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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on February 14, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “A Royal Prerogative to Black Swans?” – Kent Blore; “Extradition Treaties: The Vagaries of their Status under Australian Law” – Shannon Cuthbertson; and “Social Entrepreneurs: An Evaluation of the Pty Ltd Company from a Corporation’s Law and Taxation Law Perspective” – Dr Marina Nehme and Professor Fiona Martin.This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Equity and Trusts; International Focus; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, ALJ and UQ Conference on Religious Freedom, Angelina Gomez, Australia's extradition treaties, book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dr Marina Nehme, equity and trusts, for-profit social entrepreneurs, International focus, Isin v Ozen, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Leeming, Kent Blore, Lisa Burton Crawford, Pipikos v Trayans, prerogative to black swans, Professor Fiona Martin, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, royal prerogative of Commonwealth and State governments, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Shannon Cuthbertson, social entrepreneurs in Australia, The Rule of Law and the Australian Consitution | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 1

By Journal Alerts on January 24, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Interest Rates in Dispute Resolution: Comparing Simple Statutory Interest Against Compound Indices” – Ashton East; “An Asset Shared can be a Problem Doubled: Assignment of Causes of Action by a Liquidator” – Judge Robert Harper; and “The Difference between ss 84 and 85 of the Uniform Evidence Acts” – Greg Taylor. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Technology and the Law; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "The Future of Australian Legal Education" book launch, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Anna Collyer, Ashton East, availability of damages for borrowing or opportunity costs, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, causes of action by a liquidator, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Greg Taylor, Ian Freckelton, Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 (Cth), Janina Boughey, Judge Robert Harper, Justice François Kunc, Kerry Petersen, launch of ALJ special issue on Climate Change and the Law, Lisa Burton Crawford, Lyria Bennett Moses, Maria O’Sullivan, Melissa Castan, Professor Lesley Hughes, Public Law and Statutory Interpretation – Principles and Practice, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, statutory interest rate against compound indices, Technology and the Law, Tensions and Traumas in Health Law, Uniform Evidence Act ss 84 and 85 | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 12

By Journal Alerts on December 20, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “By the Skin of Our Teeth – The Passing of the Women’s Legal Status Act 1918: Francis Forbes Lecture 20 May 2018” – The Hon Virginia Bell AC; “Judicial Review of the Fairness and Reasonableness, as between Class Members, of Federal Class Action Settlements” – Vince Morabito; and “Corporate Knowledge: The Search for the Relevant Mind(s)” – Daniel Reynolds. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Crime and Evidence; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, Conveyancing and property, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Daniel Reynolds, Emily Vale, fairness and reasonableness of federal class action settlements, Francis Forbes Lecture 30 May 2018, Gino Dal Pont, Heydon: Selected Speeches and Papers, John Sackar, Justice François Kunc, Justice Phillip Priest, Law of Associations, law of corporate knowledge, Personalia, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, The Hon JD Heydon AC QC, The Hon Virginia Bell AC, Thomas Prince, Vince Morabito, Women's Legal Status Act 1918 (NSW) | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 11

By Journal Alerts on December 5, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Sir Frederick Jordan’s Non-Appointment to the High Court and his ‘Queer Views About Federalism'” – The Hon Keith Mason AC QC; “Genocide: The Static Expansion to Include the Crime of Forced Expulsion” – Elizabeth R Plajzer; and “Tostee, Criminal Causation and Provocation in Domestic Violence: A Novel Position” – Brendan Walker-Munro. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Class Actions; Competition and Consumer Law; Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and Books Received.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, armed forces members in the Australian legal profession, Around the Nation: Victoria, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd, books received, Brendan Edgeworth, Brendan Walker-Munro, Carly Schrever, certification and contingency fees, class actions, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and Proeprty, corporate cultures under scrutiny, Corporations and Securities, criminal causation and provocation in domestic violence, Current issues, David Ash, de facto caveats in Victoria's land titles, Elizabeth R Plajzer, finality in litigation and arbitration, forced expulsion, Jason Harris, John Kettle, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice Michael B J Lee, Land Title Act 1994 (Qld), letter to the editor, management of competing class actions in different courts, Recent cases, representative proceedings, research measuring judicial stress and wellbeing, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, sexual offences with child under 16 years, Sir Frederick Jordan's non-appointment to the High Court, the essential "character" of genocide, The Hon Keith Mason AC QC, United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 8

