chain of responsibility
Insolvency and the environment – some law reform suggestions
While we await some pending developments in the areas of tension between insolvency law and environmental law, including the High ...
Linc Energy’s insolvency disclaimer prevails over environmental demands
The success of the claims of Linc Energy’s liquidators against Queensland’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) won’t resolve the continuing legal ...
Lawless, oxymoronic insolvency law – the mining regulators aren’t happy.
This comment updates our recent commentary on the complicated intersection between insolvency law and environmental regulation. There are now at ...
Cleaning up after a failed miner – who pays: Part 2
This commentary highlights a confluence of 4 events concerning the complicated intersection between insolvency law and environmental regulation, one event ...
Cleaning up after a failed miner – who pays?
The Queensland Court of Appeal in Linc Energy, and the Supreme Court of Canada in Redwater Energy, are each determining ...
NSW mines and their potential environmental impacts
In the context of the recent intersections between environmental protection laws and insolvency laws, in relation to CORA laws and Linc ...
Liquidators as the last in line – the Insolvency Law Bulletin
In an article entitled “Last Man Standing” in the Insolvency Law Bulletin, I have addressed the question of regulators tending ...
Chains of responsibility – Queensland’s environmental protection law – part 2
The Queensland government has on 27 January 2017 issued a guideline under its new ‘chain of responsibility’ environmental protection legislation whereby ...
Queensland’s environmental protection “chain of responsibility” law – part 1
Queensland’s new chain of responsibility laws seek to broaden the legal scope of those who should be held accountable for ...
