COVID-19 vaccine – Can employers demand that employees get vaccinated?
As Australia waits on the approval by regulators of the COVID-19 vaccines questions are now being asked about whether employers…
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Marine or general insurance? A navigator’s guide – DMS Maritime Pty Limited v Navigators Corporate Underwriters & Ors [2020] QSC 382
The Supreme Court of Queensland recently held that a ship repairer’s excess layer insurance policy was a marine insurance policy…
Playing the blame game – Apportioning liability between host employers and labour hire employers
The last three decades have seen a proliferation of labour hire arrangements across a number of industries in Australia: in…
Automotive Industry Group Regulatory Update – December 2020
Welcome to the December 2020 HWL Ebsworth Automotive Group Regulatory Update. HWL Ebsworth seeks to keep you updated with the…
Federal Government Announces Best practice principles for new car dealership agreements
The Federal Government launched on 11 December 2020 a set of six principles to guide agreements between car dealers and…
Recent Supreme Court decision determines that the loss suffered from selling land subject to a road reservation was not a natural and direct result of the reservation
Summary The Supreme Court of Victoria dismissed a claim for compensation where land subject to a road reservation was sold…