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Test­ing the water — does a builder owe a duty of care to an Own­ers Corporation?

In Brief In an impor­tant deci­sion which has ram­i­fi­ca­tions for Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions, the High Court has recent­ly held that a builder did not owe a duty of care to an Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion to avoid caus­ing it to suf­fer eco­nom­ic loss from latent defects in com­mon property.  The Facts Brook­field Mul­ti­plex Ltd v Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion Stra­ta Plan…

Recent M&A trends in the food distribution industry

In Brief From their expe­ri­ence work­ing on a num­ber of recent M&A trans­ac­tions in the food dis­tri­b­u­tion sec­tor, Alis­tair Jaque, Part­ner, Andrew Drap­er, Senior Asso­ciate, and Euge Pow­er, Solic­i­tor, high­light some recent trends which have become com­mon themes in M&A trans­ac­tions in this industry. The Facts 1. Succes­sion plan­ning and staged exits The food dis­tri­b­u­tion indus­try…

Can ter­mi­na­tion upon rea­son­able notice still be implied into an employ­ment contract?

In Brief The tra­di­tion­al­ly accept­ed notion that an employ­ment con­tract with no express notice pro­vi­sion may require an employ­er to pro­vide or pay ​“rea­son­able notice” has increas­ing­ly come under the spotlight. Gen­er­al­ly speak­ing (absent sum­ma­ry ter­mi­na­tion for mis­con­duct), when the need to ter­mi­nate employ­ment aris­es, notice of ter­mi­na­tion is required to be…

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