Arthur Carney, our insolvency specialist, weighed in on the new development today in a brief discussion with journalist from the Guardian. Click here for link to the Guardian Article -…
John Dawson and Brad Hayward head up our Transport/Aviation team. John is the Immediate Past President of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand. The Association is…
A nurse whose life was shattered by the crash of an air ambulance off Norfolk Island has won her case against operator Pel-Air for post-traumatic stress disorder, in a decision…
The anti-bullying provisions embedded in the Fair Work Act were initially thought to raise many difficulties for employers. A common sense approach however has been taken by the Fair Work…
Safety of Air Navigation Trumps Unreasonable Delay In the case of Eagle v Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2014] FCA 1016, the Federal Court found that the Civil Aviation Safety Authority…
Compensation cases totalling more than $7,500,000 were resolved in the last two financial years ending 30 June 2014 by David Ford. David successfully resolved thirty cases in the last two…
2nd Manfred Lachs Conference, Montreal, Canada, 29-31 May 2014 Carneys aviation lawyer Bradley Hayward attended the 2nd Manfred Lachs Conference on Global Space Governance in Montreal, Canada, on 29-31 May 2014. The…
The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (the ‘Cape Town Convention’) was opened for signature at Cape Town in 2001. It is a convention about international interests in aircraft,…
In a recent decision of the High Court, the majority 4-1 (Keane J dissenting) confirmed that a liquidator has the power to disclaim leases notwithstanding the rights and interests of…
In the media this week, there has been a great deal of reporting in relation to the Qantas & Virgin fiasco. The rival airlines, which have been in competition for…