The legislative challenge of facilitating climate change adaptation for biodiversity
The need for our laws to facilitate increasing climate change adaptations for Australia’s biodiversity was the subject of the winning essay for the annual prize of the Academy of Law for 2017. The prize – $10,000 – was presented to Ms Phillipa McCormack, of the University of Tasmania, at a ceremony at the Federal Court […]
Safe harbour for directors of corporate groups? An UNCITRAL initiative
UNCITRAL’s Insolvency Working Group V is meeting in Vienna next month to discuss the preparation of guidance for directors of corporate groups in the period of a group’s financial uncertainty and approaching insolvency. Do our new laws assist? UNCITRAL’s initiative involves an extension of Part 4 of UNCITRAL’s Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law – […]
