11 Aug 2010 Legal Update: Not insolvent - guess again? On occasions a perfectly solvent company can be placed into liquidation...
5 Aug 2010 Corporate and commercial Case Note: Applications for interim payments The New South Wales Court of Appeal recently clarified the requirements for an application for interim payments in the case of Forster v Hunter New England Area Health Service [2010]...
31 Jul 2010 Newsletter: Property - August 2010 We cover: Caution needed for caveat wording; Changes to the Duties Act from 1 July 2010; Retirement villages and more...
27 Jul 2010 Corporate and commercial Case Note: A duty to provide medication? Beazley and Macfarlan JJA and Handley AJA of the Court of Appeal recently held that a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility does not owe a duty of care to its residents...
26 Jul 2010 Legal Update: New Commercial Arbitration Act A new arbitration regime is imminent in New South Wales. It is likely to radically alter the conduct of arbitration in this state...
21 Jul 2010 Legal Update: New Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Disclosure Program While the introduction of an emissions trading scheme may have slipped off the political agenda...
19 Jul 2010 Corporate and commercial Case Note: Conflicting evidence and the value of meticulous clinical notes In Hollier v Sutcliffe [2010] NSWSC 279, the plaintiff, Ms Hollier, alleged...
13 Jul 2010 Insurance Case Note: Cassidy v Leslie (2010) NSWSC 742 Mr Leslie, a valuer, held professional indemnity insurance with Calliden Limited (Calliden) for the period 21 January 2008 to 21 January 2009...
1 Jul 2010 Insurance Case Note: The not so long arm of the US law In our May 2010 Case Note1, we discussed the significant implications of the potential application of US securities laws...
30 Jun 2010 Planning, infrastructure and environment Government Planners have become a lightning rod for people's sense of frustration