Member Articles

By: Mark Brookes, Partner, David Fisher, Associate and Michael Elliott, Solicitor; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) The recent Full Court of the Federal Court decision in Phonographic Performance Company of Austral ...

Contact: Tony Stumm, Partner; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) On 27 June 2013, the High Court of Australia handed down an unanimous judgment in a pre- criminal prosecution trial to address questions of law ar ...

Contact: CStephen Hughes, Special Counsel; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) On 2 July 2013 the Fair Work Commission (FWC) dealt with an application for unfair dismissal involving an employee who was terminated ...

  By: William Goldberg; Lerch, Early & Brewer (Maryland, USA) To the great relief of defendants and liability insurers covering claims in Maryland, the Maryland Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court) recen ...

Contact: Harper Grey LLP (Vancouver, Canada) On July 17, 2013, the BC Environmental Appeal Board rendered an important ruling in an appeal by a commercial landowner seeking to overturn a decision of a director of the ...

  Contact: Michael J. Neary; Lerch, Early & Brewer (Maryland, USA) So, as summer winds to a close, what can you be thankful for? Well, if you run a business, start with the Fourth Circuit! In late August, the Fou ...