Insights for December 2024
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Privacy
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Artificial intelligence
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: The struggle for meaning: What is statutory interpretation?
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Delegations and authorisations
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Remaking decisions
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Legislation and the legislative process
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Enforcement and regulatory decision-making
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Procedural fairness
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: Statements of reasons
02/12/2024 - Public Law Essentials: What happens when things go wrong?
03/12/2024 - Digital platforms set to face new competition regulation in Australia
05/12/2024 - Using facial recognition technology – lessons from the Bunnings Case and a new OAIC guide on assessing privacy risks
05/12/2024 - How do you like your eggs? What happens when you successfully appeal a section 444GA (leave to transfer shares) order
05/12/2024 - WA privacy and responsible information sharing laws: Notifiable information breaches scheme
05/12/2024 - Online games escape social media ban for children… for now
05/12/2024 - Quick fix for State significant development? New legislation responds to Court of Appeal case on enabling infrastructure
05/12/2024 - Where to now? The High Court weighs in on abuse claims
11/12/2024 - NER amended to allow interconnector cost allocation agreements
11/12/2024 - The debate over unfair trading practices rolls on: where specifically is it headed?
11/12/2024 - WA’s Domestic Gas Policy – Is it time for a change?
11/12/2024 - Waller v Barrett: Another step towards a right of action for serious invasions of privacy
11/12/2024 - Liability in nuisance derailed
11/12/2024 - Corporate 5 Minute Fix 12: financial product issuers, reporting, Ch 6, AI, shareholder communications
11/12/2024 - Breaching employment contracts just got riskier, following High Court decision
12/12/2024 - High Court of Australia confirms limits on undertaking as to damages: Commonwealth loses appeal in clopidogrel PBS claim
16/12/2024 - ASIC brings civil penalty proceedings against HSBC Australia alleging failures to adequately protect customers from scams
18/12/2024 - Navigating Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth)
18/12/2024 - I Guess It's Never Really Over: Full Court overturns Katy Perry trade mark infringement finding
18/12/2024 - Transition to nature positive is now legislated in NSW
18/12/2024 - For what purpose? Court of Appeal clarifies valuation approach for compulsory acquisitions
18/12/2024 - COP29: Incremental progress, but all eyes are on 2025 targets
18/12/2024 - It's not enough to call someone a "Crim" or "Grub" to win a defamation case: Why you need more than hurt feelings
18/12/2024 - Security of Payment reforms in Victoria get green light from State Government
18/12/2024 - Changes to the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Regime effective 1 January 2025