Insights for March 2017

01/03/2017 - Can in-house counsel be held liable for their employer’s sins? Accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act 02/03/2017 - Clipsal turns off the lights for Clipso in trade mark dispute 02/03/2017 - Draft national standard for management of industrial chemicals released 02/03/2017 - Getting to know the Queensland Planning Act 2016: Development assessment 02/03/2017 - It's time to take an early mark… Tips for employers to manage fatigue in the workplace 02/03/2017 - Minister makes State Planning Provisions in Tasmania 02/03/2017 - Queensland Land Court accepts planning risk as a ground for challenging statutory property valuations 02/03/2017 - The cuckoo in the nest: how to protect against employee information theft 15/03/2017 - Can you direct an employee to attend a medical evaluation? It depends, say the Full Federal Court 16/03/2017 - "I'm only after a casual relationship" says the employer. "Yeah, yeah whatever" says the court 16/03/2017 - Application to list on PBS does not constitute patent infringement per se 16/03/2017 - Court of Appeal can't see landmark in crash landing case 16/03/2017 - Digital healthcare ‒ addressing cyber security risks for medical devices in the digital age 16/03/2017 - Getting to know the new Queensland Planning Act 2016: Compensation 16/03/2017 - Is your industrial tenant a retail tenant? 16/03/2017 - NT hydraulic fracturing inquiry background and issues paper released for consultation 16/03/2017 - Take notice – mandatory data breach notification laws to take effect by 23 February 2018 16/03/2017 - The battle without the war – recovering costs in interlocutory matters not litigated to finality 16/03/2017 - Unfair tender processes – will tenderers have a remedy if there's no process contract? 16/03/2017 - Unregulated ports and airports continue to attract ACCC concerns 16/03/2017 - WA Crown reigns supreme in Southregal: WA Planning and Development Act compensation controversy finally resolved 16/03/2017 - What a waste: strategies to avoid mistakes in contracts and expensive rectification 21/03/2017 - Landmark damages decision sets new benchmark for patent infringement claims against generic companies 22/03/2017 - Crowd-sourced funding starts in six months – and here's how you get ready for it 30/03/2017 - Abandoned online shopping carts - how to exploit them without breaching the law 30/03/2017 - Amerind or am I wrong? Victoria changes direction on insolvent corporate trustees 30/03/2017 - Banks and farmers now required to talk it over ‒ compulsory mediation introduced in Queensland for farm mortgages 30/03/2017 - Coders beware: it's a question of quality not quantity when assessing copyright infringement 30/03/2017 - Consultation counts when it comes to Health and Safety Representative Training 30/03/2017 - Fraudsters, gamblers and a mining company: tracing and clawing back funds from third parties 30/03/2017 - More than just semantics - Full Court clarifies when damages can be recovered for unjustified threats 30/03/2017 - Not today: what is the "last day" in legislation (and how can you tell)? 30/03/2017 - Optimising infrastructure delivery with the Delivery Partner Model 30/03/2017 - Proposed changes to taxation of stapled groups could mean changes to infrastructure and stapled property groups 30/03/2017 - Review of Climate Change Policies: any bright ideas? 30/03/2017 - Social impact assessment to be reinvigorated for State significant resource projects in NSW 30/03/2017 - The Queensland Government to broaden the reach of the State's corruption watchdog 31/03/2017 - National guidance for managing PFAS contamination released