Insights for September 2019

05/09/2019 - #fired! What does the High Court's decision in Banerji mean for non-APS employers? 05/09/2019 - Administrative law updater: Lawfulness of government policy guiding a decision-maker's discretion 05/09/2019 - AEMC's final report confirms existing embedded electricity networks will be caught by the new regulatory regime 05/09/2019 - ASIC takes further product intervention power steps 05/09/2019 - Contaminated land – NSW EPA releases draft guidelines 05/09/2019 - Dismissal for online misbehaviour: a "valid reason" and procedural fairness still may not be enough 05/09/2019 - Executive payout more costly for employer than proper performance management 05/09/2019 - Federal Government and regulators all moving on Financial Services Royal Commission recommendations, but more to come 05/09/2019 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 40 05/09/2019 - Privacy and information sharing legislation on the horizon for the WA public sector 05/09/2019 - Real estate: 5 Minute Fix 07 05/09/2019 - Record $3 million damages to an asbestos victim underscores need to identify latent workplace risks 06/09/2019 - ACCC's amended Australian cartel immunity change now excludes concerted practices – so self-report carefully 19/09/2019 - ACCC Customer Loyalty Schemes: Draft Report puts business on notice 19/09/2019 - Administrative law mythbuster no 01: Wednesbury 19/09/2019 - Administrative law updater: Applying the "materiality" test to jurisdictional error 19/09/2019 - Causation is king: NSW Supreme Court delivers hammer blow to programming analysis for delay claims 19/09/2019 - Costly consequences for stamp duty oversight 19/09/2019 - Crown use: On the path to a clearer and more transparent future 19/09/2019 - Exclusive Dealings – the new market-led proposals in Queensland 19/09/2019 - Is a class action one or many claims under your insurance policy? Aggregation clauses clarified by NSW Court of Appeal 19/09/2019 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 41 19/09/2019 - Multiple shareholder class actions: is consolidation better than picking a winner? 19/09/2019 - Taking responsibility for Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal: NSW makes a move 19/09/2019 - Tasmania proposes clean up of environmental law 19/09/2019 - Untruth and consequences – the cost of misleading consumers about their rights 19/09/2019 - What is a "foreign government investor"?