Newsletters

• Newsletter: Enterprise - July 2008

  Welcome to the July issue of Enterprise, the second edition for 2008. The 2008 financial year has now drawn to a close. Over the past two weeks we have seen the Federal government unveil it's top 10 work standards and on Friday 20 June the Priority List for the award modernisation along with the timeline for the modernisation process was released.

  2 Jul 08 Martin Osborne, Murray Procter , Harmony Adams, Jessica Caban, Maddy Dickson, Stephen Mackie and Evan Mentiplay

• Newsletter: Insurance Update - June 2008

  This edition includes the latest in Insurance Regulation, an important NSW case on thresholds for gratuitous services, some recent cases on legal professional privilege, the defence of fair comment in defamation, pedestrians expected to take more care when using footpaths, no extended duty of care owed in negligence for commercial premises, a victory for HIH insureds and the latest in TPD cases.

  27 Jun 08 Barry Richardson, Lisa Norris, Carey Lynn, Katherine Czoch, Leisa Mikkelsen, Marnie Mcconnell , Bruce Ballment, Julie Darley, Michael Iacuzzi, Eric Lowenstein and Brooke Morrow

• Newsletter: Workplace Safety News - June 2008

  Welcome to the June edition of Workplace Safety News. This edition covers a number of legislative updates and provides insight into some timely OHS issues. First we have included an update on the federal review into Occupational Health & Safety laws which was announced on 4th April together with an overview of the recent amendments to the Dangerous Goods Legislation in WA.

  25 Jun 08 Holly Howison, Scarlet Reid , Vaughan Fulmer, Melanie Mallott, Rebecca Pleming and Leanne Thomas

• Newsletter: D-brief - June 2008

  In the June edition of D-brief, we cover a range of matters relevant to government. We look at the reasons to participate in contract review processes, the relationship between legitimate benefits and procedural fairness, the interpretation of liquidated damages and consequential loss, legal challenges under the EPBC Act and performance-based contracting.

  24 Jun 08 John Sharkey AM, Jacinta Studdert, Nadia Janis, Rosemary Crowley, Eric Coonan , Edward Campbell, Grace Do, Chrystalla Gallos, Rosa Raco and Gavin Shapiro

• Newsletter: Energy Law Update - June 2008

  Welcome to the June edition of Energy Law Update. Clearly, the report of Professor Ross Garnaut's Climate Change Review, due in September, will be one of the most influential public policy documents released this year. In this issue, the Deacons team looks at Professor Garnaut's Interim Report and also his Discussion Paper on the design of Australia's Emissions Trading Scheme.

  24 Jun 08 Nick McHugh, Samantha Solomon , Belinda Harvey, Heather Hutchinson and Rachael Webb

• Newsletter: Franchising Focus - June 2008

  Welcome to the June issue of Franchising Focus. In this issue we examine: Preparing your business for sale, What is a franchisee acquiring: business system or business potential?, Owner's drawing and misleading wages claims, Determining the monetary threshold for unconscionability actions and "Direct supervision" provisions in franchise agreement upheld

  17 Jun 08 Andrew Terry and Marshall Bromwich

• Newsletter: Footprint - June 2008

  This edition of Footprint features an article commenting on a recent High Court decision that makes a significant change to the rules of contract law in the area of repudiation; an account of the principal effects of new Victorian legislation governing communal living; notes by two of our Sydney lawyers on important developments in the area of retail leasing; and a comment on two recent NSW cases dealing with a key provision of that State’s main planning statute.

  30 May 08 Greg Mann, Craig Penn-Tonkin, Rebecca Hall, Lexia Wilson, Michael McKee , Anthony Jreige and Paul Ng

• Newsletter: Competition and Consumer Law Update - June 2008

  Developments in the competition and consumer law field have continued at a fast pace both in Australia and overseas since our last Competition and Consumer Law Update.

  30 May 08 Nick McHugh, Calum Henderson , Andrew Beck, Claire Forster, Belinda Harvey, Natalie Trezise and Jonathan Wilkinson

• Newsletter: Legally Green - May 2008

  Welcome to the third edition of Deacon's quarterly environment and climate change newsletter and the first under our new name, Legally Green.

  13 May 08 Elisa de Wit , Andrew Bell, Heather Hutchinson, Rachael Webb and Jonathan Wilkinson

• Newsletter: Enterprise - April 2008

  Welcome to the April issue of Enterprise. With the proclamation of the Rudd Labour Government's Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008, the first steps have been taken in the implementation of the Labour Governments implementation of its Forward with Fairness policy.

  14 Apr 08 Stuart Kollmorgen, Alan Grinsell-Jones, David Cross , Jenny Thrum, Jessica Caban, Carolina Mondello, Vaughan Fulmer & Kate Roberts