Tag Archives: Inquiry

Update on case involving whether employee can be compelled to give evidence in a coronial inquiry

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) handed down its decision on 15 February 2019 in Helicopter Resources Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCAFC 25.  The case involves an appeal to the Full Court … Continue reading

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Select Committee inquiry – IT failures in the financial services sector

On 23 November 2018, the House of Commons’ Treasury Select Committee launched an inquiry which will focus on the common causes of operational incidents in the financial services sector, the ways in which consumers lose out as a result of … Continue reading

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Treasury Committee inquiry into consumers’ access to financial services

On 9 November 2018, the Treasury Committee (the Committee) announced the launch of a new inquiry (the Inquiry) into consumers’ access to financial services. The Committee will scrutinize whether certain groups of consumers are excluded from obtaining a basic level … Continue reading

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New York State starts cryptocurrency exchange inquiry; SEC and CFTC foresee additional cryptocurrency and ICO regulation

On April 17, 2018, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman took the first steps in launching the new Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative through a fact-finding questionnaire sent to thirteen of the major cryptocurrency trading platforms. The Initiative’s focus is … Continue reading

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Province Turns to Little Used Industrial Inquiry Commission at York University

April 13 2018 The long road to a resolution of the six week long bitter strike of contract faculty at York University took a new twist today as the province appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to look into the dispute.  … Continue reading

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