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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 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 91 Pt 9

By Journal Alerts on September 20, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Subrogation to the Trustee’s Personal Right of Indemnity” – Ahmed Terzic; “Family Provision Applications: A Critique” – Anthony Gray; “Family Provision Law in New South Wales: Celebrating its Centenary” – Tihana Mandic. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Crime and Evidence; Family Law; The Legal Observer (“Playing Politics with the Politicians”); Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Ahmed Terzic, Alan Robertson, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Anthony Gray, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, ASIC v Flugge [No 2] [2017] VSC 117, Baxter Roberts, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, caveats, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Eli Ball, Enrichment at the Claimant’s Expense: Attribution Rules in Unjust Enrichment, family law, family provision applications, family provision law, gifts in contemplation of death, Greg Weeks, Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, Hugh Selby, Interpretation of International Investment Treaties, J C Campbell QC FAAL, Jacobs’ Law of Trusts in Australia, John Dyson Heydon, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability, Julian R Murphy, Justice François Kunc, Justice Phillip Priest, Kanaga Dharmananda SC, Keith Mason AC QC, Local Court of the Northern Territory, Mark Aronson, Mark James Leeming, Matthew Groves, Michael Pelly, Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Paul Bennett, Prosecuting, Raymond Gibson, Recent cases, recording conversations, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Robert Baxt AO, Ruth C A Higgins, s 44 of the Constitution, short-term lettings in strata developments, Specialist Courts for Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: Aboriginal Courts in Australia, subrogation to the trustee's personal right of indemnity, Tarcisio Gazzini, tendency evidence, Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (NSW), The Legal Observer, Tihana Mandic, unfair testamentary provisions | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on March 16, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Values in public law” – Chief Justice James Allsop AO (based on address given at the James Spigelman Oration 2015, Sydney); and “Not worth the paper they’re not written on? Executing documents (including deeds) under electronic documentation platforms: Part A” – Diccon Loxton. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Crime and Evidence; Personalia; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Recent Cases; Book Review; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 40th anniversary of Federal Court, Airbnb, ALJ, ALJ sections, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, Around the Nation: Western Australia, book review, burqas, Chief Justice James Allsop AO, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Clare Langford, Conveyancing and property, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Diccon Loxton, electronic contracts, electronic documentation platforms, electronic signatures, extended common purpose, extended joint criminal enterprise, family law, George Masterman QC, Industrial Relations Reform: Looking to the Future – Essays in Honour of Joe Isaac AO, James Spigelman Oration 2015, Justice François Kunc, Justice James Edelman, Justice Joseph McGrath, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Phillip Priest, Keith Hancock, Michael J Walton, Miller v The Queen (2016) 90 ALJR 918; [2016] HCA 30, niqabs, Obituary, Personalia, Peter Butt, public law, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Russell D Lansbury, Ruth C A Higgins, The Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 90 Pt 6

By Journal Alerts on August 31, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains “Current Issues” by the new General Editor, the Hon Justice François Kunc. It contains the following articles: “The Australian Law Journal: Volume 90 and Beyond” – Justice François Kunc; “The State of the Australian Judicature” – Chief Justice Robert French AC; “Contours and Prospects for Indigenous Recognition in the Australian Constitution and Why it Matters” – Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO; “The Future of Lawyers: Blue Sky or Dark Clouds Ahead?” – Fiona McLeod SC; “Change Drivers and their Likely Effects: Shifting Sands Beneath Australian Solicitors” – S Stuart Clark AM, Robert Leeder and Nicholas McBride; “The Evolving Role and Future of In-house Lawyers” – Gillian Wong and Emma Langoulant; “The Changing Environment in the Legal Profession and Legal Education: The Best of the Old World and the New” – Carolyn Evans; and “The Law and the Legal Profession in the Next Decade: The Student’s Perspective” – Paul Melican, Alex Bell-Rowe, Albert Patajo and Hannah McDonald. This Part also includes the following sections: Conveyancing and Property; Crime and Evidence; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Recent Cases, Books Received and a Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, News & Insight, Update Summaries | Tagged access to justice, accessorial liability, Admiralty Jurisdiction: Law and Practice, Albert Patajo, Alex Bell-Rowe, ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, assessing profits, Australian Bar Association, book review, books received, Carolyn Evans, Chief Justice Robert French, civil juries, competition and consumer law, complimentary issue, Conveyancing and property, Council of Chief Justices, Court design, Crime and Evidence, cross-border co-operation, cultural diversity, Damien J Cremean, deferred prosecution agreements, domestic violence, Emma Langoulant, extended common purpose, family violence, Fiona McLeod, future of lawyers, Gillian Wong, Hannah McDonald, Hon Dean Mildren, hotel rent, in-house lawyers, Indigenous deaths in custody, Indigenous imprisonment rates, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice Phillip Priest, Law Council of Australia, law schools, legal education, mandatory sentencing, Manus Island, Nicholas McBride, Paul Melican, Peter Butt, ProView eReader, Robert Baxt AO, Robert Leeder, Ruth C A Higgins, State of the Judicature Address, Stuart Clark, student perspectives, tenant’s interest in its fixtures, Uniform Evidence Act | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: January 2016

