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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 12

By Journal Alerts on December 29, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Responsible Jurimetrics: A Reply To Silbert’s Critique Of The Victorian Court Of Appeal” – Brian Opeskin and Gabrielle Appleby; “Directors’ Duties In A Post-Hayne World: “The Company” As More Than The Sum Of Its Shareholders” – Philip Sales; “Some Reservations About The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Sentencing Decisions” – Adrian Staples; and “100 Years Of Speaking: Gender Equality Among Barristers Before The High Court” – Winsome Hall and George Williams. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Class Actions; Recent Cases; and Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 100 Years Of Speaking: Gender Equality Among Barristers Before The High Court, 130 Years of Sydney University Law School, A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales Volume 2: The New State 1901–1955, Adrian Staples, Adverse Possession – Alive and Well in Sydney, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Appellant Sentenced to Imprisonment Served by Periodic Detention, Appellant Unlawfully Imprisoned for 82 Days Following Sentence, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, articles, artificial intelligence assisting judges with sentence determination, AustLII Turns 25, book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Brian Opeskin, civil society, class actions, Compensatory Principle and Counterfactual Analysis, Contingency Fees (Group Costs Orders) in Victoria after BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster, Conveyancing and property, Court's performance, criminal decisions of the Victorian Court of Appeal (VCA), current Australian sentencing practises, Current issues, Directors' Duties In A Post-Hayne World: "The Company" As More Than The Sum Of Its Shareholders, Do We Need a Parliament?, false imprisonment, Farewell RBG and Welcome ACB, female barristers, Gabrielle Appleby, GD Woods, George Williams, Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, how decision-making by companies can be incentivised, imposition of duties on company directors, Jesse Cumberland's High Court Case "Zooms-in" on Procedural Fairness and Residual Discretion, Justice François Kunc, Justice Michael B J Lee, letter to the editor, managing tensions between shareholder interests and those of creditors employees consumers and the environment, participation of women as advocates before the High Court of Australia, Philip Sales, Recent cases, regulation, Responsible Jurimetrics: A Reply To Silbert's Critique Of The Victorian Court Of Appeal, Robert Angyal SC, role of intermediate courts of appeal, Ruth C A Higgins SC, setting the environment for commercial activity, Snapshot of Chinese Land Law: Real Rights Transfer and In/defeasible Title, Some Reservations About The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Sentencing Decisions, taxation, That Was the Year That Was, The Curated Page, The Final Obsequies for the Bell Litigation, The Launch of the Digital Law Association, Two New High Court Appointments, Where Appellant's Imprisonment Would Otherwise Have Lawfully Occurred, Whether Appellant Entitled to Substantial Compensatory or Vindicatory Damages, Whether Award of Only Nominal Damages Appropriate, Winsome Hall | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 9

By Journal Alerts on September 17, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “What Remains Of The Engineers Case? A Centenary Appraisal” – Nicholas Aroney; “The Evolution From Strict Liability To Negligence: Implications For The Tort Of Private Nuisance – Part 2” – Anthony Gray; and “Pandemic Justice – An Historical Perspective” – The Honourable Justice John Logan RFD. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Admiralty and Maritime; New Zealand; International Focus; and Personalia.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 1919 Spanish influenza, A Letter to the Commonwealth Attorney-General, administration of justice in Australia during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Anthony Gray, articles, Associate Justice Julian Hetyey, balanced interpretive approach, Brendan Edgeworth, Civil Justice Reform in New Zealand, Conveyancing and property, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Current issues, Dr Damien J Cremean, Emily Vale, fault-based system of liability, Fraud the In Personam Exception and Enforcing the Undertakings of Predecessors, High Court decisions, International focus, International Inquiries and Fact-finding in International Law, Justice Frances Williams, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Livesey, Justice Matthew Palmer, Justice Peter Callaghan, New Zealand, Nicholas Aroney, O’Connor J, Pandemic Justice – An Historical Perspective, Personalia, Power Candour and Decency in the Law, Professor Stuart Kaye, Queensland, Reflecting on Recent Events, Robert Angyal SC, Ruby Princess, Salvage and Voluntariness, Senior Counsel Appointments, Some Rights and Liabilities of Co-owners, South Australia, strict liability, Tasmania, The Curated Page, The Evolution From Strict Liability To Negligence: Implications For The Tort Of Private Nuisance – Part 2, The Honourable Justice John Logan RFD, Thinking about Judicial Independence, tort of negligence, tort of private nuisance, Victoria, What Remains Of The Engineers Case? A Centenary Appraisal | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 7

