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Recent developments regarding employer directed health assessment and medical examinations in Australia

Contact: Matthew Payten; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) It is incumbent upon employers under both the common law and statute to reasonably minimise the risk of injury to employees in the performance of work. Cu ...

Advocate’s immunity unavailable to legal practitioner who allegedly exaggerated expertise

Contact: Mark Brookes and Tom Pepper, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The Full Federal Court of Australia has set aside a Federal Court decision1 to summarily dismiss a claim made against a legal practitioner on ...

Material change in circumstances

Contact: James Plumb and Duncan Lomas; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The recent Land Court decision of Henry v ERO Georgetown Gold Operations Pty Ltd [2015] QLC 13 provides useful guidance as to the meaning of ...

Employee or Independent Contractor? Uber Case Sets Precedent

By Carl Blankschaen, CPA, Audit & Assurance Senior at Zinner & Co. (Ohio, USA) Employee or Independent Contractor? The California Labor Commission ruled this week that an Uber driver, Barbara Ann Berwick, is an employe ...

Annulment of General Assembly Resolutions of Joint Stock Companies and the Influence Rule

Author: Att. Ecem Cetinyilmaz Introduction The shareholders, board of directors, and each member of the board of directors are entitled to challenge the general assembly resolutions, subject to several conditions. Rea ...

Gazprom Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Anti-Suit Injunctions

Author: Att. Ezgi Babur Anti-suit injunctions are issued by national courts or arbitral tribunals, used especially in common law jurisdictions, in order to protect the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals, or to prevent ...

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