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In June 2015, whilst the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) was before the Senate Estimates Committee, the ASIC Chairman, Greg Medcraft, raised the idea of making companies liable under new civil pen ...

An order for security for costs is never made lightly by the courts, notwithstanding that they have a broad discretion to do so. That discretion extends to an application to vary a security for costs order already in pla ...

Important amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) (EP Act), made by the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (Qld) (EPTLA Act) as part of the Newman Government’s ‘Greent ...

In AIG Europe v OC320301 (formerly the International Law Partnership LLP),1 England’s Commercial Court considered the standard aggregate claims provision contained within English and Welsh solicitors’ professional in ...

In general There are certain limitations to freedom of contract. Under national laws, these limitations appear as mandatory rules based on public policy. Similarly, under international law, even if the parties have made ...

Employers must provide convenient working places and conditions for their employees by taking advantage of many possibilities. For this purpose, employers provide personal computers and e-mail addresses for their employe ...