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ACCC’s unfair contract terms review

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 21 2013

On 14 March 2013, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) released the findings of its industry review into unfair contract terms

Amendments to Quebec consumer protection regulation: the penny drops

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 14 2013

On February 27, 2013, the government of Quebec introduced the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting the application of the Consumer

Denial of Canadian R&D tax credits not a CCPC based on de facto control

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 22 2013

Under subsection 127(10.1) of the Income Tax Act (the Act), a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) may benefit from an additional 15

Personal liability for work health and safety who is an officer?

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
  • -
  • December 19 2012

Significant legal obligations are now being imposed on officers of corporations in jurisdictions where the model work health and safety laws have been enacted

Australia in the Asian century

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Asia-Pacific, Australia
  • -
  • December 18 2012

The Australian Government recently released the “Australia in the Asian Century White Paper” (White Paper

Individual liability for environmental crimes committed in NSW undergoes significant reform

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
  • -
  • December 17 2012

The Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability) Act 2012 (NSW Directors Liability Act) was passed by the NSW Government, and assented to on 26 November 2012

Quebec Court of Appeal imposes duty to pay employees’ wages on de facto directors

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 13 2012

Under section 119 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the CBCA), the directors of a CBCA corporation may be held jointly and severally (or solidarily) liable to the corporation’s employees for up to six months of unpaid wages

“Gross over or under value” not grounds for overturning share valuation

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 30 2012

There are few circumstances in which courts will allow obvious errors committed by a decision-maker to go uncorrected

Sino-Forest: Ontario Court of Appeal upholds superior court decision on “equity claims”

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 27 2012

In Re Sino-Forest Corporation, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the interpretation of “equity claims” employed by Justice Morawetz of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List

Director prosecuted for knowingly taking water during time of severe drought

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
  • -
  • October 25 2012

The Land and Environment Court of NSW (“Court”) has again reminded directors of their obligations to ensure that the companies for which they are responsible comply with environmental laws