On 13 October 2021 the Australian Government released its Ransomware Action Plan. The Plan sets out the Australian Government's strategic approach to tackling the threat posed by ransomware.
'Cyber insurance is problematic' and 'Don’t pay the ransom'. This was essentially the message of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre and the Australian Government in two key recent publications...
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal recently found a chiropractor guilty of professional misconduct for his promotion of dangerous anti-vaccination misinformation. As a result, the chiropractor was reprimanded, had his...
On 14 September 2021, the Victorian Government introduced into the Legislative Assembly a further cladding reform giving building owners even more time to take legal action for cladding related claims.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's decision on 30 June 2021 that two non-Australian entities, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Uber B.V. (together, the Uber Companies), breached the Privacy Act...
The Victorian Court of Appeal's long-awaited decision in relation to the litigation arising from the Lacrosse fire marks Australia's first flammable cladding case decided in a superior Court.
A pharmacist initiated intimate personal relationships with two women, who were his patients.
The recent judgment in Darshn v Avant Insurance Limited [2021] FCA 706 provides useful clarification on the operation of section 40(3) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984.
In April 2018, AMP executives gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry to the effect that the company had engaged in...
Recording detailed and accurate clinical notes can be of great assistance to a clinician or hospital in defence of a negligence claim.
The Court of Appeal has overturned a controversial Supreme Court decision which found that the 10-year long-stop limitation period on building actions would not always apply to a claim alleging...
On 18 February 2017, a severe hailstorm passed through Sydney causing damage to parts of a residential development that was being constructed by the plaintiff building company, Rawson Homes.
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