26 Oct 2015 Insurance Construction Disputes and investigations Corporate and commercial Transport and logistics Aggregation clauses in insurance policies - updated Difficult to predict who will benefit from aggregation clause until claim is made
26 Oct 2015 Property Disputes and investigations Off-the-plan apartment sale contracts - should government regulate a developer's right to terminate? Buyers aggrieved after purchase contracts terminated under sunset date right
25 Oct 2015 Property Law against underquoting property sale prices strengthened in NSW New laws to give real estate agents strong disincentive to underquote
7 Oct 2015 Insurance Disputes and investigations Corporate and commercial Avoiding a life insurance policy and the application of section 29(2) of the Insurance Contracts Act Life insurer fails to establish that it would not have issued policy if aware of insured's illness
27 Sep 2015 Insurance Disputes and investigations Fraudulent claims case shows difficulties insurers face: Sgro v Australian Associated Motor ... Allegations of fraud must be clearly pleaded and properly particularised
26 Sep 2015 Corporate and commercial Unfair contract terms protections to be extended to small businesses Suppliers should review their standard form contract terms
24 Sep 2015 Corporate and commercial Employment and safety Insurance Throwing a spanner in the Queensland WorkCover regime again… 2013 reforms to Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act expected to be reversed
23 Sep 2015 Insurance Court of Appeal of Victoria rules on admissibility of expert reports served after mediation ... Appeal Court permits defendant to rely on post-mediation expert report at trial
22 Sep 2015 Corporate and commercial ASIC relaxes its approach to change of auditors Constraints on process for changing an auditor to be loosened
2 Sep 2015 Planning, infrastructure and environment Court dismissed Mr Stankovic's application for costs and ordered Mr Stankovic to pay 85% of the ... The case of Stankovic v Brisbane City Council (No 2) [2015] QPEC 27 concerned cost applications made by Mr Stankovic and Brisbane City Council for an earlier appeal to the Planning and Environment Court