Insights for March 2021

04/03/2021 - All care: Royal Commission looks to aged care overhaul 04/03/2021 - Employee "staged" injury for time off: the importance of investigating injuries and engaging with claims processes 04/03/2021 - Environment and Planning 5 Minute Fix 11: climate change, waste, resources, planning and environmental protection 04/03/2021 - Have your say – latest EPBC Standards and Assurance Bill referred to the Senate Standing Committee 04/03/2021 - Insolvency practitioners to be given more time to lodge financial reports under new ASIC proposal 04/03/2021 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 70: Qld trust regime, harmonisation and arbitration 04/03/2021 - Real estate: 5 Minute Fix 13: COVID-19 relief measures, Vic Owners Corporations law reform , and updated NSW Retail Tenancy Guide 04/03/2021 - Records management obligations for NSW Government entities 02: are encrypted messages a State Record? 04/03/2021 - Regulating the post-pandemic economy: the ACCC announces its 2021 enforcement priorities 04/03/2021 - Unfair contract terms 02: Automatic renewal clauses 04/03/2021 - Vaccination rollout for COVID-19 – employers will not be immune to challenges 04/03/2021 - When is the central idea in a trade mark purely descriptive? 04/03/2021 - Workplace investigations refresher part 2: Following your framework 08/03/2021 - Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) hub 10/03/2021 - High Court's call on competing class actions useful, but more reform needed to bring certainty for all parties 11/03/2021 - Attention directors: investors call for climate change management and disclosure 18/03/2021 - Commencement of Victoria's Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 on 1 July 2021 has been confirmed by gazettal notice 18/03/2021 - COVID-19 not a complete defence, says Fair Work Commission, in stand down case 18/03/2021 - Fearless Girl wins legal fight to keep standing 18/03/2021 - Joint venture agreements and fiduciary relationships – and why you must be careful with the scope of responsibilities 18/03/2021 - Major projects & construction 5 Minute Fix 71: joint ventures, security of payment, rectification 18/03/2021 - New technical standards for inverters provides greater certainty for distribution network service providers 18/03/2021 - NSW introduces ban to prevent PFAS contamination 18/03/2021 - Parlez-vous français? The challenge of construing Australian statutes enacting multilingual international treaties 18/03/2021 - Pollution incidents and the duty to notify in NSW: how soon is "immediately"? 18/03/2021 - Reforming Australia's litigation funding and class actions 02: increased regulation of litigation funding 18/03/2021 - Rule change to facilitate renewable project connections to designated parts of electricity transmission networks 18/03/2021 - Some complementary medicines might now attract duty, as classification of vitamins and food supplements changes 18/03/2021 - Unfair contract terms 03: Clauses commonly used in disputes 22/03/2021 - Treasurer's e-signing reforms stall in the Senate; Victoria passes permanent reforms 23/03/2021 - Temporary COVID-19 relief for virtual shareholder meetings and continuous disclosure has now lapsed