By Journal Alerts on September 19, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Taxation of Settlements, Judgments and Awards” – Tony Slater QC and Elizabeth Bishop; “Timor-Leste v Australia: The Impact of International Law on the Current and the Future Arrangements in the Timor Sea” – Maha Chaar; and “Corporate Law Practice: Legal Advice and Ethics” – Barbara Mescher. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Technology and the Law; Admiralty and Maritime; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Personalia; and Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged A Charter of Rights for Australia (4th ed), Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Anna Collyer, arbitration proceedings by Timor-Leste against Australia, Around the nation: Tasmania, Barbara Mescher, book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS), Conveyancing and property, corporate law and practice, Current issues, Daniel Reynolds, Dr Damien J Cremean, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Vale, George Williams, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, legal ethics, Lyria Bennett Moses, Maha Chaar, Personalia, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, taxation of settlements judgments and awards, Technology and the Law, Tony Slater QC | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 6

By Journal Alerts on August 8, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Extending the Life of a Discretionary Trust” – Michael Flynn QC; “Unseen Networks: The Legal Professions’ Involvement in the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW)” – Mark Lunney; and “Can There Ever Be Affordable Family Law?” – Patrick Parkinson and Brian Knox. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Personalia; Recent Cases; Book Reviews; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, ALRC Inquiry into Indigenous Incarceration Rates, Angelina Gomez, Arie Freiberg, Around the nation: Tasmania, Around the Nation: Western Australia, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, Brian Knox, Commonwealth, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dr Geert Corstens, Emily Vale, extending discretionary trust, Fairfax Digital Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd v Kazal [2018] NSWCA 77, family law and budget constraints, granny flats, Ian Jackman SC, interface between the Supreme Court and the Family Court, Justice Craig Colvin, Justice François Kunc, Justice Katrina Banks-Smith, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Peter McClellan AM, Justice Simon Steward, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW), Lisa Butler Beatty, M Scott Donald, Mark Lunney, Michael Flynn QC, MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd [2018] UKSC 24; [2018] 2 WLR 1603, New South Wales, Obituary, Parenting Management Hearings for self-represented litigants, Patrick Brazil AO KLJ, Patrick Parkinson, Personalia, Rayney v Western Australia (No 9) [2017] WASC 367, Recent cases, reform in elder law, Regulation in Australia, Robert Angyal SC, Rozenblit v Vainer [2018] HCA 23, Ruth CA Higgins SC, ss 111CA–111CY of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), statutory law reform of private law, The Evolving Role of Trust in Superannuation, The Varities of Restitution (2nd ed), Understanding the Rule of Law, Victorian Aboriginal Treaty Bill | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 5

