![Legal and Practical Implications of “#MeToo” [Toolkit]](https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/06/me-too-toolkit-cover_image-270x141.jpg)
The #MeToo movement has led to a rise in public awareness around sexual harassment in the workplace, increasing the pressure on organisations to ensure their legal teams and all staff…
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Practical Law
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House Rules: 7 Tips for In-house Lawyers
In-house lawyers are in a very different situation to private practice lawyers. Some of the challenges they face are similar (short timeframes, clients shopping externally for advice, bad coffee), but…
Read more![Employment and Industrial Relations 2018 Half-Year in Review [Whitepaper]](https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/06/employment-half-year-review-whitepaper-cover_image-270x141.jpg)
Employment and Industrial Relations 2018 Half-Year in Review [Whitepaper]
There’s never a shortage of change in the fast-paced employment law and industrial relations space. The first half of 2018 has already seen several key developments, and industrial relations has…
Read more![Ipso Facto Provisions Commenced on 1 July 2018: Are You Ready to Advise Affected Clients? [Legal Update]](https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/06/ipso-factor-provisions-legal-update-cover_image-270x141.jpg)
Ipso Facto Provisions Commenced on 1 July 2018: Are You Ready to Advise Affected Clients? [Legal Update]
From 1 July 2018, new provisions introduced into the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (CA 2001) by the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No 2) Act 2017 (Cth), impose a…
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Ledgers are Forever: How Blockchain Could Solve Several of Real Estate’s Perennial Problems
Arguably, blockchain is to 2018 what the iPhone was to 2007. Sexy, revolutionary, and soon to be such a common part of everyday life that it barely rates a mention.…
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Electronic Conveyancing [Toolkit]
With the rapid move to mandatory use of an Electronic Lodgement Network (ELN), such as Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), for a large number of property settlements, a working knowledge of…
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Electronic Signatures: Practice Points [Checklist]
Lawyers frequently find themselves having to arrange for clients and other parties to sign documents electronically. This is usually because the signatory is at a remote location; the signatory wants…
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The Need for a Common Sense Approach to Executing Documents
There are a few situations that still cause uncertainty for lawyers and their clients when signing documents due to the murkiness of the law surrounding their execution, particularly when it…
Read more![Set-Off in Financing Transactions [Toolkit]](https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/06/set-off-toolkit-cover_image-270x141.jpg)
Set-Off in Financing Transactions [Toolkit]
Set-off allows one party to apply a debt owed to it by its counterparty to discharge all or part of a debt that it owes to that counterparty. Parties to…
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Data Incidents and the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme [Toolkit]
As Australian businesses embrace technology, the volume of data, particularly personal information, held by these organisations is growing exponentially. Regulators are now focused on what happens when a data breach…
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