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Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 48 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on July 17, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “COVID-19, JobKeeper and Stand Down under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth): A Review of the Law” – Victoria Lambropoulos; “The Contractual Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate and Financial Transactions” – Andrew Godwin; “The Challenges of Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic for Australia’s Franchise Sector” – Jenny Buchan and Rob Nicholls; “Courts, Mediation and COVID-19” – Tania Sourdin and John Zeleznikow; “Commercial Litigation and COVID-19 – the Role and Limits of Technology” – Michael Legg and Anthony Song; “Frustratingly Unclear? The Interplay Between Common Law, Statute and the ACL in Assessing Consumer Rights in a Time of Crisis” – Alex Jane and Jeannie Marie Paterson; “Prepayments, the ACL and the ASIC Act” – Philip H Clarke; “COVID Collaboration and Competition Policy: Authorisation vs Forbearance as Crisis Responses” – David Howarth and Harriet Alexander; and “Transport, Drones and Regulatory Challenges: Risk Accountability Meets COVID Fast Tracking of a Critical Industry” – J Tarr, A Tarr and K Paynter. Also in this Part is an Editorial by Dr Victoria Lambropoulos.

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Australian Business Law Review update: October 2015

By Journal Alerts on October 29, 2015

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Good faith in Australian contract law after Barker” – Anthony Gray; ““Re-thinking” the influence of regulatory capture in the development of government regulation” – Kerrie Sadiq and Janet Mack; and “Regulating unilateral supermarket misconduct as customer/acquirer of goods and services” – Stephen Corones. Also in this Part are the following sections: Media and Telecommunications: “Competition Law and Digital Disruption – International Trends” – Martyn Taylor; and a Book Review: “Anti-cartel Enforcement in a Contemporary Age” – Caron Beaton-Wells and Christopher Tran, reviewed by Ian Stewart.

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Australian Law Journal update: September 2012

By journals team on August 27, 2012

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes an interesting mix of articles and section notes covering a wide range of topics. The first article comes from Geoff Lindsay SC and focuses on the history of contract law in NSW and its broader implications for Australian law. The second article, by Brendan Lim, looks at the case for hypothetical jurisdiction in civil proceedings. The final article is by Paul Miller and questions the benefits of shareholder class actions to the shareholders themselves.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, assumpsit, Brendan Lim, class actions, contract law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Geoff Lindsay SC, hypothetical jurisdiction, legal history, Paul Miller, Peter Butt, Recent cases, shareholders, unmeritorious civil proceedings | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: June 2011

By journals team on June 22, 2011

The June 2011 issue of the Australian Law Journal contains several interesting pieces on a variety of topics, including the “peak indebtedness” theory, the impact Lewis Carroll has had on case law and good faith in Australian contract law.