Mondaq Business Briefing articles from April 2008

Mondaq Business Briefing archives from April 2008

The Significance Of Recent Lawyer-Client Privilege Decisions.(Teleglobe Inc.)
April 1, 2008... Courts rendered a number of significant rulings concerning lawyer-client privilege in 2007. Privilege decisions in the context of related corporations, special committees of boards of directors, and competition investigations overseas led to...

Financial Reporting - IFRS Proposed Amendments To IFRS 2 And IFRIC 11.(International Financial Reporting Standards)
April 1, 2008... Guidance has been published which aims to clarify how the existing requirements of IFRIC 11 and IFRS 2 should be applied in certain circumstances. In December 2007, the IASB published an exposure draft of proposed changes to both IFRS 2...

UK GAAP - Companies Act 2006 Update.(Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
April 1, 2008... Several provisions of the Companies Act 2006 have been delayed by a year and will now not be enacted until October 2009. As discussed in previous Financial Reporting newsletters, while the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) received Royal Assent...

Maintaining The Status Quo - Record Royalties: Protecting And ClaimingYour Share.(United Kingdom. Limitation Act 1980)
April 1, 2008... In the sixties and seventies bands were formed with much less formality than they are these days. Recording royalties were a major source of income and bands with proven success commanded large advances and increasingly generous royalty shares....

RSL Issues - A Briefing For Registered Social Landlords.
April 1, 2008... In this edition of RSL issues, we examine how recent changes to reporting standards and accounting practices affect the RSL sector. We also look at the business plan model, and compare bonus levels in housing associations with other sectors....

REACH - New Regulatory System For Chemicals.(European Union)(Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances)
April 1, 2008... Introduction REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances. Global production of chemicals has grown from 1 million tonnes in 1930 to over 400 million tonnes today. In response to the risks...

Online Financial Promotions.(United Kingdom. Financial Services Authority)
April 1, 2008... According to recent reviews carried out by the FSA, a quarter of all financial advertising on websites reviewed failed to meet the FSA's financial promotions standards and many firms' sponsored links were found to mislead consumers. This...

Invitations To Tender For Telecoms And Technology Services And Outsourcings.
April 1, 2008... The first formal stage of the procurement process for a long term IT or telecoms services agreement is usually the "Invitation to Tender" ("ITT"). This document (sometimes known instead as a "Request for Proposal", or "Request for Quotation")...

Construction Industry Sub-Contractors And Tax.
April 1, 2008... All construction businesses must fully understand the tax status of their contractors, says Shimon Shaw. Anyone who operates a substantial construction business will almost certainly have a number of specialists working for them. In...

Jones -V- Dapto Leagues Club Limited [2008] NSWCA 32.(New South Wales. Civil Liability Act 2002)(New South Wales, Australia. Court of Appeal)(Case overview)
April 1, 2008... In Brief Mason P; Beazley JA; Bell JA The Court of Appeal will overturn a trial judge's decision where the judge's reasoning is contradictory. The Court of Appeal considered whether the requirements of s 50 of the Civil Liability...

Supreme Court Limits Scope Of Arbitration Review.(Case overview)
April 1, 2008... By Ronald C. Minkoff, Shareholder, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz On March 25, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hall Street Associates, LLC v. Mattel, Inc., Docket No. 06-989, 2008 WL 762537 (U.S. Supreme Court March 25, 2008)...

Recovering Your Losses.
April 1, 2008... When an Administrator is appointed, it is imperative that the supplier acts quickly in order to obtain payment in priority to what may be a long list of creditors. What Is A 'Retention Of Title' (ROT) Clause? A ROT is intended to offer...

A New Year, A New Government And More Tax Changes.
April 1, 2008... Following the election of the Rudd Labor Government, the focus now turns to tax changes under the new regime. At the forefront of the Labor policy announcements were their proposed personal tax rate reductions. However they also announced a...

