Member Articles

By: Christian Breen The Germanwings tragedy has prompted questions of what safeguards exist to manage potentially unstable pilots. Confirmation by officials that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 92525 intentionally ...

By: Tony Stumm When was the last time Australia’s two major political parties stood united behind an area of reform with unmitigated and unconditional support?  An answer to that question might prove illusive – bi ...

By: Rebecca Stevens The ACT Court of Appeal has upheld the trial judge’s decision in the matter of Ackland v Stewart, which was discussed in the April 2014 newsletter ‘Two courts jump in to consider obvious risk’ ...

By: Tony Stumm The recent changes made by the ASX to its Guidance Note 12 have aroused interest in companies getting their shares listed without travelling down the compliance path associated with a prospectus initiat ...

By: Glenn Biggs The Queensland Court of Appeal recently overturned a primary judgment in favour of the Robinson Helicopter Company Incorporated (Robinson Helicopter) on the basis its instruction manual did not provide ...

By: Audine Bartlett In the Part 1 of the Issues Paper of May 2014 we examined the anti-bribery and corruption laws in Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. This Part 2 Issues Paper examines le ...