By Journal Alerts on July 27, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Algorithmic Decision-Making and Legality: Public Law Dimensions” – Dr Will Bateman; “Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen: The Centenary of A High Court Tragedy – Part 1” – Paulina Fishman; and “Limitation and The Return of Trust Property” – Jonathon Moore QC. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Technology and the Law; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Anna Collyer, Around the Nation: Western Australia, Brendan Edgeworth, Conveyancing and property, COVIDSafe – Legal Issues, Current issues, Emily Vale, If Only Caveats Could Speak, Jensen v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 13) [2019] WASC 451, Justice François Kunc, Justice Jacinta Forbes, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Richard Cavanagh, Justice Sandra Duggan, Justice Terence Sheahan AO, Life in the Law in the Time of COVID-19 – A View from the Middle, Lyria Bennett Moses, More Notes from a Time of Pandemic, New South Wales, Personalia, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Technology and the Law, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Courts as Essential Services, The Curated Page, Victoria | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 5

By Journal Alerts on May 20, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Dixonian Legalism and its Adherents: Assessing the Place for Policy Choices under “Strict and Complete Legalism” in Theory and Practice” – Ned Hirst; “Discrimination Against Employees of Religious Schools in Australia, US and the EU – A Comparison in Light of Human Rights and Deliberative Democracy” – Robert Mężyk; and “Resolving Conflicts at the Interface of Public and Private Law” – Ellen Roc. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Environmental Law; International Focus; and Obituary: The Hon John Cain.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 2018 Religious Freedom Review, ALJ, Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, articles, Brendan Edgeworth, Commonwealth, Conveyancing and property, COVID-19 and the Legislative Drafters, Current issues, Discrimination Against Employees of Religious Schools in Australia US and the EU – A Comparison in Light of Human Rights and Deliberative Democracy, Dixonian Legalism and its Adherents: Assessing the Place for Policy Choices under "Strict and Complete Legalism" in Theory and Practice, Ellen Rock, environmental law, Gifts: Conditional or Not? – Flourentzou v Spink, International focus, Justice François Kunc, Justice Rachel Pepper, Law in the Time of Coronavirus, legislative specification of permissible discrimination grounds, literalist paradigm, Melbourne Corporation v Commonwealth, Ned Hirst, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Obituary, Owen Dixon, Professor Stuart Kaye, Queensland, Resolving Conflicts at the Interface of Public and Private Law, Robert Angyal SC, Robert Mężyk, significant environmental decisions of the Federal Court, South Australia, Tasmania, The Curated Page, The Hon John Cain, Vale Solatium?, Victoria, War Crimes in Afghanistan: Could Australian Soldiers Face Prosecution at the International Criminal Court?, Western Australia | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on April 24, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “The Law Of Sorcery In Madayin” – Dr Danial Kelly; “Strategies For Avoiding A Jurisdiction Clause In International Litigation” – James O’Hara; “The Qualification To The Birthright Doctrine And Beyond: The Judicial Attitude To Adapting The Common Law To Australian Conditions” – Dr Sonali Walpola. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Class Actions; Equity and Trusts; and Around the Nation: Tasmania.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, Around the nation: Tasmania, articles, Brendan Edgeworth, class actions, colonial birthright, Conveyancing and property, Cryptoassets: Property or Not?, Current issues, dispute resolution venue, Dr Danial Kelly, Dr Sonali Walpola, equity and trusts, Introduction, James O’Hara, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Leeming, Justice Michael B J Lee, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, Recent Developments in Security for Costs Applications in Class Actions, Robert Angyal SC, Six Differences between Trustees and Company Directors, Solar Panels and Restrictive Covenants, Strategies For Avoiding A Jurisdiction Clause In International Litigation, The Case for Principled and Practical Propensity Evidence Reform, The Curated Page, The Law Of Sorcery In Madayin, The Mason – Dixon Line, The Qualification To The Birthright Doctrine And Beyond: The Judicial Attitude To Adapting The Common Law To Australian Conditions | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on March 30, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Equity and the Modern Forfeiture Rule” – Samantha Hepburn; “Shining a Light on the Dark Corners of Philanthropy: The Next Step in the ACNC Regulation Project” – Amanda R Lekamge; and “Climate Activism and the Extraordinary Emergency Defence” – Dr Nicole Rogers. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Class Actions; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Uncategorized, Update Summaries | Tagged ACNC regulation project, ALJ, Amanda R Lekamge, articles, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, Brendan Edgeworth, Case Management: Never Mind the Quality, charities in Australia, class actions, Climate Activism, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dark corners of philanthropy, Dr Nicole Rogers, Electronic Conveyancing in Australia: Recent Developments, Equity and the Modern Forfeiture Rule, Extraordinary Emergency Defence, family law, Feel the Width?, Flood and Fire and Famine, High Court Says CF-No. Sort of, Ivan Anthony Shearer, Justice François Kunc, Justice Michael B J Lee, letter to the editor, Obituary, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Samantha Hepburn | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on March 20, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Mahla Pearlman Oration 2018: Advocacy Lawyering – Client Responsibility And Change Agendas” – The Hon Robert French AC; “Limitation Period For Breach By A Trustee Of The “Self-Dealing” And “Fair-Dealing” Rules” – Daniel Butler; and “Anti-Suit Injunctions In Aid Of Legal Or Equitable Rights” – Daniel Reynolds. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Competition and Consumer Law; Tehnology and the Law; Crime and Evidence; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Advocacy Lawyering, ALJ, Anna Collyer, Anti-Suit Injunctions In Aid Of Legal Or Equitable Rights, articles, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, Client Responsibility And Change Agendas, competition and consumer law, Contractual Consistency is Key in Conveyancing, Conveyancing and property, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Daniel Butler, Daniel Reynolds, Digital Platforms and Australian Law, Encounters with Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Education Essays in Honour of Michael Coper Editor James Stellios, EU Antitrust Policy Leads the Way on Digital Platforms, Indefeasibility for Registered Mortgages, James Stellios, John Kettle, Justice François Kunc, Justice Phillip Priest, Lawyers and the Black Box of Technology, Limitation Period For Breach By A Trustee Of The "Self-Dealing" And "Fair-Dealing" Rules, Lyria Bennett Moses, Mahla Pearlman Oration 2018, Michael Coper, Peter Devonshire, Playford Vineyard v Wishford Nominees, Recent cases, restitution, Robert Angyal SC, Rohan Havelock, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Technology and the Law, The Curated Page, The Future Is Here Today, The Hon Robert French AC, The Impact of Equity and Restitution on Commerce, Trial by Judge Alone: Time for a Rethink?, unjust enrichment, Where Land Owners and Builder Entered into Contract to Which Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) Applied, Whether Builder Entitled to Recover in Restitution as Alternative to Claim in Damages for Breach of Contract, Whether Contract Price Operated as Ceiling on Amount Recoverable by Way of Restitution, Work and Labour Done | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 11