Arbitration-By-Attrition: Is Arbitration In Australia Losing Its Appeal?
April 1, 2008... Introduction Arbitration is designed to be both fast and final. However the decision of the Victorian Supreme Court in Oil Basins Ltd v BHP Billiton Ltd demonstrates that this may not always be the case. The Victorian Supreme Court...

Court Decision In Hainbury v Campbelltown Council Sends A Welcome Message To Councils And A Warning To Developers, In Relation To S.82A Reviews Of Council Decisions.(Case overview)
April 1, 2008... Applicants and developers have often resorted to section 82A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act to seek an internal review of a council's decision relating to a DA. This often involves a new assessment by Councillors or staff who...

The Case Of The Polo Player - Labels, Parallel Importation And The Copyright Act.
April 1, 2008... If you've ever travelled and shopped, you'll know that it is often cheaper to buy that irresistible Chanel handbag overseas and bring it back with you, than it is to buy it at home. But what's stopping a wholesaler or retailer from doing the...

Turkey Announces Its First Nuclear Generation Plant Tender.
April 1, 2008... In response to predicted power supply shortfalls and rising oil prices Turkey has decided on the nuclear power option. Turkey wants to build three new nuclear generation plants with a total generation capacity of 5,000MW by 2015, the first of...

Commercial Dispute Resolution Briefing, April 2008.
April 1, 2008... ARBITRATION Premium Nafta Products Ltd (20th defendant) & Ors v Fili Shipping Co Ltd (14th claimant) & Ors* The House of Lords has reaffirmed the view that arbitration agreements made in a commercial context should be liberally...

DOL Proposes Revisions To The FMLA Regulations.(Family Medical Leave Act )
April 1, 2008... On February 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") published proposed revisions to the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") regulations. This is the first time changes have been proposed to the regulations since the law's enactment in...

Insolvency And Payment Under The Construction Act: The House Of Lords Finally Decides.(Case overview)
April 1, 2008... The Facts Melville Dundas Limited (in Receivership) v George Wimpey UK Limited and Norwich Union Insurance Limited [2007] UKHL 18 is a case about a contractor, (MD), which was employed by housebuilder George Wimpey UK Limited (GWUK) in...

Madrid Update (Australian Trade Marks).
April 1, 2008... The Madrid System, administered by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) comprises two treaties; the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (since 1892), and the Protocol...

New U.S. Supreme Court Decision Opens The Door To Lawsuits By Participants Of 401(K) Plans.(Case overview)
April 1, 2008... By Andrew Graw Esq., and Richard Plumpton Esq. In LaRue v. DeWolff, the Supreme Court reversed a long-standing rule of law that prohibited participants of 401(k) and other retirement plans from seeking individual relief for fiduciary duty...

Nicholas Weston Ranked By Managing Intellectual Property World Intellectual Property Survey 2008.(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Melbourne, Australia, 31st March, 2008 -- The Managing IP World Intellectual Property Survey 2008, which publishes detailed rankings of the leading firms practising intellectual property in each country, has listed Nicholas Weston for the first...

The Physician On-Call Dilemma: Emerging Solutions?
April 2, 2008... It's a familiar quandary: Your medical staff director calls to report that medical staff members are refusing to provide adequate on-call coverage for emergency services. Finding a solution is paramount. Not only must you provide quality care...

ASIC And ASX Warn Market About Stock Lending And Short Selling Obligations.(Australian Securities and Investments Commission)(Australian Stock Exchange)
April 2, 2008... Falling share prices, margin loans calls and alleged short selling antics of market participants have dominated market commentary in recent weeks. The current difficulties experienced by, amongst others, A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited and...

Corporate Alert - March 2008.
April 2, 2008... This quarterly bulletin from the Corporate team aims to bring you pertinent commentary on key issues and interesting cases in the areas of Takeovers, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Listing Rules and the Corporations Act. ASIC AND ASX...

Financial Reporting - A Briefing For Finance Directors, March 2008.(International Financial Reporting Standards)
April 2, 2008... In this issue IFRS Business Combinations – A New Model First-Time Adoption – The Impact On Aim Interim Reports Proposed Amendments To IFRS 2 And IFRIC 11 UK GAAP Companies Act 2006 Update ...

