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Article 2020-04-02
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific
The World Organisation (WHO) has now upgraded the status of the Covid-19 outbreak from epidemic to pandemic. It is a global health threat and is causing unprecedented disruption.
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Article 2020-04-02
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Australia
COVID-19 is rapidly encroaching on all facets of Australian life and business. Regrettably, known cases of COVID-19 in Australia are presently increasing. Businesses are naturally concerned about the health and safety of their workforce and ensuring ‘BAU’ as far as possible. This bulletin is intended to provide some clarity amongst the confusion for employers asking the question: what are my obligations under Australian employment law?
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Article 2020-04-02
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Hong Kong
Hong Kong is fortunate to have a world class health system. Perhaps more importantly it has extensive experience and expertise in the management of epidemics of infectious diseases gained as a result of relatively recent outbreaks of SARS in 2003 and H1N1 (Swine flu) in 2009.
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Article 2020-04-02
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Singapore
On 7 February 2020, due to heightened risk caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the Singapore government raised the country’s outbreak alert level to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (“DORSCON”) orange.
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Article 2020-04-02
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia-Pacific: Thailand
Currently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has spread across the world and the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic (WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020). People and outbound travellers are recommended to closely monitor the situation. Moreover, the public must fully cooperate and act as the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) recommends for your safety and for the safety of others, and to decrease the negative social and economic impacts.
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Article 2020-03-27
COVID-19 – how will it impact on loan agreements?
We have seen government measures provide relief for property owners in respect of mortgage payments. However, while individual banks may adopt policies to support their borrowers through these difficult times, there is no official guidance as to what steps might be taken to assist businesses struggling to make payments under their financing arrangements, nor as to how lenders’ rights under loan agreements will be affected in light of the ongoing public health crisis.
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Article 2020-03-25
The UK Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme - assistance for SMEs
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Article 2020-02-26
Coronavirus and force majeure: managing the business risk of the coronavirus epidemic
The current outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in Hubei, China. The disease has now spread to all Chinese provinces, in addition to numerous other countries including the UK.
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Article 2020-02-17
De-crypting targets of freezing orders: cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies are relatively recent innovations. While the common law appears to be evolving in line with the technology, statute and regulation are moving at a much slower pace. We must therefore consider that, although cryptocurrencies can be the subject of freezing orders, should they be?
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News 2020-02-05
Kennedys Real Estate and Construction teams to attend MIPIM 2020 – the world’s largest property investment conference in Cannes
We are delighted once again to be attending MIPIM, the internationally-renowned property conference taking place from 10 -13 March 2020 in Cannes, France. Our attendance at this year’s MIPIM reinforces our ongoing commitment to supporting clients in relation to real estate and construction matters, and staying at the forefront of development in the markets in which our clients operate.