• Australian securities class action reforms – A big win for the insurance market - With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government temporarily relaxed Australia’s continuous disclosure laws in May 2020. Those temporary changes, together with some additional changes, will now become permanent after the Australian Government secured passage of a draft bill earlier this week. This represents a major reform for Australia’s securities class action regime and is a ‘big win’ for the insurance market.
• Modernising WA’s Workers’ Compensation Laws – a Summary - In this article, we report on the significant changes to workers’ compensation claims in Western Australia foreshadowed by the recently released Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Bill 2021 (Consultation Draft).