Quarterly Report
Client Profile: Food And Beverage Australia Limited (FABAL)
June 30, 2021From grapevine to glass. Meet the expert innovators who make sure Australian wine walks the talk. In 1982, a group of wine-loving Australian...
Lessons Learned From the Sexual Assault/Misconduct Revelations in Federal Parliament
June 30, 2021The recent revelations of alleged criminal conduct and misconduct in the Federal Parliament directed towards women has had devastating ramifications for those involved....
An Insurer’s Duty of Utmost Good Faith
June 30, 2021Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Youi Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1701 The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (Allsop CJ)...
NFT’s Explained: The Intellectual Property Implications of Licencing Digital Assets Through Blockchain
June 30, 2021On 11 March 2021, digital artist Beeple sold a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) of his artwork for $69 million USD.[1] According to Christie’s, the...
Jurisdiction Clauses: A Primer
June 30, 2021It’s an all too common scenario: Company A is based in South Australia; Company B is based in Queensland; Company A provides services...
Safety Requirements for “General Use” Quad Bikes
June 30, 2021The Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 (‘the Standard’) commenced operation on 11 October 2019. This much-debated standard placed a range of...
When are Directors Liable for Misleading or Deceptive Conduct, Passing off, Trade Mark Infringement or Unconscionable Conduct?
June 30, 2021“What is the line between inspiration and appropriation?” This is how Federal Court Judge the Honourable Justice Katzmann began her 75-page judgment on...
Workers Compensation, Health and Safety and COVID-19
June 30, 2021The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) (“the WHS Act”) and, in South Australia, the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)...
Two of a Kind: Federal Court Refuses to See Double in Case of Identical Pharmaceutical Products
June 30, 2021Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 724 In 2016, the Federal Court ordered Reckitt...
Staff Profile: Amy Bishop
June 30, 2021Our Intellectual Property Specialist, With a Penchant for People, Water & Words Although Amy Bishop always wanted to be a lawyer, that she...
Client Profile: Detmold Group
December 17, 2020South Australian paper & packaging group calls on long history of innovation to contribute to the COVID-19 response. In what is regarded as...
Last Chance to Avoid Casual Worker “Double-Dipping” Disaster
December 17, 2020Leave entitlements to be challenged in the High Court after the Federal Government’s epic fail in Federal Court The High Court has granted...
Family Law Court Initiatives
December 17, 2020It is a well recognised fact, amongst lawyers and the community, that family law claims can be expensive and take a long time...
Debt Recovery and Maximising Costs Recoveries
December 17, 2020No business wants the cashflow interruption or the diversion of attention that having to chase a debt brings. Almost inevitably, though, businesses at...
Onus of Proof in Tax Disputes
December 17, 2020For taxpayers engaged in matters with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) where facts are in dispute, the ATO will point out that the...
No Thanks! Effective Disclaimer of a Trust Entitlement
December 17, 2020Attempts to disclaim an entitlement to trust, income or capital have arisen in various contexts for various reasons. The contexts often include receipt...
A Win for Women in Pelvic Mesh Class Action – for the Moment …
December 17, 2020GILL v ETHICON SÁRL & ORS (NO 5) [2019] FCA 1905 This was a representative proceeding under Part IVA of the Federal Court...
All for One and One for All!
December 17, 2020South Australian Employment Tribunal finds that all members of a group under a licence of self-insurance are equally and severally liable for suitable...
Building and Construction Contracts: The Importance of Good Contract Administration
December 17, 2020Adelaide’s landscape is constantly changing. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied the growth of many industries, the State Government’s Renew Adelaide project and...
King Reigns All: High Court Decides Holding Companies May Be Held Accountable for Subsidiary Company Actions
December 17, 2020The High Court of Australia decision broadens section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 interpretation, meaning that potentially anyone can be considered an...
Staff Profile: William Esau
December 17, 2020Our Commercial Property ‘go-to’, William Esau, on COVID-19, Fast Bikes & French Love Affairs. William Esau is one of the firm’s founding directors,...
Client Profile: Eldercare
April 10, 2020In Aged Care, High Profile Scrutiny Means Staying Ahead of the Game is a Must. Progressive. Diverse. Agile. Collaborative. These are not normally...
The Covid-19 Outbreak and Contract Relief in the Form of Force Majeure
April 10, 2020Introduction The new lunar year of the Metal Rat has regrettably commenced amidst an abundance of wretched disasters. Whether flood, fires and most...
The Issue of Capacity
April 10, 2020Although most people over 65 will not suffer cognitive impairment, for a large minority, dementia and other age-related conditions will enter their lives...
Land Tax Reform – What Does it All Mean?
April 10, 2020The Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2019 (SA) (the Amending Act) has now been enacted and introduces progressive changes to the Land Tax...
Who Owns Intellectual Property? Employer or Employee
April 10, 2020Disputes between employers and employees as to who owns the intellectual property (“IP”) developed by an employee have been frequent causes for litigation...
“Confidential” Means Confidential
April 10, 2020Crown Resorts V Zantran Clauses requiring parties to keep information confidential are frequently found in contracts. These may typically be contracts of employment,...
On the Hook: Directors in the Tax Firing Line
April 10, 2020The personal responsibilities of company directors are getting more and more stringent with new laws proposed to extend directors’ penalty notice regimes to...
The Long Reach of Spousal Maintenance
April 10, 2020It is not often that a particular Family Law case receives media attention, but that happened last year with the case of Blevins...
Modern Issues in Business Succession Planning
April 10, 2020Business succession planning is critical in ensuring that any transition of the business, whether during your lifetime or following your death, is a...