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ip/media
24 May 2023 A sticky end for the Manuka Honey certification trade mark?
Local honey producers have been unsuccessful in securing a certification trade mark for "Manuka Honey" in New Zealand.
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Dispute Resolution Update
08 May 2023 What's in an assignment - are pre-existing claims included?
Billabong Gold Pty Ltd v Vango Mining Ltd [No 2] [2023] WASCA 58
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class actions update
24 Apr 2023 Western Australia's new class actions regime is now in action
What you need to know A new class actions regime has come into effect in Western Australia. The Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Act 2022…
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FOOD LAW UPDATE
13 Feb 2023 Supplement reforms: is your product now a therapeutic good?
TGA declares sports supplements therapeutic goods in law. Sports products that make therapeutic claims in the dosage form of a tablet, capsule or pill will be…
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Environment & Planning Alert
12 Dec 2022 Government set to reform national environmental laws – but there are some challenges for industry
The Federal Government has released its Nature Positive Plan: Better for the Environment, Better for Business in response to the 2020 Independent Review of…
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Class Actions Update
14 Oct 2022 Western Australia has a new class actions regime
On 1 September 2022, the Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Bill 2021 was enacted. The Act provides for representative proceedings in the Supreme…
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IP@ASHURST UPDATE
26 Aug 2022 The High Court does not go "all in" - 3:3 split on patentability of feature games in electronic gaming machines
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29: equally split High Court; patents; computer-implemented inventions; manner…
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Ashurst ADTLaw Update
18 Apr 2022 Employment: duty of mutual trust and confidence
See the discussion on the Court of Appeal case of Wee Kim San Lawrence Bernard v Robinson & Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2014] 4 SLR 357 at [73]-[82] of the…
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oil and gas update
02 Mar 2022 Nigeria's Energy Transition
Nigeria’s Energy Transition - Challenges and Opportunities in the Utilisation of Gas as a Transition Fuel
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Dispute Resolution Update
30 Nov 2021 Gas buyer's price review claim runs out of gas: Time is of the essence
The Western Australian Supreme Court of Appeal has clarified that parties to long term gas supply agreements will be held strictly to the timing provisions of…
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Funds Insider | Issue 3
21 Oct 2021 Ready or not, ESG is coming
Ready or not, ESG is coming – What sponsors should expect from investors regarding ESG considerations in fundraising
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WA State Agreement Update
20 Oct 2021 No risk to parliamentary sovereignty: High Court upholds WA Parliament's variations to Mineralogy State Agreement
The High Court of Australia has upheld the validity of legislation passed by the WA Parliament unilaterally varying Mineralogy's State Agreement.
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Native Title Alert
21 Sep 2021 Federal Government proposes significant reforms for the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 (Cth)
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Native TItle Alert
03 Feb 2021 Native Title Act reforms finally enacted
Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (Cth) Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) under review
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Native Title Alert
12 Nov 2020 Compensation Update: Some interesting test cases on the horizon
Update on native title compensation claims around Australia Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
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Regulatory Alert
06 Nov 2020 High Court keeps intact Western Australian COVID-19 border closure
Today the High Court rejected the challenge by Clive Palmer and Mineralogy Pty Ltd to Western Australia's COVID-19 border closure.
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real estate webinar
08 Oct 2020 Next Gen Development Lifecycle Series Session 3: Post-acquisition Part I (webinar transcript)
As I said, the Shelfer test is very old and in 2014 the case of Coventry v Lawrence was a fundamental case to consider that four part test Now this case…
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Native Title Alert
07 Oct 2020 High Court says "yes" to delegation of ILUA certification function
High Court determines that a Representative Body can delegate its function of certifying ILUAs under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Northern Land Council &…
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Class Actions Update - AUSTRALIA
22 Jun 2020 Victoria introduces common fund contingency fees for class actions
Victorian Parliament has passed legislation authorising common fund contingency fees in Supreme Court class actions.
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CORPORATE CRIME AND INVESTIGATIONS
01 May 2020 Can an employee be compelled to give incriminating evidence against their corporate employer?
Authors: Rani John, Partner; Stephen Speirs, Senior Associate and Adrian Hizo, Lawyer
