Counsel as strategists — the wisdom of briefing counsel upfront Laina Chan NINE WENTWORTH   The standard model for running litigation in Australia is that solicitors are retained at the outset to set the initial strategy, carry out the preparation of the matter and eventually at the recommendation of the solicitor, retain counsel to assist. This

This article examines the process of enforcement and the legislative framework for the enforcement of international arbitral awards in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. It does so using the case study of the long-running dispute between Malaysia’s Astro Group and Indonesia’s Lippo Group, in which Lippo has effectively avoided the enforcement of an award

27 November 2013  Laina Chan In The Owners – Strata Plan No 61288 v Brookfield Australia Investments Ltd [2013] NSWCA 317 (the Brookfield case), developers had contracted with the builder to design and construct a 22 storey building consisting of both residential apartments and serviced apartments in Chatswood.[1] It emerged that there were latent defects

7 November 2012  Laina Chan   The issue in the case was whether the Heads of Agreement entered into between the parties following mediation to resolve a dispute in relation to a purchase of shares and units in a unit trust was enforceable.  The purpose of the transaction was to secure for the appellants the