By Journal Alerts on November 29, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Recognition in Keeping with the Constitution” – The Hon Murray Gleeson AC; “Court-referred Alternative Dispute Resolution and Judicial Education in Australia: Perspectives from the Bench” – Nicky McWilliam, Jennifer Tridgell and Hannah Bell; and “Beware the Double-edged Sword: When Private Regulation (By-laws) Seeks to Limit Freehold Land Rights (Short-term Holiday Letting in Multi-owned Properties)” – Melissa Pocock. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Constitutional Law; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Personalia; and Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Anne Twomey, Around the Nation: Western Australia, Body Corporate for Hilton Park CTS 27490 v Colin Robertson (Hilton Park v Robertson), book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Byrne v Owners of Ceresa River Apartments Strata Plan 55597 (Ceresa), CADR, Commonwealth Religious Freedom Legislation, Constitution, constitutional law, Conveyancing and property, Court-Referred Alternative Dispute Resolution, Current issues, DG Robertson QC, Eckart J Brödermann, Emily Vale, Equitable Easements, Fair Trading Amendment (Short-term Rental Accommodation) Act 2018 (NSW), Freehold Land Rights, Hannah Bell, Ideal Business Centres, In Personam Rights and Indefeasibility, Jeffery v Western Australia [2018] WASCA 219, Jennifer Tridgell, Justice Angus Stewart, Justice Darren Jackson, Justice François Kunc, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Mark Ierace, Justice Michael O’Bryan, Justice Thomas Bradley, Law Reporting in New South Wales, letter to the editor, Liability of the State, Melissa Pocock, Misconduct of Police Officers, MOP, multi-owned properties, Nicky McWilliam, O’Connor (Senior) v Proprietors, Owners Corporation PS 501391P v Balcombe, Owners Corporations Amendment (Shortstay Accommodation) Act 2018 (Vic), Personalia, Practical Legal Training Program, Private Regulation, prorogation, religious freedom, Robert Angyal SC, Senior Counsel Appointments, Sexual Assault Convictions, Simon Bronitt, South Australian Court of Appeal, Strata Plan No 51 (Pinnacle), The Curated Page, The Hon Murray Gleeson AC, Torrens system, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Unregistered Leases, Untenable Defence Case Theory, Violin Holdings, W(h)ither Law Reporting, Western Australia v Cunningham (No 3) [2018] WASCA 207 | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on October 14, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Causation in Australian Securities Class Actions: Searching for an Efficient But Balanced Approach” – Michael Duffy; “Thinking Machines and Smiley Faces” – Justice Stephen Estcourt AM and Ms Karen Marr; and “The Nature of Recaption” – James O’Hara. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Class Actions; Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; Books Received; and Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Administrative Redress in and out of the Courts Essays in Honour of Robin Creyke and John McMillan, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, ALRC "radical" recommendation, AMP competing class actions, Angelina A Gomez, book review, books received, Brendan Edgeworth, C Ronalds, Caroline Sappideen, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (2019) 93 ALJR 807, causation in securities class actions, class actions, Contract and the Australian Consumer Law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, defects in title reconsidered, Discrimination Law and Practice, Dr Damien J Cremean, duties of solicitors and conveyancers, E Raper, e-conveyancing, Elder Law: A Guide to Working with Older Australians, Essays in Honour of Chief Justice French, family law, G Weeks, H Jackson, Indonesian Law, Intermediation and Beyond, J Elridge, J Payne, J Tarrant, James O’Hara, Jesting Pilate and Other Papers and Addresses by The Rt Hon Sir Owen Dixon, JM Bennett, judicial bullying policies, Justice François Kunc, Justice Martin Hinton resigned, Justice Michael BJ Lee, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, JW Carter, Karen Williams, L Chan, L Gullifer, Lawyer X, legal aid funding in NSW, Legal and Equitable Property Rights, Lives of the Australian Chief Justices Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith, M Groves, M Tooma, market-based causation, Michael Duffy, MS Donald, Ms Karen Marr, nature of recaption, NW Barber, P Vines, piracy sabotage and terrorism, RC Solomon, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth CA Higgins SC, S Butt, S Crennan, Safety Security Health and Environment Law, shareholder class actions, Sir Owen Dixon Legacy, Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, Sue Field, T Lindsey, T Pilkington, The Curated Page, The Principles of Constitutionalism, thinking machines for judicial decision-making, Vale Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD, W Gummow, Xu v IAG New Zealand Ltd [2019] NZSC 68 | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 8

