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Following the recent release of a Cabinet paper, and various reports on the current regime of trustee supervision, the Securities Trustees and Statutory Supervisors Bill (Bill) has been introduced to Parliament. The Bill retains much of the framework agreed by Cabinet in August 2009.

The paper discusses the nature and features of alliancing and when alliancing can be used as a framework for a project.

Thailand does not have a general statute for personal data protection or privacy, but a draft Act is being reviewed.

The Federal Court sitting in Western Australia handed down three decisions in rapid succession last month dealing with AM SA's attempt to impose loading restrictions on a foreign flagged, live sheep export vessel and movement of a vessel under arrest.

Last year was a busy year in terms of takeover activity, but 2011 is predicted to see even more activity as Australia and the global economy emerge from the GFC. As companies seek exposure to global growth regions and to consolidate their access to resources, Australia will reaffirm its status as a key target for takeover activity.

In the case of Cosco Bulk Carrier Co Limited v Team-Up Owning Co Limited (the ‘Saldanha’) [2010] EWHC 1340, Mr Justice Gross in the English High Court recently determined that piracy did not interrupt the hire period in a charter party on the New York Produce Exchange (NYPE) form.

In February this year we provided an outline of the proposed amendments to the National Access Regime in Part II A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (Act). Those changes are contained in the Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009. Since our last update, the Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended the Bill be passed.

A recent New South Wales Court of Appeal decision upheld the validity of a restraint clause that prevented two executives from soliciting clients or competing with their former employer's business for 12 months

Markel International Insurance Co Ltd, QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited and Amalfi Underwriting Limited (collectively the Claimants), brought proceedings in England's High Court against Surety Guarantee Consultants Ltd (SGC) and its former directors and employees.

Treasury recently released exposure draft legislation regarding the GST treatment of taxes, fees and charges imposed by Australian Government Agencies. The proposed rules represent a significant change to the way such arrangements are dealt with for GST purposes by all levels of Government. Government Agencies will quickly want to understand the new GST regime in order to properly prepare for the 1 July 2011 start date.

The decisions of the High Court and Full Federal Court in the case of Copyright Agency Limited v State of NSW confirm that it is not always safe to rely on the special copyright rules that apply to the Crown.

As of January 2011, new requirements for landlord's disclosure have been introduced under the NSW legislation governing retail tenancies. Further changes to that legislation are proposed under the Retail Leases Amendment Bill 2011.

In a recent decision of the High Court, Justice Miller considered the difficult question of when an electricity retailer will be liable to a domestic consumer for losses caused by power supply issues such as voltage surges, brownouts or outages.

This month saw the Government take a major step towards the goal of a single Auckland Council with the introduction into the House of two proposed pieces of legislation, the Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill and the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill.

The case may have serious consequences for Australian directors relying on D&O policies to fund their defence costs.

Concerns about privacy and data control are often cited as major impediments to the growth and wide adoption of Cloud.

Each Australian state and territory has its own laws so practices vary between the different Australian jurisdictions.