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Cryptocurrency and the law

23-6-22 / Michael May, Salwa Marsh — Commercial Equity, Contract

Cryptocurrency is always in the headlines, and consumer use of it is becoming increasingly mainstream. But the law is yet to grapple extensively with cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology that underpins it. By way of in person seminar and webinar on 23 June 2022, Michael May and Salwa Marsh provided a…

Docs, eTrials & Practice Directions

18-11-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Florence Chen, Oliver Cook — Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Human Rights & Discrimination, Insurance, Native Title & Cultural Heritage, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Succession, Tax

This presentation was the final installment in a series of four co-hosted by Queensland Young Lawyers and Level Twenty Seven Chambers. The series aimed to address practical and everyday topics for junior lawyers. Nicholas Andreatidis QC, Florence Chen and Oliver Cook discussed why the topic was important to the legal profession…

High Court affirms parties can effectively contract out of some statutory limitation periods

22-7-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Anthony Messina, Sophie Gibson — Contract, Banking

Nicholas Andreatidis QC, Anthony Messina and Sophie Gibson appeared for the respondents in Price v Spoor [2021] HCA 20, instructed by Mullins Lawyers. This was an action to recover principal and interest owed under two mortgages, and for possession of the land secured by the mortgages, the appellants pleaded statutory limitations defences. This…

Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 – An Issue of Competing Payment Schedules

7-6-21 / Florence Chen, Damian Clothier KC — Building & Construction, Contract

Kangaroo Point Developments MP Property Pty Ltd v RHG Construction Fitout and Maintenance Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] QSC 30 was an appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland. At first instance, the Court held that an adjudication decision (which awarded the sum of AUD 788,439.54 with…

Chapters 10 and 25 in Adrian Zuckerman (ed), Zuckerman on Civil Procedure: Principles and Practice (4th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 2021; also Supplement 2022))

1-2-21 / Chris Stackpoole — Contract

Chris Stackpoole authored to Chapters 10 ("Interim Remedies") and 25 ("Finality of Litigation") in the 4th edition of Zuckerman on Civil Procedure: Principles and Practice, edited by Adrian Zuckerman and published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2021. A supplement of this book was issued in 2022, and a 5th edition…