Expert Guides - Australia

An impending flood of formal insolvencies or a continued decline?

Conventional wisdom says there will be a flood of insolvencies in a recession, but there are other forces at work

08/09/2020 Jennifer Ball, Clayton Utz, Australia

Important issues for HNWIs in a dynamic global environment

The flow of private capital across borders, together with the ease of living and working in different countries, creates opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs)

20/08/2019 Tracy Ho, EY, Hong Kong Fiona Hinrichsen, EY, Australia

A Data Portability Right to Hit Australian Shores with the Release of the Consumer Data Right Bill

On 15th August 2018, the Australian Government released draft legislation to introduce a data portability right in Australia, to be known as the ‘Consumer Data Right’ (CDR)

13/09/2018 Sophie Dawson, Bird & Bird, Australia Ashna Taneja, Bird & Bird, Australia

Review of Australia’s Class Action Regime – a Mechanism for Corporate Accountability

The class action regime in Australia is currently under review by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), following referral from the Federal Attorney-General, the chief law officer in Australia

13/09/2018 Louise Cantrill, Mills Oakley, Australia Alesha Burke, Mills Oakley, Australia

Establishing or Acquiring a Life Insurer in Australia

Overseas investors have shown, and continue to show, a strong interest in Australian life insurers

15/08/2018 Rehana Box, Ashurst, Australia

Invalidity of Geographically Descriptive Marks Crystal Clear

Justice Burley of the Federal Court of Australia has handed down his decision in Bohemia Crystal Pty Ltd v Host Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 235

22/05/2018 John Hannebery, Davies Collison Cave, Australia Elizabeth Godfrey, Davies Collison Cave, Australia Grace O’Connor, Davies Collison Cave, Australia

Meeting the rising tide of compliance

Compliance is a complex area for product manufacturers and suppliers

25/04/2018 Colin Loveday, Clayton Utz, Australia Richard Abraham, Clayton Utz, Australia

Australia, a new world player in large-scale battery storage?

Last year, Hive Legal wrote in this publication that 2017 would be an exciting year for innovation and reform in the Australian electricity sector

20/03/2018 Mitzi Gilligan, Hive Legal, Australia Andrew Brookes, Hive Legal, Australia Paul Jeffreys, Hive Legal, Australia

Palmer Wind Farm decision quashes objections and provides clarity to wind farm developers

The decision provides clear determinations on issues that are commonly raised by objectors to wind farm proposals

20/03/2018 James Lofting, HWL Ebsworth, Australia

Australia: White collar crime

White collar crime and the targeting of corporate misconduct has finally been given serious attention by the Australian Government

16/03/2018 Robert Wyld, Johnson Winter & Slattery, Australia

Next generation genome technology – will insurers get the sequence?

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, advances in gene technology have exploded

04/09/2017 Louise Cantrill, Mills Oakley, Australia

Mandatory data breach notification laws to change the Australian cyber-security landscape

On 22 February 2018, data breach notification laws will commence in Australia

01/09/2017 Sophie Dawson, Bird & Bird, Australia

IP is the word: putting IP in the spotlight

With economies and companies worldwide thriving on ideas and innovation, now is the time to put IP in the spotlight.

31/08/2017 Frances Drummond, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia Sophie Lees, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia

Australia’s new transfer pricing world: Are you ready?

Over the past 18–24 months, there have been significant developments in the transfer pricing arena, both globally and in Australia

07/07/2017 Ockie Olivier, Deloitte, Australia Janelle Sadri, Deloitte, Australia Nicole Chiam, Deloitte, Australia

Reflections on the Chevron debt financing transfer pricing case – a post-BEPS decision?

On 21 April 2017, Australia’s Full Federal Court rejected an appeal by the taxpayer in a case involving a credit facility extended to Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (CAHPL) by a US resident subsidiary of CAHPL

07/07/2017 Ockie Olivier, Deloitte, Australia Geoffrey Gill, Deloitte, Australia John Bland, Deloitte, Australia Christopher Thomas, Deloitte, Australia

What is “bodily injury”?

The New South Wales Court of Appeal recently delivered its decision in Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd v Casey [2017] NSWCA 32 and provided much need guidance on the definition of “bodily injury” for passengers who claim “mental injuries” arising from air accidents under the Montreal Convention 1999

06/07/2017 Matthew Brooks, HWL Ebsworth, Australia

The global battle over access to customer data and data portability

Around the globe battles are now being fought over consumer data

03/05/2017 Peter Leonard, Gilbert + Tobin, Australia

Recent developments in the Australian project finance market

Project financing continues to be used extensively in Australia.

03/05/2017 Peter Doyle, Gilbert + Tobin, Australia Jordan Gifford-Moore, King & Wood Mallesons, Australia

Climate change risks: What do you need to disclose?

Climate change poses risks across all industries, and these risks are not confined to the long term

21/03/2017 Elisa de Wit, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia Victoria Vilagosh, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia

Australian Advances in Electricity Regulation and Technology

Australia’s national electricity system is facing some challenges, including as a result of recent power system security issues

21/03/2017 Mitzi Gilligan, Hive Legal, Australia Andrew Brookes, Hive Legal, Australia Paul Jeffreys, Hive Legal, Australia Rachel Varghese, Hive Legal, Australia

Has the Hanjin insolvency trumped ship arrest in Australia?

It is an unfortunate reality that insolvency law now plays a large part in the risk management decisions of the worldwide shipping industry

24/01/2017 Joe Hurley, HWL Ebsworth, Australia

Changes in real estate investment in Australia

The Australian real estate market has continued to show resilience. There has been strong demand for residential and commercial property assets from domestic and foreign investors

19/01/2017 Sally Tuckfield, Dentons, Australia

Bright skies and a favourable tail wind for large scale renewable energy in Australia has construction lawyers excited

For the last decade, the resources boom in Australia had helped keep many construction lawyers here extremely busy documenting (and litigating and arbitrating about!) the vast amount of mine (especially iron ore and coal) and oil and gas infrastructure that was being constructed across the country...

19/01/2017 Geoffrey (Geoff) Wood, Baker McKenzie, Australia

A time of change across the Australian insolvency landscape

Australian insolvency laws are currently in a state of flux as the Federal Government prepares to implement the most wide-reaching reform agenda in two decades

17/10/2016 Orla McCoy, Clayton Utz, Australia