Casenote PDF The Corporate Fail casenote is available to download here: Miller v The Queen casenote. The case itself is available online: Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30. Why is Miller v The Queen important? This case is important to SA and NSW practitioners as it affirms that “extended” joint criminal enterprise liability remains part of […]
Read More...Corrective Notices Dulux WeatherShield Heat Reflect and InfraCOOL Paints Australia: ACCC v DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Limited (No 2) [2016] FCA 1286. In November 2016, DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd was found to have engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct: “The Court found that Dulux represented that Acratex InfraCOOL Paint can reduce the interior temperature of a house by up to 10 […]
Read More...Pacific Gas & Electric – August 2016 When convicted after jury trial of obstructing an investigation and five pipeline offences, PG&E posted this statement: “While we are very much focused on the future, we will never forget the lessons of the past. We have made unprecedented progress in the nearly six years since the tragic […]
Read More...This fortnight: Oliver Curtis’ insider trading trial comes to an end; ASIC comments on the role of staff in the creation of corporate culture; a company successfully appeals its fine as ‘manifestly excessive’; WorkCover Qld finally succeeds in defending the wording of its charges; ACCC targets eCigarettes and Medibank Private, approves ongoing Chicken Collective; and an environmental prosecution lays down corporate crime sentencing principles. In the UK, Food Crime Confidential is launched; animal waste gasses overcome three pitiable employees. In the USA, private equity wreaks havoc with ambulance and other essential services; Trader Joe’s greenhouse emissions offend; the EPA gets some new teeth; and the DOJ resolves a corruption case with a non-prosecution agreement.
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