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Business & Human Rights
Sectors & Services

Identify, manage and mitigate business human rights risk It is expected that all companies will respect human rights. We are seeing fast-paced development of international standards and domestic laws on business human rights, and close ...

The role of in-house counsel and legal professional privilege in business human rights
Webinar 20 Oct 2022

Covered in this webinar: Our perspective on common scenarios where it can be critical to establish and maintain legal professional privilege. Whether and how legal professional privilege can apply to specific business human rights work products such as human rights impact assessments, investigation reports and more. The pitfalls associated with seeking to establish and maintain legal professional privilege, and strategies to avoid them. ...

Contract law update
Webinar 22 Feb 2024

Covered in this webinar: This webinar provides a valuable summary of the most important contract law developments of 2023, including updates on contract formation, interpretation, the exercise of options, waiver of conditions precedent, repudiation and reliance damages. ...

What this means for risk, compliance & personal accountability
Issues

The BEAR It comes as no surprise that one of the key ways in which the Final Report recommends the need for greater personal accountability be addressed is by the expansion of the BEAR. Specifically, the Commissioner has recommended that: ...

Seven key themes set to shape regulatory enforcement risk
Insight 21 Feb 2023

Legal and compliance leaders often ask us: what are the top enforcement risks we face and how can we prepare? In this report we cover the key themes running through regulatory enforcement activity in 2022 and what they will mean for you in 2023. Most sectors will be impacted by the seven key trends. ...

A guide for boards: ESG governance and reporting
Insight 26 Mar 2024

This guide draws the attention of Directors to consider key questions they need to be asking their legal teams and senior management. Directors should evaluate how their organisation is managing possible risks across ESG and how they are managing their mandatory director duties. ...

Elevating ESG
Issues

Throughout significant periods of change, our banks remained resilient and a big part of our positive economic recovery. ...

Key themes shaping Australian regulatory enforcement risk in 2024
Insight 11 Feb 2024

Legal and compliance leaders often ask us: what are the top enforcement risks we face and how can we prepare? In this report we cover the key themes running through regulatory enforcement activity in 2022 and what they will mean for you in 2023. Most sectors will be impacted by the seven key trends. ...

Seizing opportunities in the energy transition
Insight 23 Aug 2024

There's so much about Australia's energy transition that should be better explained to those who aren't energy experts, but ultimately need to participate in this shift on behalf of their firms. ...

Contract law update 2025
Insight 12 Feb 2026

Contract law is at the core of almost every lawyer's practice. We prepare the Contract Law Update by reviewing every contract law decision handed down by Australian appellate courts during the year and preparing summaries of those most relevant to lawyers in commercial practice. ...

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