Page 106 - David Van News Today

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ruby Lee and David Van Homrigh discuss the advantages of virtual arbitral hearings with ACICA Review. Expert evidence - the value-add of virtual Until recently, practitioners largely agreed that the process of hearing expert evidence during arbitration, particularly in large and complex matters, would be hindered by the virtual environment. Concern centred around the effectiveness of explaini...

Victoria has signed an agreement with Korea's largest defence company, backing a bid for a military contract that would create a custom-built facility and 1000 jobs in Geelong.

Directors & Officers Risk Landscape Shaped by Insolvencies, COVID, Activism January 11, 2021 While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead. Rising insolvency exposures, growing cybersecurity threats and persistent securities class action activity are among the other key risks where executives of companies could be held liable, ...

Share Most of Cambodia’s FDIs in recent years has been the area of construction and real estate. Heng Chivoan Profiting or profiteering? A niggling question behind Cambodia’s banking growth Thu, 24 December 2020 As the sector expands, allegations of financial institutions engaged in unconventional activities continue to show up like a bad debt ‘A lot of it involves their own project financing,” an industry player spoke in hushed tones over how the burgeoning banking sector sustains its...

WRITING ON THE FLY By GEORGE LISET     The coming of a new year is a cause for reflection as it quickly approaches. Who could have predicted the trials and tribulations of this last year? Most people were ready for the same old same old. As most of us who have had any life experiences will tell you, life has a way of throwing you a curve, and I guess that is what makes life interesting. My mom used to say that what didn’t kill you, made you stronger. Let’s hope.     As I look back on...

Directors & Officers Risk Landscape Shaped by Insolvencies, COVID, Activism: Allianz December 16, 2020 While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead. Rising insolvency exposures, growing cyber security threats and persistent securities class action activity are among the other key risks where executives of companies could be he...

Bank regulators face climate change grilling Share Financial regulators will join banks and insurers in being grilled by a parliamentary committee poised to investigate financial institutions for pulling back on lending and insurance to mining-related businesses because of climate change. Government and Labor members of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth on Monday fought over the need for the inquiry that will be led by climate change sceptic, Queensland Liberal Nationa...