Our 2004 media releases are listed below:
01 November 2004
Freehills appoints new special counsel to the national Planning and Environment group
Freehills is delighted to announce the appointment of Les Stein, one of Australia's most highly regarded planning lawyers and litigators, and former chief counsel for the Sydney Metropolitan Strategy, as special counsel in the national Environment and Planning group.
14 October 2004
Bob Baxt AO moves to Freehills
Freehills is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert Baxt AO, one of Australia's leading competition law experts and former chairman of the Trade Practices Commission (now the ACCC), as a partner in its competition law group.
05 July 2004
Freehills dominates M&A work in 2004
Freehills continues to dominate Australia’s M&A sector in 2005, as evidenced today by the release of the Thomson Financial M&A League Tables.
03 May 2004
Significant win for employers: court narrows rights of employees with family responsibilities
In a much anticipated decision, on Friday, 30 April 2004 the Supreme Court of Victoria, provided significant guidance to employers regarding their treatment of employees with family responsibilities and on the issue of flexible work practices.
08 April 2004
SMS marketing also hit by Spam Act
The Spam Act will come into force on 10 April 2004, prohibiting the sending of unsolicited commercial electronic messages that have an Australian link.
31 March 2004
New Head of Freehills' Perth Office
Peter Mansell, the head of Freehills' Perth office, has decided to retire from the Freehills partnership to concentrate on non-executive directorships.
04 March 2004
Countdown to CLERP 9 crackdown on environmental reporting
The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 (Cth) will come into force as of 1 July 2004 (subject to any amendments), increasing the emphasis on environmental performance as a key reporting concern and a key corporate governance issue for all listed public companies, according to John Taberner, environmental law partner at Freehills.
