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The rapid pace of technological advancements versus the significantly slower rate of copyright law reform, coupled with the savviness of today's Internet user, have resulted in copyright infringements such as illegal movie downloads going largely unc...
The decision of the High Court in the recent ICAC v Cunneen appeal has raised all sorts of intriguing legislative, political, policy and Constitutional issues including: What is corruption? What is t...
It is not uncommon for an agent to attempt to claim commission from a vendor for having introduced the purchaser to the property even though the purchaser had ultimately signed a contract through a different agent after the initial agent's exclusive ...
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has recently handed down a decision in Re AKN Pty Ltd T/A Aitkin Crane Services [2015] FWCFB 1833. The Full Bench upheld the appeal from AKN Pty Ltd t/a Aitkin Crane Services (AKN) ...
A registered club, the holder of a club licence under the Liquor Act 2007 (NSW), lets a husband and wife into occupation of its premises to operate a restaurant. There is no signed agreement between the parties. After about a year, the Club tells the...
When negotiating enterprise agreements parties are only permitted to negotiate certain matters. A non-permitted matter is any matter which falls outside those matters pertaining to the relationship between an employer and employee as set out in s 172...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of, amongst other things, sexual orientation. In the case of Bunning v Centacare [2015] FCCA 280 the court was asked to determine whe...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently handed down its decision in Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2015] FWC 920. The case relates to a claim by two BHP Co...
A former CEO of ABN AMRO Australia Holdings Limited (AAAH) has been awarded over $3 million after the NSW Supreme Court in James v Royal Bank of Scotland [2015] NSWSC 243 found an employment contract clause which bound the C...