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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on November 17, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Conscience, Fair-Dealing and Commerce: Parliaments and the Courts” – Chief Justice James Allsop AO; and “The Decline and Fall of Australia’s Law Reform Institutions – And the Prospects of Revival” – Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Anderson v Anderson [2017] NSWCA 131, Angelina Gomez, Around the Nation: Victoria, Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Ben Kremer, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, charitable status of professional regulation, Chief Justice James Allsop AO, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dr J M Bennett AM, estoppel, fair-dealing in commerce, Foreign Currency – Claims Judgment and Damages, Gabrielle Appleby, George Palmer QC, Gregory Tolhurst, Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, J A Watson, John Basten, John Carter, John Kimbell, John Knott, joint tenancies, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Keith Mason, law reform commissions, Mason & Carter’s Restitution Law in Australia, Michael Howard, Miller Heiman Pty Ltd v Sales Principles Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 106, modern slavery, moral obloquy and unconscionability, Music and the Law, native title, Northern Territory v Griffiths [2107] FCAFC 106, NSW Bar Association strategic plan, Nuncio D’Angelo, Paraskevy Kontoleon, Peter MacFarlane, Peter W Young AO QC, Priestley v Priestley [2017] NSWCA 155, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, Robert Baxt AO, Rosalind Dixon, Ruth C A Higgins, same-sex marriage law reform, Sir Frederick Darley: Sixth Chief Justice of New South Wales 1886-1910, statutory age for judicial retirement, The Critical Judgments Project – Re-reading Monis v The Queen, The Duty to Account – Development and Principles | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 6

By Journal Alerts on June 11, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Creation of the Federal Court: A Reflection” – Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS; “Characterisation: Its place in Contractual Analysis and Related Enquiries” – James Allsop; “Gender Equality among Barristers before the High Court” – Daniel Reynolds and George Williams. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Around the Nation: Victoria; Environmental Law; Equity and Trusts; Family Law; Recent Cases; Books Received and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 40th anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, appeals, Around the Nation: Victoria, barristers, Book reviews, books received, characterisation, common form grant, consumer law, contractual analysis, Conveyancing and Property Section Editors, Current issues, Daniel Reynolds, data retention laws, doctrine of penalties, enforcement of judgment debt, environmental law, equity and trusts, family law, FLIP Report, foreign judgments, gender equality, gender equality at Australian Bar, George Williams, Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS, injunctions restraining executive orders, James Allsop, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Leeming, Justice Rachel Pepper, Melbourne University Law School, Michael Quinlan, misfeasance in public office, Muslim ban executive orders, Philip R Wood, procedure, Professor Brendan Edgeworth, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins, s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA), services, The Fall of the Priests and the Rise of the Lawyers, time for assessing testamentary capacity, unconscionability | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 90 Pt 12

By Journal Alerts on November 18, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Unconscionability and promissory estoppel” – Acting Justice Peter Young AO; and “Human rights and business lawyers: The 2011 watershed” – John Southalan. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Australian Capital Territory; Around the Nation: Queensland; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases (Prince Alfred College Inc v ADC; Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (In liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd; R (Ingenious Media Holdings plc) v Commissioners for HMRC); and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "Access to Justice" review, "The Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession", “In Freedom’s Cause”, accrued rights, Acting Justice Peter Young AO, ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, Around the nation: Australian Capital Territory, Around the nation: Queensland, Around the Nation: Victoria, Ashley Black, Attorney-General Simon Corbell, audio-visual links, Blick v Franklin (2016) 76 MVR 2; [2016] ACTCA 17, book review, business lawyers, by-laws, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (In liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 247, Greg Weeks, human rights, incapacitated beneficiaries, Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), John McKenna QC, John Southalan, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice John Dominic Burns, Justice Michael Elkaim, Ken Archer, landlords and tenants, legal education, legal history, Limitation of actions, liquidated damages, Magna Carta, moral obloquy, NSW Industrial Court, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, owners corporations, performance guarantees, Peter Butt, Peter Dingwall, Prince Alfred College Inc v ADC (2016) 90 ALJR 1085; [2016] HCA 37, Prior v Queensland University of Technology [No 2] [2016] FCCA 2853, Professor Jennifer Hill, Professor Randall Thomas, Promissory Estoppel, public lectures, R (Ingenious Media Holdings plc) v Commissioners for HMRC [2016] UKSC 54, Rachael Gray, Recent cases, recidivism, Research Handbook on Shareholder Power, Robert Baxt AO, Ruth C A Higgins, Saunders v Vautier, secondary schools, section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Shane Gill, short-stay accommodations, short-term letting, Soft Law and Public Authorities: Remedies and Reform, strata law, Supreme Court of the ACT, TI v The Queen [2015] ACTCA 62, unconscionability | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: October 2014

By journals team on November 4, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following material: “The anti-deprivation rule in Australia” — Nishad Kulkarni; “Response to the 2013 Whitmore Lecture by The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of Western Australia” — Chris Wheeler; Current Issues, Conveyancing and Property, Around the Nation: Victoria, Admiralty and Maritime, International Focus, Recent Cases, Book Reviews and an Obituary of Hon John Patrick Slattery AO KGCSG QC.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, anti-deprivation, Around the Nation: Victoria, Book reviews, Chris Wheeler, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Hon John Patrick Slattery AO KGCSG QC, integrity agencies, International focus, Nishad Kulkarni, Obituary, Recent cases, The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Western Australia, Whitmore Lecture | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: June 2014

By journals team on June 6, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal publishes the following articles: “Foss v Harbottle: Alive and well in the public sector?” – Marco Bini; “Limiting the nature and scope of a beneficiary’s entitlement to receive trust information” – Elizabeth Bishop; and “The rise of the information barrier: Managing potential legal conflicts within commercial law firms” – Ian Dallen. Also in this Part are several section notes, including several brand new ones: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Constitutional Law; Crime and Evidence; Environmental Law; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews