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Is an unanswered “cost plus” payment claim valid in statutory debt proceedings if its contract is “fixed price”? The decision in Manariti v Universal Property Group[1] answers this ancient Security of Payment ri ...

The Victoria Police and Department of Public Prosecutions has secured convictions against two individuals involved in a money laundering syndicate operating in Melbourne. The investigation dubbed Project Taipan culminate ...

On 10 July 2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) announced the industry participants selected for the next stage of Project Acacia. Supported by the Austra ...

The UK Government has now published an implementation roadmap, setting out a phased delivery plan for the biggest reform to UK employment law in 30 years. Below, we look at when some of the key provisions of the Employm ...

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, clarifying that courts may not apply different legal standards depending on the identity of the employee b ...

Piper Alderman Blockchain Partner Steven Pettigrove, along with Luke Higgins and Luke Misthos, have authored the Australian chapters of Blockchain 2025: A Chambers Global Practice Guide, published by Chambers and Partner ...