By: Andrew Shute, Partner and Johanna Kennerley, Senior Associate
Individuals within corporate structures are not necessarily protected from exposure to personal liability where the company breaches its environmen ...
By: Luke Preston, Partner and Kyle Trattler, Senior Associate
Two recent decisions have clarified the circumstances in which a court will be bound to refer to arbitration a dispute pending before it, pursuant to s ...
By: Andrew Shute, Partner and Jason Savage, Senior Associate
Grattan v Porter [2016] QDC 202
The plaintiff (Mr Grattan) and his wife were historically close friends with the defendant (Ms Porter) and her hus ...
By: James Plumb, Partner and Kelly Pain, Senior Associate
As we reported in our October 2014 newsletter titled ‘Common Provisions Act – implications for land access and compensation’, the Mineral and En ...
There is a lot of press coverage about the Hanjin bankruptcy, but very little of it provides tangible facts for traders to rely on. One thing we know for sure is Hanjin filed a Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the U.S. What that ...
The two authorities of National Oil Well (UK) Ltd v Davy Offshore Ltd and Woodside Petroleum Development Pty Ltd v H & RE & W Pty Ltd are conflicting in relation to the effect of a ‘waiver of subrogation’ clause in a ...
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