UK GAAP - Distributable Profits.(Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
April 2, 2008... Following the introduction of IFRS and IFRSbased UK standards, revised and expanded guidance has recently been issued on distributable profits. UK legislation only permits companies to pay dividends out of profits available for...

SWift - News And Views For Lawyers And Solicitors - Just One Click.
April 2, 2008... In this issue: Data theft Breach of warranty claims Linear regression Asset protection services Technology can simplify and speed up a company's processes, but it can also make it easier for employees to steal or misuse...

Age Discrimination Still Rife In UK Workplaces (Employment Bulletin - March 2008).(Survey)
April 2, 2008... A survey conducted by Axa has found that age discrimination is occurring on a regular basis in UK workplaces, with many employees still being pressured into early retirement. The survey revealed that a fifth of respondents had experienced...

Adapting To A Changing Climate - Risk Management And Due Diligence In The Age Of Climate Change.
April 2, 2008... Copyright 2008, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Energy-Oil & Gas: March 2008 There has been a recent push by both public and private sectors to introduce new initiatives to combat and adapt to...

Employee Benefits Developments For February 2008.
April 2, 2008... Qualified Retirement Plans The U.S. Supreme Court held that a defined contribution plan participant may seek recovery under Section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended for fiduciary breaches...

Court Dismisses Antitrust Challenge To Joint Bid In Corporate Acquisition.(Pennsylvania Avenue Funds v Borey Inc)
April 2, 2008... Controversial district court decision could affect joint bidding by private equity funds. On February 21, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed antitrust claims against two private equity funds that...

Proposed Regulations Provide Comprehensive Guidance On Subpart F Contract Manufacturing Issues.
April 2, 2008... Overview On February 27, 2008, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) released proposed regulations that provide comprehensive guidance on the treatment of contract manufacturing arrangements...

DOL Guidance: ERISA Fiduciary Responsibility To Monitor And Collect Delinquent Contributions.(Department of Labor)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)
April 2, 2008... Employers maintaining benefit plans that are subject to ERISA's trust requirement and plan fiduciaries should properly assign authority over plan assets, or they may be subject to fiduciary responsibility (and liability) for losses sustained by...

Corporate And Financial Weekly Digest - March 28, 2008.
April 2, 2008... SEC/Corporate Robert L. Kohl, Mark A. Conley & David S. Kravitz SEC Proposes Amendments to Regulation S-P's Privacy Rules On March 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Regulation S-P, setting forth more specific...

Government Pushes Ahead With Component Pricing Amendments To TPA.(Trade Practices Act)
April 2, 2008... On 30 March 2008, the Federal Government announced that it will proceed with amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) relating to component pricing and has released the Trade Practices Amendment (Component Pricing and Other Measures)...

Phoney Pharmaceuticals.
April 2, 2008... A review of the trade in counterfeit medicines, and some associated Intellectual Property enforcement issues. 'A counterfeit medicine is one which is deliberately and fraudulently mislabeled with respect to identity and/or source....

New Partner Promotions Reinforce Appleby's Global Growth.
April 2, 2008... Leading offshore firm Appleby has announced the promotion of seven lawyers to partnership. Capping a year in which the firm added 46 new lawyers, including three lateral partners, these promotions confirm Appleby's commitment to expansion...

AAMI Limited v Hain [2008] NSWCA 46.(Case overview)
April 2, 2008... Bezley JA, Tobias JA and McClellan CJ In Brief In assessing, for the purposes of section 138(2)(b) MACA, whether an injured person ought to have been aware of the driver's impairment from alcohol, consideration is to be given to the...

Department Of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Update.
April 2, 2008... Any business that uses chemicals should by now be well aware of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program. This program has initial similarities with existing regulatory programs that...

London Agreement To Come Into Force On 1 May 2008.
April 2, 2008... Following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by France at the German Federal Ministry of Justice on 19 January 2008, the much anticipated London Agreement will now come into force on 1 May 2008. The London Agreement ushers in a...

