Source: https://www.claytonutz.com/knowledge/2011/june
Timestamp: 2018-03-23 09:21:14
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3']

2011 Brooking Prize - Construction & Major Projects Graduate-at-Law takes out highest award - A member of our Construction & Major Projects team has been highly commended for his entry in the 2011 Brooking Prize, says Karen Hanigan.
A tale of two cities: where is the "ordinary place of business"? - If a company has multiple offices, does it matter which one receives a payment claim under security of payment laws? Dean Gerakiteys looks at a recent case for some answers.
All the best? Drafting and interpreting endeavours clauses in contracts - What are "best" endeavours – and are they any better than "reasonable" endeavours? Graham Taylor and Samy Mansour explain what you need to know about endeavours obligations in energy and resources contracts.
Assessing expectation damages - Victor Lau explains what expenses can be included in claims for expectation damages.
Basel gives guidance on Global Systemically Important Banks - The Basel Committee's overseeing body, the Group of Governors and Head of Supervision, has agreed on measures requiring globally systemically important banks (G-SIBs) to hold additional capital.
Better management of disputes crucial for infrastructure delivery - Infrastructure delivery is becoming an increasingly critical issue for all governments in Australia, so it is imperative that they explore as many innovative mechanisms to deliver their infrastructure commitments.
Clayton Utz advises Amcom on iiNet share sale and distribution to its shareholders - Clayton Utz is advising ASX-listed data network provider Amcom Telecommunications Limited in connection with the sell-down and distribution of its 23.4% shareholding in ASX-listed internet service provider iiNet Ltd.
Clayton Utz advises Noble Group on Territory bid - Clayton Utz is advising SGX-listed Noble Group Limited subsidiary Jonesville Limited in connection with its A$133 million takeover bid for iron ore miner Territory Resources Limited.
Clayton Utz announces new partner appointments - Clayton Utz today announced the appointment of three new partners effective 1 July 2011, reflecting the firm's commitment to promoting outstanding legal talent.
Clayton Utz continues its Melbourne expansion - In a further boost to the firm's national Corporate practice and to its Melbourne office, Clayton Utz has recruited Michael Linehan as a partner.
Clayton Utz lawyers among a Who's Who of construction - Global legal directory Who's Who Legal has named six Clayton Utz partners among the world's leading construction lawyers.
Clayton Utz ramps up Workplace practice for future growth - Clayton Utz has boosted its national Workplace Relations capability with the addition of Stuart Pill and Dan Trindade as partners in the Melbourne office, together with their team of five lawyers and their support staff
Clayton Utz supports CEO Sleepout to support Australia's homeless - Clayton Utz partners Kate Jordan and Nikki Robinson will spend tonight out in the cold and without their families - for a good cause.
Colour trade marks - Ordinary experience, history and literature all tell us that colours operate as powerful stimulants of memory, identification and loyalty.
Companies warned to have clear policies to reduce prosecution risk - Australian companies with an international presence risk falling foul of international anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in the absence of clear and rigorous policies to ensure those who engage with foreign government officials on their behalf do not cross the line, according to Clayton Utz Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Morrison.
Compensation in NSW for mine subsidence: do you have to wait for the hole to appear before you act? - Owners of improvements to land in NSW, now have a greater incentive to undertake preventative or mitigatory works if there is a threat of subsidence from mining operations: Jemena Gas Networks (NSW) Limited v Mine Subsidence Board [2011] HCA 19
Court sends strong message on adverse action protections in the Fair Work Act 2009 - A recent decision in the Federal Court has sent a solid message to employers that employees have a right to raise concerns about their pay rates and entitlements without the fear of being sacked or victimised.
Dispatches from a wandering president - Doug Jones has proven to be a globe-trotting President of the Chartered Institute of International Arbitrators. He rounds up the global developments he's discovered on his travels.
Documentation developments: Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement - Confusion over the interpretation of Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement is a growing problem, but there might be a solution in ISDA's recent clarification, as Louise McCoach, Graeme Dennis and Romany Sloan explain.
Enterprise agreement's age-based redundancy benefits fail Fair Work Act's discrimination test - Fair Work Australia has held that age-based redundancy benefits in enterpise agreements breach the Fair Work Act's ban on discriminatory terms
EU carbon markets - lessons for Australia's future emissions trading scheme - Recent problems in Europe's carbon markets are lessons from which Australia should learn when it devises any emissions trading scheme, say Graeme Dennis, Louise McCoach and Romany Sloan.
Expert witnesses no longer immune from suit under UK law: Jones v Kaney - Experts are often critical to the running of construction cases, and they are protected from legal suit arising out of giving evidence or participating in civil proceedings – but that might be about to change. Michelle Larin looks at the implications for Australia of the recent English case Jones v Kaney.
Foreign acquisitions of Australian farms: new controls rejected - The Economics Legislation Committee recommended that Parliament not pass the Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010
Gateway Upgrade Project: bringing Queenslanders together - Brisbane's Gateway Upgrade Projects is the largest road and bridge project of its type in Queensland's history.
Geothermal Energy Act 2010: Queensland's new regime for land access for resource tenements - Part 2 - Prue Harvey explains Queensland's new land access regime for exploration and production tenements in the second of our two articles on the Geothermal Energy Act 2010.
Getting ready for Australian Consumer Law changes to product warranties against defects - From 1 January 2012, any warranties against defects in any consumer products sold in Australia will need to comply with the mandatory requirements in the new ACL - the Australian Consumer Law and the Trade Practices (Australian Consumer Law) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).
High Court to consider international arbitration and abuse of process - The High Court will soon provide some much-needed clarity about the status of foreign arbitral awards in Australia, as Sid Wang and James Robinson explain.
