Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 46 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “Implementing Competition Law in Developing Countries: Barriers to Success and the Role of Technical Assistance” – Kate James; “The Reasonableness of Restraints: An Analysis of the Enforcement of Post-Employment Restraints” – Ian Neil SC and Nicholas Saady; “Curing Defective Registrations in the Personal Property Securities Register” – Andrew Berriman; and “How Should Directors Tackle Cyber Risks?” – James Duffy.
ALJ Tribute to Prof Robert “Bob” Baxt AO
Featuring an obituary penned by the Hon Reg Barrett, the Australian Law Journal has joined the legal profession in paying tribute to Professor Bob Baxt AO, one of the Journal’s most longstanding section editors and contributors, following the news of his passing on 11 March 2018.
Vale Professor Bob Baxt AO (1938–2018)
Thomson Reuters was saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Bob Baxt AO on 11 March 2018. “Professor Baxt was renowned for his longstanding commitment and contribution to business law in Australia,” the Managing Director of Thomson Reuters Legal ANZ, Jackie Rhodes said. “He was one of our leading authors and will be greatly missed by all.”
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 46 Pt 1
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “A Code of Conduct for Supermarket-Supplier Relations: Has it Worked?” – Caron Beaton-Wells and Jo Paul-Taylor; “Non-profit? It’s Not What You Think it Means” – Jason Mitchell; “A Critical Assessment of Shareholder Class Action Settlements – The Allco Class Action” – Michael Legg. Also in this Part are the following sections: Company Law and Securities: “Commentary on Aspects of The Murray Report and the Proposed Whistleblowing Legislation” – Bob Baxt AO; Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Ten Years On, There is Still a Need to Modernise Regulation of Australian Business” – Professor Bob Baxt AO.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 6
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Effects of Voiding Ipso Facto Clauses in Business Format Franchise Agreements” – Rob Nicholls and Jenny Buchan; “Empowering Workers: Avenues of Legal Redress for Victims of Workplace Cyberbullying” – Colette Langos and Mark Giancaspro; and “Recent PPSA Reform Initiatives in Canada” – Anthony Duggan. Also in this Part is the following section: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “The First Cartel Offence Prosecution in Australia: Implications and Non-implications” – Brent Fisse.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 5
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “Section 46: Its Purpose and the Proposed New Effects Test” – Julie Clarke; “Beyond Lawyers: Legal Literacy for the Future” – Brett Freudenberg; “The Contract Risks to Universities of Work-Integrated Learning Programs” – Craig Cameron. Also in this Part is the following section: Insurance and Transport: “Insurance and Third-Party Litigation Funding in Australia: The Desirability or Otherwise of a Common Regulatory Framework?” – Julie-Anne Tarr.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 4
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “In with the Old, Out with the New? The Rights of a Replaced Trustee Against its Successor, and the Characterisation of Trustees’ Proprietary Rights of Indemnity” – Diccon Loxton; “An Analysis of the Inconsistencies Regarding the Co-regulatory Environment for Registered Company Auditors in Australia” – Max Bessell, Lisa Powell and Grant Richardson; “Accountability and Retrospective Legislation – Implications for Directors, Officers and Third Parties” – Julie-Anne Tarr and Gavin Nicholson. Also in this Part are the following sections: Company Law and Securities: “Recent Developments in Corporate and Securities Law” – Bob Baxt AO; New Zealand and Other Jurisdictions: “Papua New Guinea’s consumer and competition framework review” – Andrew F Simpson and Brent Fisse; “Concentrated News Media Ownership after the NZME/Fairfax Merger” – Rex Ahdar.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 3
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “Foreign Bribery Regulation in Australia and ‘Stepping Stones’ Director Liability” – Vivienne Brand; “Insider Trading, Materiality and the Reasonable Person: Who Must Be Influenced for Information to Have a ‘Material Effect’?” – Juliette Overland; “Termination for Convenience or Not?” – William Dixon; and “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Public, Essential and Emergency Services” – Giuseppe Carabetta. Also in this Part are the following sections: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “The Productivity Commission’s Recommendations on the Intellectual Property Exemption under the Competition and Consumer Act” – Brent Fisse; Industrial and Workplace Relations Law: “Exercising the Wisdom of Solomon: The Fair Work Commission’s Penalty Rates Decision” – Dr Victoria Lambropoulos; and Intellectual Property Law: “The Death of Innovation (Patents) in Australia?” – Campbell Thompson.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “Strategically Deterring Generic Entry Ahead of Patent Expiry: A Competition Law Antidote? Assessing Australian Pharmaceutical Antitrust Enforcement after ACCC v Pfizer” – Colette Downie; “Marine Insurance Law Reform in Australia – a Following Sea” – Julie-Anne Tarr; “Registered Charities and Governance Standard 5: An Evaluation” – Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster; and “Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission: Enforcement Tools and Regulatory Approach” – Marina Nehme. Also in this Part is the following section: Privacy Law: “‘Personal information’ under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) – Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2017] FCAFC 4” – Normann Witzleb.
Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 1
The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: “The Law of Penalties and the Question of Breach” – Anthony Gray; and “Overseas Buybacks on the ASX: Disclosure Requirements and Signalling Impact” – Mark Holub and Jason Mitchell. Also in this Part are the following sections: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “The High Court Decision in ACCC v Flight Centre – Crash Landings Ahead?” – Brent Fisse; and New Zealand Newsletter: “Are Gains to Foreign Owners “Public Benefits” in Authorisation Proceedings under the Commerce Act 1986?” – Rex Ahdar.
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