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QATAR PROJECTS - WHAT TO DO NOW
Yesterday, we published a client briefing on the immediate steps which you should take if you are affected by this week's decision by Saudi Arabia, the …
Inside Construction and Infrastructure
Inside Construction and Infra is Herbert Smith Freehills' magazine for those involved in designing, procuring, building, owning or operating fixed …
Calendar of key issues: an interactive guide to the legal milestones ahead - May 2017
Welcome to the latest edition of the Timeline. This is a guide to key legal developments in the coming months and years ahead.Click here to read the …
Environmental laws trump Linc Energy creditors
Today the Queensland Supreme Court held that an insolvent company’s environmental obligations under State law were unaffected by the liquidators’ …
Queensland environmental laws trump Commonwealth Corporations Act, liquidators are ’executive officers’
Today the Queensland Supreme Court confirmed that the liquidators of an insolvent company are ‘executive officers’ of that company under Queensland’s …
Policyholders may still secure cover despite non-disclosure
If a policyholder fails to disclose information they could reasonably be expected to know to be relevant to the risk for which they are seeking …
Take care when it comes to policy conditions
Australian Courts have previously made clear that there is a heavy burden of proof and a number of obstacles for an insurer to decline a claim on the …
Insurer huffs and puffs… but policyholder’s claim stands
A policyholder whose negligence led to the catastrophic destruction of a residential home in Brisbane has secured liability insurance coverage in a …
Insurer’s poor punctuation helps claimant to secure coverage
Comma sense prevails, as a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal1 reminds us of the importance of grammatical accuracy and a Court’s tendency to …
Proposed NSW legislation to abolish statutory charge and clarify policyholder’s right to defence costs
Current legislation in NSW, which is mirrored in the ACT and NT, allows a third party claimant to obtain a statutory charge over the proceeds of a …
Preview of 2017 - a schedule of anticipated legal developments for the year ahead
2017 will see major changes to the UK legal landscape, with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union expected to be triggered by the end of March 2017 …
Premature claim and double insurance thwart policyholder
Cautionary tale for policyholders on double insuranceThe New South Wales Court of Appeal has recently affirmed a decision handed down last year1 in which …
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