 July 2009.

On 6 May 2013, the ACCC released the updated Draft Authorisation Guidelines (Draft Guidelines).

In this edition of the Health Law Bulletin, we provide an update on legal issues affecting the health, biotech, life sciences, retirement living and aged care sectors.

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Vuletic v Contributory Mortgage Nominees Limited highlights the need for clarity in documentation intending to bind a guarantor.

Insurers face difficulties when, having denied indemnity to an insolvent insured, it is joined to proceedings by a third party.

An in-depth look at the advantages and risks associated with cloud computing.

It is a timely reminder to Australian employers to observe strict privacy requirements for employee related information.

In recent years, many patent practitioners have experienced difficulty in amending Chinese patent applications.

Egypt does not have one law to regulate personal data protection, but has provisions in different laws and regulations.