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All rights reserved.SaturdaySunday0123456789101113141517181920212223http://www.nortonrose.com/common/images/logo_reverse.gifhttp://www.nortonrose.comEssential Corporate News, our weekly news service covering the latest developments in the UK corporate world.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013text/plainWe enclose an update of some recent noteworthy cases and developments concerning aboriginal law and the duty to consult.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80275/aboriginal-consultation-recent-highlightshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80275/aboriginal-consultation-recent-highlightstext/plainThe forestry company Moulton Contracting obtained licences from the British Columbia government to harvest timber on two tracts of land in the territory of the...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80267/supreme-court-of-canada-focuses-attention-on-the-collective-and-individual-aspects-of-aboriginal-and-treaty-rightshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80267/supreme-court-of-canada-focuses-attention-on-the-collective-and-individual-aspects-of-aboriginal-and-treaty-rightstext/plainDryco Drywall Supplies Ltd. v Teamsters Local Union 213 is an important reminder to employers that even extreme acts of workplace misconduct may not give rise to...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80278/set-your-co-worker-on-fire-it-may-not-be-cause-for-dismissalhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80278/set-your-co-worker-on-fire-it-may-not-be-cause-for-dismissaltext/plainIn a recent decision, an Ontario arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a grievor with 37 years of service for repeated violations of the company’s health and...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80293/health-and-safety-trumps-employees-seniorityhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80293/health-and-safety-trumps-employees-senioritytext/plainThe new Mozambique Competition Law, 10 of 2013 will come into force on 10 July 2013. The accompanying rules are to be approved by the Council of Ministers...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80172/competition-regulation-spreads-through-africa-the-mozambique-competition-lawhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80172/competition-regulation-spreads-through-africa-the-mozambique-competition-lawtext/plainThe Equator Principles (EP) is an agreement amongst 76 global financial institutions (known as EP Financial Institutions or EPFI) to apply environmental and...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80287/equator-principles-iii-is-approved-and-launched-new-trends-and-a-strategy-rethinkhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80287/equator-principles-iii-is-approved-and-launched-new-trends-and-a-strategy-rethinktext/plainOn May 10, 2013, the senior deputy commissioner at the Mergers Branch of the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) announced that the Bureau is changing its information...Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80295/canadian-competition-bureaus-new-approach-to-upstream-oil-and-gas-mergershttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80295/canadian-competition-bureaus-new-approach-to-upstream-oil-and-gas-mergerstext/plainThreatening to resign, when used by an employee to bargain for better working conditions, is a weapon that cuts both ways.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80239/resignation-as-a-bargaining-weapon-a-double-edged-swordhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80239/resignation-as-a-bargaining-weapon-a-double-edged-swordtext/plainIn 2013 a significant number of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) backed by German land charges are due to mature...Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80213/refinancing-german-property-loans-securitised-via-cmbshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80213/refinancing-german-property-loans-securitised-via-cmbstext/plainThe International Chamber of Commerce has recently published a competition compliance toolkit.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80228/icc-publishes-compliance-toolkithttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80228/icc-publishes-compliance-toolkittext/plainL'auteur explique les détails d'une procédure légale permettant aux travailleurs étrangers détenant un Certificat de sélection...Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80185/lobtention-dun-certificat-de-selection-du-quebec-permet-maintenant-de-maintenir-lemploi-ou-dobtenir-un-nouveau-permis-de-travail-pour-un-travailleur-etrangerhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80185/lobtention-dun-certificat-de-selection-du-quebec-permet-maintenant-de-maintenir-lemploi-ou-dobtenir-un-nouveau-permis-de-travail-pour-un-travailleur-etrangertext/plainCompared to other parts of the world, the mining sector in the Middle East is relatively undeveloped.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79893/middle-east-north-africa-and-central-asia-menaca-mining-guideshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79893/middle-east-north-africa-and-central-asia-menaca-mining-guidestext/plainTurkey benefits from a highly varied geology: it holds 2.5 per cent of the world’s industrial mineral resources and produces some 50 different metals and minerals...Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80049/mining-in-turkey-ten-things-to-knowhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80049/mining-in-turkey-ten-things-to-knowtext/plainOn 25th October 2011 the European Commission (‘the Commission’) adopted a legislative proposal for the revision of the Accounting and Transparency Directives.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industrieshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industriestext/plainIn a recent decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled for the first time that an employer can waive the notice given by an employee who resigns.Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80156/notice-of-resignation-will-employers-still-be-notified-before-an-employee-leaveshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80156/notice-of-resignation-will-employers-still-be-notified-before-an-employee-leavestext/plainAustralian Government Budget 2013-14 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80129/budget-in-focus-australian-government-budget-2013-14http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80129/budget-in-focus-australian-government-budget-2013-14text/plainSince before the operational commencement of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (“PPSA”) in January 2012, and certainly since then, law firms have...Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80125/ppsa-model-clauses-for-a-general-security-agreementhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80125/ppsa-model-clauses-for-a-general-security-agreementtext/plainFinancial services updater, our newsletter service that details the latest UK financial services regulatory developments. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79973/financial-services-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79973/financial-services-updatertext/plainThe story of the harmonisation process in South Australia has illustrated how vulnerable the uniformity of the legislation is to state-based interests and...Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80071/discord-in-harmony-part-1-south-australia-goes-its-own-way-with-ohs-harmonisationhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80071/discord-in-harmony-part-1-south-australia-goes-its-own-way-with-ohs-harmonisationtext/plainAargus Pty Ltd (Aargus) and two of its employees were convicted for failing to disclose the presence of asbestos in a stockpile of soil that was classified as wasteFri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80072/employees-beware-two-employees-and-their-employer-fined-for-supplying-false-information-about-waste-containing-asbestoshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80072/employees-beware-two-employees-and-their-employer-fined-for-supplying-false-information-about-waste-containing-asbestostext/plainNew mine safety legislation is currently being drafted which is intended to replace the existing Mines Safety Inspection Act 1994 (WA), presumablyat the same time...Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80068/resources-safety-law-reform-in-wa-affecting-mining-and-energy-sectorshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80068/resources-safety-law-reform-in-wa-affecting-mining-and-energy-sectorstext/plainThe performance of an organisation in work health and safety (WHS) is to a great degree determined by the successful development and implementation of properly...Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80069/engaging-informal-leaders-to-support-work-health-and-safetyhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80069/engaging-informal-leaders-to-support-work-health-and-safetytext/plainThe Queensland resources sector is set to face one of the largest legislative reforms in its history. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80073/queenslands-ambitious-resources-legislative-reform-the-proposed-common-resources-acthttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80073/queenslands-ambitious-resources-legislative-reform-the-proposed-common-resources-acttext/plainAlthough the Land and Environment Court of NSW very regularly determines pollution related matters in its criminal jurisdiction, it is very rare for jail time to...Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80070/court-orders-jail-time-for-dumping-waste-containing-asbestoshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80070/court-orders-jail-time-for-dumping-waste-containing-asbestostext/plain