Publications and Events
Legal Professional Privilege: Challenges For In-House Counsel
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
08/04/2021 11:00 AM The following article was published by Lexology on 7 April 2021: What is legal professional privilege and why does it exist? Legal professional privilege protects the disclosure of confidential...
Changes to the Legislation Concerning Unfair Contract Terms: What Insurers Need to Know
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
12/03/2021 08:00 AM The following article was published by Lexology on 11 March 2021: Amendments to the provisions concerning unfair contract terms contained in two pieces of Commonwealth legislation will take...
When is the Express Right to Terminate a Contract Constrained by Implied Duties of Reasonableness and Good Faith?
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
25/02/2021 08:00 AM The following article was published by Lexology on 24 February 2021: Contracting parties are free to include in their agreement an express provision requiring them to act reasonably and in good faith....
Frustrated or Only Frustrating? Whether a commercial lessee can argue that their lease has been frustrated due to Covid-19
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
26/09/2020 13:00 PM The following article was published by Lexology on 24 September 2020: In a recent article, I looked at the circumstances in which a party will be entitled to terminate a commercial lease, either...
Timing is Everything: An Important Consideration re Statutory Demands and the Covid-19 Economic Response Package
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
25/08/2020 11:54 AM The following article was published by Lexology on 25 August 2020: The service of a statutory demand under section 459E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) has long been a method available to a...
No offence intended – the failure to report white-collar crime and section 316 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
Posted By Simone Rees,
21/08/2020 12:00 PM The following article was published by Lexology on 21 August 2020: It is often the case that a corporation which discovers white-collar crime is also the victim. This may occur because an...
If There Is A ”New Normal”, Does That Mean You Can Terminate Your Commercial Lease?
Posted By Luke Buchanan,
18/08/2020 12:00 PM The following article is published in the Spring 2020 issue of The Australian Corporate Lawyer (the official publication of the Association of Corporate Counsel) and was published by Lexology on...