Leading arbitrator calls on Queensland to adopt important arbitration reforms - Clayton Utz partner and global president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Professor Doug Jones AM today called on the Queensland government to follow the lead of New South Wales and introduce the new Uniform Commercial Arbitration Act to help efforts to promote commercial arbitration as a viable alternative to litigation.
M&A warranty and indemnity insurance: a buyer's perspective - What are the consequences of taking out buyer's warranty insurance, and how can a buyer maximise the benefit from using it? Geoff Hoffman and David Gerber set out the benefits – and potential pitfalls.
M2 Motorway: Easing congestion in Sydney's north-west - Stuart Cosgriff talks about his role in the award-winning M2 Motorway project.
Major changes for NSW mining and petroleum project approvals - The newly elected New South Wales Government has announced a new policy approach to mining and petroleum projects, which could have major significance for the programming and approval of new projects and the expansion of existing projects. as Nick Thomas and Samy Mansour explain.
More on adverse action: Employees have a right to raise concerns - Joe Catanzariti looks at the latest decision on the new adverse action provisions in the Fair Work Act.
National OH&S laws bring tough new duties for "officers" from 1 January 2012 - The harmonised OH&S laws will introduce a new positive duty for directors and officers to ensure their businesses comply with their safety obligations – and failing to do so could be a costly mistake, as Graham Smith and Rob French explain.
Natural disasters in 2011 put emergency response procedures to the test - The importance and effectiveness of emergency response procedures were highlighted by the natural disasters in early 2011. How did your company fare, ask Hedy Cray, Shae McCartney and Joanne Husband.
New bill sets out replacement for Part 3A and planning approval for state significant developments - We now have more - but not all - the details of NSW's new planning regime for state significant developments with the introduction into NSW State Parliament last night of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Bill 2011.
New Royal Adelaide Hospital Project: a state-of-the-art hospital - It's the biggest, most complex and highest value social infrastructure project to be undertaken in Australia as a PPP, and we advised on it.
OH&S harmonisation update - Where are the States and Territories at in implementing new harmonised OH&S laws? Joe Catanzariti rounds up the latest developments.
Part 3A is dead (well, almost) - now get to grips with NSW's new State significant approval law - The NSW Parliament passed the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Act 2011 on 22 June, bringing to an end the old Part 3A regime and ushering in a new one
Proposed taxation changes to enhance loss utilisation for particular infrastructure projects - The Federal Government is introducing new tax measures to encourage private investment in infrastructure. How do they work – and more importantly, asks Robyn Schofield, will they work?
Queensland shakes up its strategic cropping land framework - On 31 May 2011 the Queensland Government announced two important changes to its strategic cropping land framework, which has the potential to impact upon development proposed for large parts of the State.
Recent Federal Court decision has implications for employer response to stop work meetings - What should an employer do when its employees conduct unprotected industrial action? Robert French and Graham Smith draw some lessons from a recent case.
Reducing green tape in Queensland - Proposed reforms to environmental licensing - Queensland's Department of Environment and Resource Management has released a discussion paper, "Greentape Reduction - Reforming licensing under the Environmental Protection Act 1994"
Requests for bargaining - take care in refusing - The JJ Richards decision means that bargaining representatives can seek protected action ballot orders as a means of bringing employers who refuse to bargain to the bargaining table, without exhausting all other means of doing so. Hedy Cray and Alison Spivey look at what this means for employers.
Resistance is futile - Uganda Telecom and the grounds for resisting enforcement of foreign awards - If a party doesn't like a foreign arbitral award, what can it do to resist enforcement in Australia? Not much, says Mark Gillard.
Save the date…10th Anniversary International Arbitration Lecture - For our tenth anniversary International Arbitration Lecture we've again lined up one of the world's leading authorities on arbitration.
Securitisation fears allayed as High Court refuses to hear Goodridge appeal - The Goodridge case is at an end, with the High Court refusing special leave to appeal on Friday 10 June. This means that the decision of the Full Federal Court, which allayed concerns about assignment transactions, especially securitisations, stands.
Slashing travel times with the Peninsula Link Project - The Peninsula Link Project is Euromoney's Project Finance APAC Transport (Road) Deal of the Year. Clayton Utz partners Marko Misko, Naomi Kelly and Dan Fitts helped get it over the line.
Synthetic drugs a Kronic issue for employers - Saul Harben, Shae McCartney, Steve Bowler and Tim Nielsen explain what's happening with the regulation of synthetic cannabis, and what employers should do in response.
The abolition of expert witness immunity from suit in the UK - The UK Supreme Court has abolished the long-standing rule that expert witnesses are immune from suit. Saloni Kantaria looks at what this means for parties to an arbitration using a UK-based expert.
US Supreme Court upholds arbitration clause waiving right to class actions in consumer contracts - Can class-action waivers in arbitration agreements be enforced? Until recently in the US, the answer would have been "no". As Paul Jammy shows, the US Supreme Court has changed the answer. What does this mean here in Australia?
What does the Centro case mean for directors? - The clear message emerging from Monday's Centro decision, and the message headlined in all the media reports of the decision, is that directors must scrutinise company accounts.
When will a casual employee be entitled to annual leave? - Casual employees are not entitled to annual leave - right? Not so fast, say Dr Graham Smith and Jim Simmonds.
Where to now for OTC derivatives - lessons from ISDA's AGM - ISDA's recent AGM considered the effect of Dodd-Frank, central clearing facilities as a means of clearing OTC trades, and new capital rules under Basel III for credit valuation adjustments, as Louise McCoach, Graeme Dennis and Romany Sloan report.
yeswe.cann - ICANN opens the domain name floodgates - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the entity responsible for the management of top-level domains, has approved a groundbreaking plan to dramatically increase the number of domain name suffixes that are available.