Lauren Parnaby

The Australian Government has opened stakeholder consultation for its proposal to establish a “Front Door for investors with major, transformational investment proposals”.

The recently released Southeast Asian Economic Strategy provides opportunities for Australian businesses to leverage their expertise – particularly in decarbonisation, energy and infrastructure – into Southeast Asian markets. It also signals potential changes to Foreign Investment Review Board processes for investments into Australia, which Southeast Asian investors may be able to benefit from.

27 Jul 2023 Time to read: 3 MIN Processes followed should be sufficiently formal to mitigate the risk that a counterparty could later rely on, and a court could construe, patterns of conduct to find a valid contract exists where one was not intended. Is a "thumbs up" emoji, without more, capable of establishing a legally binding contract? In June 2023, a Canadian Court held that it was in the case of South West Terminal Ltd v Achter Land & Cattle Ltd, 2023 SKKB 116.