By Journal Alerts on July 17, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Young’s ‘Fact finding made easy’ in Refugee Law: A Former Practitioner’s Perspective” – Douglas McDonald-Norman; “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil … and, Read No Evil: Confiscation of Literary Proceeds under Australian Criminal Property Confiscation Legislation” – Dr Natalie Skead; and “Aggravating and Mitigating Factors in Sentencing: Comparing the Views of Judges and Jurors” – Kate Warner, Julia Davis, Arie Freiberg, Caroline Spiranovic and Helen Cockburn. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Books.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged “Fact finding made easy” (2006) 80 ALJ 454, “Justice State of the Nation” Address, #MeToo, aggravating and mitigating factors in sentencing, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Appointment of Queen's Counsel, Arie Freiberg, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Can You See the Mountain? A Legal Journey with a Few Diversions, Caroline Spiranovic, Cheryle King, Commonwealth, Conveyancing and property, criminal property confiscation legislation, Current issues, Douglas McDonald-Norman, Dr Natalie Skead, Ellis v Pell, Emily Vale, Helen Cockburn, Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, Julia Davis, Justice François Kunc, Justice Gregory Geason, Justice Kim Hargrave, Justice Michael Baumann AM, Justice Peter Davis, Justice Sarah Derrington, Justice Shan Tennent, Kate Warner, literary proceeds of crime, Personalia, Peter Heerey, Queensland, Recent cases, refugee status determination (RSD), Robert Angyal SC, Ruth CA Higgins SC, Solicitor-General Kristen Walker QC, Susan Milne, Tasmania, Victoria | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on July 11, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “What’s Equity got to do with the Environment?” – Justice Brian J Preston; “Regulating Humanitarian Assistance by Australian Charities: Legal Tools to Deter Funding of Terrorism Abroad” – Gregory Rose; and “The Liability Blind Spot: Civil Liability’s Blurred Vision of Conditionally Automated Vehicles” – Ella Pyman. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; The Legal Observer; Family Law; From the Law Schools; Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; Book Reviews; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, conditionally automated vehicles, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Daphne Perry, Dr Damien J Cremean, driverless cars, elder abuse, Ella Pyman, equity and developing the environment, family law, From the law schools, Gregory Rose, Heather Roberts, intergenerational equity, interspecies equity, intragenerational equity, James Stellios (ed), Joseph Kimble, Justice Brian J Preston, Justice François Kunc, managing charitable funds disbursed overseas, Mark Adler, Michael Pelly, Nauru Supreme Court appeals, NFP and charities and terrorism funding, Professor Bob Baxt AO, Professor Michael Coper, Recent cases, regulation of humanitarian assistance, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, The Legal Observer, Vale Professor Bob Baxt, Wilfrid Prest (ed) | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on June 4, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “A ‘Diminished Nation’? The Racial Discrimination Act 1975, The Native Title Act 1993 and Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians” – Professor Jonathan Fulcher; “The Doctrine of Forbearance” – Jeremy Stoljar; and “The Duty to Mitigate: A Comparative Analysis between the English Common Law and the CISG” – Bruno Zeller. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Books.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner (2008) 238 CLR 570, ALJ, Almazeedi v Penner [2018] UKPC 3, Angelina A Gomez, Around the Nation: Victoria, books, Brendan Edgeworth, Bruno Zeller, Chief Justice Diana Bryant, common law doctrine of forbearance, Commonwealth, constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Conveyancing and property, core business for the High Court, Current issues, differences between CISG and common law, e-conveyancing and contracts for sale of land and deeds, Emily Vale, Jeremy Stoljar, judicial conduct in Australia, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Personalia, power of sale, Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd (2018) 92 ALJR 248; [2018] HCA 4, Professor Jonathan Fulcher, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Recent cases, reducing criminal courts backlog, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, strata schemes and short-term lettings, studying law, Thai Airways International Public Co Ltd v KI Holdings Co Ltd [2015] EWHC 1250 (Comm), the Minister vs the Courts; judicial conduct in the United States, vagueness resulting in substantive unfairness | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on April 20, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Security for Costs in Unfunded Federal Class Actions: Back to the Future” – Vince Morabito and Naomi Hatcher; and “The Unresolved Problem of Expert Evidence” – Thomas Kearney. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Statutory Interpretation; The Legal Observer; Personalia; Family Law; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Australian Law Reform Commission, Brendan Edgeworth, Chief Justice Marilyn Warren, class actions without commercial litigation funders support, constructional choice, Conveyancing and property, costs of expert evidence, Current issues, Emily Vale, excessive costs and inappropriate correspondence, executive policies on entry of foreign nationals, expert evidence, Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth), family law, Hate Speech Law reform, High Court Judge James Edelman, increasing the minimum age of criminal responsibility, Industrial Relations: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), institutional responses to child sexual abuse, Justice François Kunc, Justice John Byrne AO RFD, leases and certainty of duration requirement, McNab v Graham [2017] VSCA 352, Michael Pelly, migration: protection visas, Modern Slavery Law reform, Naomi Hatcher, new Commonwealth Attorney-General, OPCAT ratified, Personalia, potential for expert bias, Queensland, Recent cases, relief for proprietary estoppel, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Statutory interpretation, The Hon John Basten, The Legal Observer, third party litigation funding in class actions, Thomas Kearney, Victoria, Vince Morabito | Leave a response

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