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The resurrection of rise and fall mechanisms in infrastructure contracts
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, ongoing supply chain challenges associated with COVID-19 and a red-hot infrastructure market, 2022 was the year that Australian contractors firmly rejected the traditional approach to input cost risk allocation. ...
Allens advises Crestone on acquisition by LGT Group
Crestone was established in 2016 following a management buyout at UBS Wealth Management’s Australia unit, and provides wealth advice and portfolio management services to high net worth clients, ...
Strong year in M&A for Allens: CY23 M&A league tables
The firm advised on some of the largest and most significant deals of 2023 across a breadth of sectors, driven largely by activity in critical minerals, energy and private equity. The firm ranked: ...
AIFMD: update on the state of play for Australian fund managers post-Brexit
The landscape for wholesale investment funds in the UK has shifted in the wake of Brexit. We give a round-up of the latest developments, and explain what Australian fund managers who are marketing their products to EU or UK investors need to know. ...
WA director jailed for workplace fatality
A small business owner in Western Australia has become the first individual sentenced to imprisonment under the state's work health and safety (WHS) laws following the death of one worker and serious injury of another. The company has also been fined a total of $605,000 for gross negligence and for breaching safety regulations. ...
Another decision on adverse costs orders in employment class actions: should you expect a 'chilling effect' on employment class action risk?
Duck v Airservices Australia (No 3) is the latest in a series of cases that have grappled with the intersection of employment class actions, litigation funders and the traditionally 'no costs' jurisdiction of the Fair Work Act. We examine the decision and its potential impacts on employment class action risk. ...
'Remediation' as a legal term
ASIC's recent consultation paper (CP335) on proposed changes to its remediation guidance (RG256) may have created further space between what is legally required of remediations and what ASIC may expect of them. ...
Donau Pty Ltd v ASC AWD Shipbuilder Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 185
The NSW Court of Appeal in Donau Pty Ltd has considered how long a party's right to terminate a contract lasts following a breach by the other party and the implications this has for the doctrine of election. ...
Controversial Religious Discrimination Bill back in the spotlight
The Federal Government has released second exposure drafts of its proposed legislation on religious discrimination, as part of another round of public consultation. ...


