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XXIV Old Buildings | Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, etc. | 2 Dec 2020
Email hacking or business email compromise (“BEC”) fraud, as it is more formally known, costs businesses in the UK millions of pounds each year. In…
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Cordato Partners | Australia | 29 Nov 2020
Skiing accidents are common, but rarely do they result from collisions with persons or objects. According to statistics kept by Perisher Blue, there…
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Cordato Partners | Australia | 8 Nov 2020
Walking along a wooden jetty extending over the water is a pleasant recreational activity. A warning sign displayed at the entry point is reassuring…
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Cordato Partners | Australia | 1 Nov 2020
Warning signs at beaches, boat ramps and wharfs have become an art-form, full of yellow diamonds and red circles with red lines…
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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 15 Jul 2020
In this interesting case, a UK parent company was held to owe a duty of care to provide a safe professional working environment to an employee of its…
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Lewis Silkin | United Kingdom | 27 May 2020
Following the government's publication of its post-COVID-19 recovery strategy, employers are beginning to consider how they may safely reopen their…
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Cordato Partners | Australia | 17 May 2020
The NSW Court of Appeal has decided that a Valuer’s liability for loss on a loan accrues when the property security is sold, not later when the…
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Fieldfisher LLP (Ireland) | Ireland | 15 May 2020
The recent High Court judgement in Lisa Sheehan v Bus Éireann/Irish Bus and Vincent Dower provides a useful update on nervous shock cases in…
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Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 30 Mar 2020
A recent case issued by the British Columbia Court of Appeal provides guidance regarding the duty of care owed by business owners and confirmed the…
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Cordato Partners | Australia | 8 Mar 2020
For Johnson & Johnson Medical (JJM), the Federal Court orders made on 6 March 2020 represent a comprehensive rejection of its…