Kristen Lopes, a partner in CBP's Workplace Relations team recently presented at the 14th Annual National Employment Law Conference in Sydney. With the new Fair Work Act coming in to force in July 2009, Kristen's topic was "Effective Dispute Resolution for HR Managers under the new IR System".

A recent decision of the Supreme Court may have far reaching consequences for landlords of distressed businesses

Recently the Supreme Court was asked to determine whether or not a landlord could continue to claim rent on an ongoing basis from a company that had gone into a deed of company arrangement (DOCA).

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Access to Insurance Policies Denied: Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman Brothers Australia Limited

Wingecarribee Shire Council (Council) commenced proceedings last year against Lehman Brothers Australia Limited (Lehman) for damages arising out of, amongst other causes of action, alleged misrepresentations that induced the Council to invest in Collateralised Debt Obligations (Proceedings).

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Proposed increased regulation of executive termination payments

On a global level executive remuneration has become a topic of much political and social debate. There is currently a high level of public “outrage” against executive remuneration.In Australia this has led to proposed legislation reform to increase the regulation of executive termination payments.

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