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contentious financial services update
15 Jul 2022 FCA/FSA Final Notice findings are inadmissible evidence in civil proceedings
Field cited Hollington v Hewthorn [1943] 1 KB 587 and Christopher Clarke LJ's restatement of the rule in that case in Rogers v Hoyle [2014] EWCA Civ 257 …
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE - AUSTRALIA
12 Apr 2021 Changes on the horizon for regulation of medicinal cannabis in Australia?
Consultation processes address regulatory challenges facing Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry.
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covid-19
27 May 2020 CLBILS: new restructuring aspects explained
Announced by the UK Government on 2 April, the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme ("CLBILS") was billed as the support package for the…
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Australian Employment Alert
28 Jan 2020 Enterprise bargaining in 2020: What to watch out for
In this Employment Alert, we consider the latest developments about who can vote on an agreement, requirements when explaining the agreement to those voting…
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employment alert - Australia
18 Nov 2019 ASIC releases guidance on establishing a compliant whistleblower policy
ASIC releases Regulatory Guide with guidance on establishing a whistleblower policy that complies with the Corporations Act regime.
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life sciences update - australia
30 Oct 2019 Recommendations for change: reform of medicinal cannabis regulation in Australia
Final Report of the review of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 regarding regulation of cultivation, production and manufacture of medicinal cannabis in Australia.
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IP @ Ashurst Alert
24 Sep 2019 Full Court declines to stipulate boundaries for patentable computer-implemented inventions
The appeal by Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd was dismissed and the Full Court agreed with the primary judge that two of its patents were invalid.
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Ashurst alert
01 Aug 2019 Australian whistleblower laws: One month on
The whistleblower protections law reforms as enacted by the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 (Cth) has now been in…
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IP @ Ashurst Update - Australia
30 Jul 2019 Apple secures patent office victory for computer-implemented invention
We examine the decision by the Australian Patent Office in Apple, Inc. [2019] APO 32 continues a recent trend of recognising the patentability of computer…
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Employment Alert
05 Mar 2019 Phoney orders: Purchasing authority and the repercussions of employee fraud
A decision of the NSW Court of Appeal, Wilh. Wilhemsen Investments Pty Ltd v SSS Holdings Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 32, considers the importance of ostensible…
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australian ashurst alert
19 Feb 2019 Whistle while you work: Whistleblower protections reforms for the private sector have passed
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2018 (Cth) has now passed, to consolidate existing whistleblower protections regimes…
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IP Alert | Australia
17 Dec 2018 IP Australia "Rokt" by Federal Court decision on the patentability of computer implemented inventions
In Rokt Pte Ltd v Commissioner of Patents, the Federal Court of Australia has clarified that computer implemented business methods, which solve a technical…
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AUSTRALIAN SAFETY MATTERS ALERT
07 Nov 2018 Important Reforms to Queensland's Mine Safety Laws
The Mines Legislation (Resources Safety) Amendment Act 2018 (Qld) amends Queensland mine safety legislation in a number respects, including increased…
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Banking tech chat
18 Jul 2018 Cleaning up: how green loans are evolving
1 MINUTE READ Green and sustainable loans are potentially accessible to all borrowers, not only those which operate in…
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Banking tech chat
22 Mar 2018 Green Loans
Key policy makers are pushing to transform the global economy from carbon-dependency and from a use and abuse approach, to sustainable and responsible…
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Australian Employment Alert
11 Jan 2018 Shaking the mix: Is an employee's position redundant when you change the combination of duties to be performed?
Federal Court of Australia finds employee's position not redundant due to changes to mix of duties.
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ASHURST TALKS | WHISTLEBLOWING
26 Sep 2017 Whistleblowers reap the (reform) bounty – podcast
In this podcast, partners Vince Rogers and Alyssa Phillips discuss the key recommendations made by the Committee Click on the image below to stream the…
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QUICKGUIDEs
08 Mar 2017 Interpretation of contracts under Australian law
Key principles of contractual interpretation applied by Australian courts, including interpretation of express terms; implying terms; and the extent to which…
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Employment Alert
07 Feb 2017 All at sea: No obligation to bargain with union but NERR struck down
The Fair Work Commission has allowed (in part) an appeal by the Maritime Union of Australia against the approval of three enterprise agreements, but has found…
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Employment Alert
05 Dec 2016 Setting up shop: "Covered by" an enterprise agreement and the NERR
The Federal Court overturned the decision of the Fair Work Commission to approve an enterprise agreement for a new business site of ALDI. This was because the…