Spain Implements A Leniency Programme For Cartels.
April 2, 2008... The final steps to introduce a leniency programme in Spain were adopted on Wednesday 27th February 2008. Even though the possibility of such a programme was explicitly included in the new Competition Act enacted last year (Law 15/2007, of 3...

Intellectual Property News.
April 2, 2008... Patents Australia Full Federal Court rejects sweetener patent appeal In the latest in a series of ongoing cases between Ajinomoto Co Inc ('Ajinomoto') and NutraSweet Australia Pty Ltd ('Nutrasweet'), the Full Federal Court has...

New Penalties For Employing Illegal Workers.
April 2, 2008... Background The Government recently published new measures to prevent illegal working in the UK, which came into force on 29 February 2008 under The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006. The most important changes are the creation of...

What Amounts To A Circumstance?(Insurance Contracts Act 1984)(Case overview)
April 2, 2008... A recent decision by an English court throws light on what circumstances may require notification under a claims-made policy. Background As its name implies, cover is triggered under a 'claims-made policy' when the insured receives a...

Additional Conditions & Follow Settlement Provisions.(Aegis Electrical & Gas v Continental Casualty Co.)(Case overview)
April 2, 2008... In the recent UK decision of Aegis Electrical & Gas v Continental Casualty [2007] EWHC 1762, the Commercial Court considered how the reference to underlying policy terms in a reinsurance slip affects the scope of reinsurance cover, and whether...

Are Those Instructions Instructive?(Case overview)
April 2, 2008... Skerbic v McCormack & Ors [2007] ACTSC 93 involved both a claim in negligence and a claim under section 75AD of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA) against the manufacturer/supplier, and installer, of garage roller doors which injured the...

M&A - CCAA: Has The Stalking Horse Left The Barn?
April 2, 2008... With the recent turmoil in credit markets cutting off access to acquisition financing, the sustained wave of M&A activity may be reaching an end. Further, with the US economy in difficulty and the strong Canadian dollar impacting Canadian...

Harmonization Of Canadian Take-Over Bid And Issuer Bid Rules: Multilateral Instrument 62-104 And OSC Rule 62-504.
April 2, 2008... New rules governing take-over bids and issuer bids became effective across Canada on February 1, 2008. The new rules are designed to create a harmonized set of rules applicable in all Canadian jurisdictions. Bids made in Canada on or after...

Data Theft - An Inside Job.
April 3, 2008... In recent years, employers have become increasingly vulnerable to resentful employees misusing or stealing electronic data. John Holden looks at how employers may be at risk and how they can protect themselves. As more and more businesses...

Only Fools Or Liars? Breach Of Warranty Claims.
April 3, 2008... A corporate financier might say that only a fool or a liar would find themselves on the receiving end of a breach of warranty claim after the sale of a business. Arguably, a well-organised, properly advised vendor should be able to sell a...

Predicting The Fit - Statistical Analysis.
April 3, 2008... Vanessa Winspeare and Sam Green examine whether basic linear regression reduces the inherent uncertainty when predicting the future. When forensic accountants quantify damages they may need to analyse accounting and non-accounting...

Marijuana Compassionate Use Act Did Not Protect Employee From Termination.
April 3, 2008... California Employment Law Notes Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications, Inc., 42 Cal. 4th 920 (2008) In accordance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), Gary Ross had a physician's recommendation to use marijuana for...

ASX Proposal For Non-Voting Securities.(Australian Securities Exchange)
April 3, 2008... The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has issued a public consultation paper and invited feedback on a proposal to allow listed companies to issue and trade in non-voting ordinary shares. The introduction of such changes has the potential to...

A selection of the best copyright cases of 2007.
April 3, 2008... Copyright/Design Overlap: Yacht plugs as works of artistic craftsmanship? Burge v Swarbrick [2007] HCA 17 Mr Swarbrick has designed numerous yachts including a 30 foot sports boat marketed as the "JS 9000" in Australia. Boldgold...

Unique Opportunities in Australia for Protectionn of Simple Innovations and Functional Designs.
April 3, 2008... In many jurisdictions it is becoming increasingly difficult to get IP protection for inventions that seem relatively simple or incremental, yet which represent significant investment for the commercialising entity. However, Australia has two...

U.S. Government To Increase Fines For Employers Who Hire Unauthorized Workers.(Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security)
April 3, 2008... An Immigration Practice Area Alert. On February 26, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), together with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a Final Rule in the Federal Register that increases civil fines by approximately 25...

State And Federal False Claims Act.
April 3, 2008... As seen in Staying Well within the Law, a newsletter on the current legal issues facing today's health care industry. The Federal False Claims Act (Federal FCA) was enacted in 1863 during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and at the height...

No Joke - District Court Voids USPTO's Rule Changes.(United States. Patent and Trademark Office)
April 3, 2008... Status Quo! This was the outcome following yesterday's ruling by U.S. District Court in Tafas, Smith Beecham Corp. et al. v. Dudas, No. 07-cv-846 (E.D. Va Apr. 1, 2008). On August 21, 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...

UK Immigration Changes: Penalty Dilemmas For Employers.
April 3, 2008... Heightened emphasis on enforcement is a cornerstone in the radically different immigration system being implemented in the United Kingdom over the next year. Employers who sponsor foreign persons to work in the UK will have greater obligations...

Delaware Court Reads Advance Notice Bylaw Narrowly.(cases of JANA Master Fund with CNET Networks Inc.)
April 3, 2008... The Delaware Court of Chancery has narrowly interpreted an advance notice bylaw and left CNET Networks without the protection of this important provision in the context of a proxy fight. JANA Master Fund v. CNET Networks (March 13, 2008). U.S....

Environmental Advisory: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable Under Massachusetts Superfund Law For Contamination Caused By Subsidiary.(Case overview)
April 3, 2008... The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has held that a parent corporation is not liable under M.G.L. c. 21E, the Massachusetts Superfund law, for the liability of a subsidiary that the parent did not own or control at the time the...

Following The Settlements: A Second Chance To Come Clean.
April 3, 2008... In June 2007, Simon Gildener reviewed the High Court decision of Wasa v Lexington in "Following the Settlements: How not to clean up!" in 2008 the Court of Appeal has revisited the decision, and Simon examines the higher court's different...

Immigration Alert: USCIS Announces Interim Rule On Cap-Subject H-1B Visas For Fiscal Year 2009.(United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
April 3, 2008... On March 19, 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an interim rule updating the existing rules governing the H-1B visa program. These rule changes primarily affect the implementation of the random H-1B cap lottery...

Public Finance Alert: RPost Issuance Compliance And eporting For Qualified 501(C)(3) Bonds.
April 3, 2008... There have been two major developments in the tax exempt bond area warranting your attention and follow-up action. The first involves a Compliance Check Questionnaire that was randomly sent out in August 2007 to 209 Section 501(c)(3)...

Cyprus Business Headlines: The Introduction Of The EURO And Other Important News.
April 3, 2008... THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EURO AND THE END OF THE CYPRUS POUND Following the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2008 the dual circulation period of one month, in which the Cyprus pound remained legal tender in Cyprus alongside the euro,...

Stadia Mania: The Business, Civic, And Legal Issues Of New Stadium Construction.(New Economics Of Sports And The Boom Of New Sports Facilities)
April 3, 2008... By John R. Middleton, Jr., Esq., Scott L. Walker, Esq., and Matthew Savare, Esq. Reprinted with permission of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 16, Nos. 2 And 3 The New Economics Of Sports And The Boom Of New Sports Facilities...

Renewable Energy.(International Energy Agency)
April 3, 2008... This article focuses on Turkey's renewable energy potential. Currently electricity is mainly generated in Turkey using thermal power plants (which consume coal, lignite, natural gas and fuel oil), geothermal energy and hydro power plants....

