Insights for June 2021

02/06/2021 - A real danger of subconscious judicial bias 10/06/2021 - Environment and Planning 5 Minute Fix 14: planning, environmental protection 10/06/2021 - Licence to sell or something more? More clarity on "franchise agreement" under the Franchising Code 10/06/2021 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 77: FIDIC's standard form contracts, penalties, insolvency and adjudication 10/06/2021 - Major Projects: What you need to know about the new Commissioners appointed to win investment for the Northern Territory 10/06/2021 - NT Government to grant freehold to holders of exclusive native title in Territory towns 10/06/2021 - Proponents can expect greater scrutiny of Scope 3 Emissions following novel Federal Court Sharma decision 10/06/2021 - Put options won't kill cooling-off periods in NSW residential contracts for sale 10/06/2021 - Real estate: 5 Minute Fix 14: e-conveyancing, put options, electronic execution 10/06/2021 - Reforming Australia's litigation funding and class actions 07: proportionality 10/06/2021 - Reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct unveiled: Here's what you need to know 10/06/2021 - Royal Dutch Shell ordered to reduce CO2 by 45% by 2030 10/06/2021 - "Extortionate valuation" and witness independence questioned in Queensland mining lease compensation case 10/06/2021 - Shareholder class action update: Full Federal Court rules foreign residents can be group members in Australian class actions 10/06/2021 - Activist short selling campaigns in Australia under regulatory scrutiny 10/06/2021 - Early engagement with ATO encouraged on Australian “permanent establishment” tax issues related to COVID-19 10/06/2021 - High Court sets materiality at centre of establishing jurisdictional error in administrative decisions 10/06/2021 - Workplace investigations refresher part 5: Maintaining legal professional privilege over workplace investigation reports 14/06/2021 - Goodbye Queensland Productivity Commission, hello Queensland Competition Authority 14/06/2021 - Red tape cut for Queensland statutory bodies as digital publication replaces print in some cases 15/06/2021 - ACCC to address power imbalances in Australia's agriculture supply chains 15/06/2021 - New standard contractual clauses catch up to the ever evolving global data transfer landscape 16/06/2021 - Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry into Grosvenor coal mine explosion releases final report and recommendations 17/06/2021 - ASIC extends transitional relief for Foreign Financial Services providers 21/06/2021 - Breach Reporting: The Final Countdown 24/06/2021 - Australia and the UK reach an Agreement in Principle for the long-awaited Australia-UK FTA 24/06/2021 - Automotive Right to Repair is now law! 24/06/2021 - Estoppel: When will it trump a contractual time bar? 24/06/2021 - High Court hangs up on Telstra claims that next-gen payphones are exempt from state planning laws 24/06/2021 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 78: cladding and liability, NSW building reforms, QBCC's trust account tool 24/06/2021 - Productivity through a pandemic – White Paper proposes regulatory reform to reboot NSW economy 24/06/2021 - A whistle-stop tour of key takeaways from recent Court and regulatory developments in whistleblowing 24/06/2021 - Appeals to the High Court: The statistics, a guide to the process and some practical tips 24/06/2021 - Brand-jamming, free speech and satire: Federal Court finds Greenpeace’s use of AGL’s logo is (mostly) fair and darkly humorous 24/06/2021 - Calderbank Offers - how to make sure the pen is mightier than the sword 24/06/2021 - Latest in Australia's position on DNA-based detection: patent for detection of foetal DNA upheld 24/06/2021 - Queensland passes major amendments to defamation laws 24/06/2021 - So, ASIC wants your books and records? That includes those held offshore and in the cloud