Holman Webb Lawyers recently obtained an important decision in the Federal Court which has implications for the body corporate industry with respect to the recovery of unpaid levies.

Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski [2018] NSWCA 146

The Plaintiff was catastrophically injured when the cable of a pile driving rig snapped and struck him in the head.  He sued the occupier, Avopiling.

Congratulations to our specialist lawyers and teams listed in the latest Doyle’s Guide Rankings for 2018 in recognition of their expertise and abilities.

Holman Webb Partner Tal Williams talks to Lawyers Weekly about the future of signing your name, discussing various possibilities such as e-sigs, fingerprinting and retina scans. 

In late September the NSW Government introduced amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (1987 Act) and Workers Compensation and Workplace Injury Management Act 1998 (1998 Act).

On October 10, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took the first step toward implementing the recently enacted Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) by publishing new regulations that empower the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review transactions that were not previously subject to CFIUS scrutiny.

Even if you are, or were, an employee, the Criminal Law deals with such interference quite seriously.

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth) amended the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) from 1 July 2018 to impose a prohibition on the enforcement of rights against a company including contractual termination rights arising on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to that company.

Readers will be aware that the mandatory data breach reporting requirements in Australia have been in operation since February this year. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has since produced two quarterly reports on the matters notified. Some interesting statistics emerge.

Welcome to the September 2018 edition of the Health Law Alert with a timely article on "The Royal Commission into Aged Care - What it means to Approved Providers, their Boards and Management".