By Journal Alerts on August 9, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Vulnerability of Elders to Physical Harm and Death: Criminal Law Responses” – John Anderson; “Preventing Miscarriages of Justice: The Reliability of Forensic Evidence and the Role of the Trial Judge as Gatekeeper” – Chris Maxwell; “Rights and Freedoms under the Australian Constitution: What Are They and Do They Meet the Needs of Contemporary Australian Society?” – Ashleigh Mills; and “Prints, Profiles and Templates: Adducing Biometric Evidence in Australian Courts” – Marcus Smith and Gregor Urbas. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Equity and Trusts; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged adducing biometric evidence in Australian Courts, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Around the nation: Tasmania, Ashleigh Mills, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, Chris Maxwell, constitutional contortions of Brexit, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, elder abuse, equity and trusts, Gregor Urbas, Jessica Milner Davis, John Anderson, Judges Judging and Humour, Justice Mark Leeming, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, Key Issues in Public Law, Marcus Smith, Neil Williams SC, Palgrave Macmillan, quarrel between security and freedom, reliability of forensic evidence, religious freedom, rights and freedoms under the Australian Constitution, Robert Angyal SC, Royal Commission into informants, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Sharon Roach Anleu, Tanya Josev, The Campaign Against the Courts: A History of the Judicial Activism Debate, The Curated Page, the High Court and reproductive rights | Leave a response

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