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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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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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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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corporate update
20 Apr 2022 EU proposed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
On 23 February, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence.
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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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EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
23 Feb 2022 The Living with Covid-19 plan - what does this mean for employers?
Authors: Ruth Buchanan (Partner), Crowley Woodford (Partner), Eleanor Reeves (Partner), James Nierinck (Senior Associate) and Joanna Fox (Associate)
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governance and compliance update
28 Jan 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 12
[Item contributed by Joanna Fox, Associate in our Environment team] Corporate Governance …
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planning and environmental update
08 Dec 2021 The UK's post Brexit landscape
Environment Act 2021 legal update
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contentious financial services update
24 Sep 2021 Non-financial misconduct back in the headlines
Authors: Lynn Dunne, Partner, Paul Ryan-Brown, Associate and Joanna Middlemass, Trainee Solicitor Case Reference: Jon Frensham v The Financial Conduct…
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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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REAL ESTATE WEBINAR
27 Oct 2020 Next Gen Development Lifecycle Series Session 5: Disposal (webinar transcript)
First of all we have Ben Groves who is Senior Associate in our planning team; Matt Pearson, a Senior Associate in our construction team; Joanna Fox, an…
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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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real estate webinar
23 Sep 2020 Next Gen Development Lifecycle Series Session 2: Acquisition (webinar transcript)
I'm going to bring you up to speed on planning considerations, and my colleague, Joanna Fox, will do the same on environment Chloe Meredith is an Associate…
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ashurst webinar
07 Jul 2020 How can the Built Environment help deliver a sustainable recovery?
Our panellists were: Joanna Gilroy, Head of Sustainability at Kier Group Dominic de Ville, Director at Sancroft Haydn Keen, Director at RSK …
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IP @ Ashurst Update
20 Apr 2020 Goodwill and trade marks: crunchy not smooth
Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v Bega Cheese Limited [2020] FCAFC 65: Bega once again prevails in its peanut butter jar dispute with Kraft, with the Full…