JD Supra

A Novel Duty of Care? Recent Developments in Australian and International Climate Change Law

In the past month, a number of landmark developments have occurred in climate change law in Australia and overseas, which have the potential to materially impact emissions intensive corporations and ...
Information Age

Govt ramps up Big Tech 'duty of care' reforms

Australia’s independent statutory review of the Online Safety Act, completed by former ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard, ...
JD Supra

Federal Court of Australia Rules That the Government Owes Duty of Care to Australian Youth on Climate Change

The Situation: In a landmark judgment, on 27 May 2021, the Federal Court of Australia ruled in Sharma v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560 (Sharma) that, when deciding whether or not to grant ...
Jurist

Australia court rules no duty for environmental ministry to protect against climate change

The Australian Federal Court Tuesday overturned a ruling that found that Australia’s environment ministry has a duty to protect young people from the effects of climate change when considering fossil ...
Jurist

Australia court rules government has duty to protect youth from climate change

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the Minister for Environment, Sussan Ley, and the wider government, has a duty of care to protect Australia’s youth from the climate crisis. The ...