In Focus: Octaviar: High Court judgment [1/09/2010]
Our Banking & Finance Alert looks at the High Court judgment, which resolves emphatically the uncertainty facing secured creditors in Australia since the first instance decision in Re Octaviar.
NEWS
Competition Partner Stephen Ridgeway has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Trade Practices Committee of the Law Council of Australia.
Blake Dawson has appointed Simon Irvine as a partner in its Banking & Finance Practice in Sydney.
LEGAL UPDATES
Foreign investment in Indonesia and other developments
This update focuses on recent developments in Indonesia and coincides with Blake Dawson's new association with Oentoeng, Suria & Partners in Indonesia.
Our fortnightly telecommunications, media and technology update
In this edition we look at privacy concerns regarding the Facebook Places location service, advances in medical education technology, ACMA's paper on the future of 3D TV, and how the National Broadband Network helped sway the Independents.
Land Valuation Bill 2010 (Qld) - Major reform of Queensland valuation methodology for 2011 and beyond
The Land Valuation Bill 2010 (Qld) seeks to repeal and replace the Valuation of Land Act 1944 (Qld) making substantive changes to the way valuations are made for a number of purposes (including for land tax and rates).