Recent Developments In Fee Litigation: Has A Tipping Point Been Reached?(plaintiff Ronald C. Tussey cases against ABB Inc. )
April 3, 2008... "Fee litigation," which challenges the fees and expenses borne by 401(k) plans, is making a run at becoming the next major wave of ERISA fiduciary litigation. For example, as discussed in the "News Items of Interest" section below, a financial...

Towards A National OH&S System.
April 3, 2008... Despite broad areas of consistency there remain separate safety laws in every state and territory in Australia. In addition, there are two statutes at the Commonwealth level, and state-based industry specific safety laws, such as those covering...

IR Reform - Modernising Awards.
April 3, 2008... Much of the attention on the first phase of the new Government's IR reforms set out in the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 (Bill) has been on the abolition of Australian Workplace Agreements. But...

DHS Circles The Wagons And Refuses To Budge On No-Match Rule.(United States. Department of Homeland Security)
April 4, 2008... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a Supplemental Proposed Rule on March 21, 2008, and published it in the Federal Register, reissuing its "No-Match Letter" guidance. A prior final rule was published on August 15, 2007, but a...

Renewable Energy In Scotland And Planning - Challenges Ahead For Developers.
April 4, 2008... Until recently, the renewable energy debate has mainly focused on large scale projects including wind farms and wave energy projects. However, two significant documents have been published about development rights for domestic micro generation...

The Future For Planning Appeals In Scotland.
April 4, 2008... The final significant consultation paper regarding the changes in the planning system emerged at the end of February. This was concerned with planning appeals. While it is likely there will be further consultation papers regarding permitted...

Anti-Suit For Arbitration.
April 4, 2008... Following the European Court of Justice decision in Turner v Grovit (C-159/02), there has been no doubt that under the Brussels Regulation the court of one state may not grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain proceedings brought before the...

Water Competition: Determination Of Access Prices.
April 4, 2008... Ofwat has determined that the discounts from existing retail charges offered by Anglian Water Services Limited to Aquavitae (UK) Limited in relation to four identified customers should have been greater than those Anglian had proposed. ...

IP Snapshot: March 2008.(Case overview)
April 4, 2008... Trade Marks Honda Motor Co v Neesam & others (High Court) In a case concerning parallel importation of branded Honda motorbikes from Australia to the UK, the Court found largely for the importer on the facts: Honda as the brand owner...

Thinking Of Taking A Letter Of Credit As Additional Collateral In That Workout? Think Again!
April 4, 2008... The Problem Taking a letter of credit as collateral from a borrower teetering on the edge of bankruptcy is considered one of the safest things for a lender to do. After all, the "independence principle" provides that a letter of credit and...

A Bank's Innocent Mishandling Of A Client's Funds Subject To A Mareva Injunction Freezing Order Leads To A Finding Of Contempt Of Court.
April 4, 2008... A recent English decision highlights the danger that even a well-intentioned financial institution may face if it fails to strictly obey a Mareva injunction order freezing the accounts of one of its clients: R. (Revenue & Customs Prosecution...

GreenDay.
April 4, 2008... As green issues become more and more topical for retailers, 6 April 2008 sees the introduction of two new pieces of legislation with direct impact upon the sector; the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2007, and the Site Waste...

Waste Not Want Not - An Update.
April 4, 2008... The rising cost of waste disposal is acting as a powerful disincentive for businesses disposing of waste to landfill. We are seeing waste stream management becoming a top priority as businesses seek to cut costs and develop a sustainable...

Real Estate Update - Spring 2008.
April 4, 2008... Despite turmoil in the capital markets and subprime sector, our clients in 2007 kept us busy closing transactions all year. We were particularly active with property sales and purchases, joint venture investments, large leases and permanent...

Are You In The Recovery Position?
April 4, 2008... Picture the scenario: sparks from welding equipment used by a steelwork sub-sub-contractor set light to bitumen felt weatherproofing on the retained facades of office premises, causing a fire. The employer and main contractor claim against the...