High Court — Bar­clay Deci­sion — Stop Press 

Sep 7, 2012

The High Court of Aus­tralia unan­i­mous­ly deter­mined that the first instance deci­sion of Jus­tice Tracey in the Fed­er­al Court of…
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ACMA agrees to reg­is­ter the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Code

Aug 13, 2012

On 11 July 2012, the Aus­tralian Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Media Author­i­ty (ACMA) agreed to reg­is­ter the new Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Code…
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Fol­low­ing can­di­dates or employ­ees on social net­work­ing sites: A minefield

Aug 13, 2012

In Brief Social net­work­ing is not a fad, but a fun­da­men­tal shift in the way we com­mu­ni­cate. Thus it is no sur­prise…
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Beware — Adverse Action may result in reinstatement

Aug 13, 2012

In Brief The last thing any employ­er wants is to be forced into rein­stat­ing an employ­ee after a messy gen­er­al pro­tec­tions dis­pute…
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Update on Parental leave

Aug 13, 2012

On 1 Octo­ber 2012 the bal­ance of var­i­ous pro­vi­sions of the Paid Parental Leave and Oth­er Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Dad and Part­ner…
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Out­go­ings — review of let­table area 

Aug 10, 2012

In brief Broad­ly speak­ing, the def­i­n­i­tion of the let­table area in a lease must be appro­pri­ate­ly draft­ed and scru­ti­nised to ensure that…
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EU court clar­i­fies trade mark infringe­ment in use of Google AdWords

Jul 30, 2012

A recent Euro­pean court deci­sion has caused Euro­pean com­pa­nies to think care­ful­ly about the type of key­words they use in…
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Paid parental leave leg­is­la­tion, unpaid leave and flex­i­ble work arrange­ments under the Fair Work Act

Jul 30, 2012

In brief — paid parental leave A paid parental leave scheme was intro­duced into par­lia­ment on 12 May 2010. It passed the…
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Defama­tion — Q & A

Jul 30, 2012

What is defama­tion all about? Defama­tion law is all about pro­tect­ing rep­u­ta­tion. Where a per­son has pub­lished some­thing whether oral­ly or in…
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Com­put­er secu­ri­ty and con­fi­den­tial­i­ty — pre­cau­tions to take on sep­a­ra­tion or divorce

Jul 30, 2012

In brief Any­one who is sep­a­rat­ing or has sep­a­rat­ed from their part­ner needs to take imme­di­ate steps to ensure the secu­ri­ty…
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