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Study conducted by Dr Meredith Gibbs defines critical elements of a CO2 storage enforcement regime

Dr Meredith Gibbs, prominent environment Partner at HWL Ebsworth, has undertaken significant research to identify the key features of an…

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The Future of WA Water Law

In June this year, the WA Department of Water released its report ‘Water for Growth: Urban’1 on urban water supply…

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Court of Appeal Clarifies Statutory Protections Against Civil Liability for Planning Authorities

A recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal has clarified important provisions of the Civil Liability Act 2002 with…

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Flexible Standards – has the bar for Clause 4.6 variations been lowered?

Randwick City Council v Micaul Holdings Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 7 After a line of case law that raised the…

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Insufficient Reasons in Orders

McCudden v Cowra Shire Council [2016] NSWLEC 14 Statutory orders are routinely drafted by Councils, and received by constituents of…

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Roads Authorities and their Statutory Immunity – who needs to know what, and when?

Since 2007, the test for the application of the immunity from liability for roads authorities in s45 of the Civil…

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