By Journal Alerts on February 21, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Magna Carta and the Executive” – James Spigelman; “Much ado about nothing: Why accepting an invitation did not make Dyson Heydon AC, QC appear biased” – Louise Floyd; and “The tyranny of small differences: Culpability gulf between subjective and objective tests for extended joint criminal enterprise in Australia” – Laura Stockdale. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Crime and Evidence; Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and a Book Review: “Residential Tenancies: Law and Practice – New South Wales” (6th ed) by Allan Anforth, Peter Christensen and Sophie Bentwood.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ACN 005057449 Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) [2015] VSCA 332, Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, Allan Anforth, Angelina Gomez, Bob Baxt, book review, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, CPA Australia Ltd v Storai [2015] VSC 442, Crime and Evidence, culpability test, Current issues, Dyson Heydon AC QC, Electric Life Pty Ltd v Unison Finance Group Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 394, extended joint criminal enterprise (EJCE), James Spigelman, Justice Phillip Priest, Laura Stockdale, Louise Floyd, Magna Carta, Peter Butt, Peter Christensen, Recent cases, Residential Tenancies: Law and Practice – New South Wales (6th ed), Robert Baxt AO, Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance, Sophie Bentwood, Young v Smith [2015] NSWSC 400 | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: August 2015

By journals team on September 17, 2015

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Faulty refinancing: Subrogation, Torrens and the PPSA” – Hon W M C Gummow AC and J G H Stumbles; and “Interpreting statutes and contracts: A distinction without a difference?” – Jacinta Dharmananda and Leon Firios. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Qld; Crime and Evidence; Personalia; Overseas Law; Around the Nation: NT; Admiralty and Maritime; Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; Book Reviews; and an Obituary for John Toohey.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Around the Nation: NT, Around the Nation: Qld, Book reviews, Clare Langford, Colin Picker, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Dr Damien J Cremean, faulty refinancing, interpreting private agreements, interpreting statutes, J G H Stumbles, Jacinta Dharmananda, John McKenna QC, John Toohey, Justice Phillip Priest, Leon Firios, Obituary, Overseas law, Personalia, Peter Butt, PPSA, Recent cases, Robert Baxt AO, subrogation, The Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, The Hon W M C Gummow AC, Torrens | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: November 2014

By journals team on November 20, 2014

The November Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Equity: The soul and spirit of all law or a roguish thing? – Lehane Lecture 2014” – Lord David Neuberger; and “ACCC compulsory examinations: Does the “accusatorial” principle of criminal justice affect them?” – Peter Strickland; and the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Crime and Evidence; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Administrative Law; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Personalia; Corporations and Securities; International Focus; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged ACCC, accusatorial principle, Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, administrative law, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, Around the Nation: Western Australia, Chief Justice Paul de Jersey AC QC, Chief Justice Timothy Carmody, compulsory examinations, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, Crime and Evidence, criminal justice, Current issues, equity, forced labour, Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, International focus, Justice Debbie Mortimer, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson, Justice Jennifer Davies, Justice Jonathan Beach, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Melissa Perry, Justice Michael Wigney, Justice Phillip Priest, Justice Richard White, Justice Tony Pagone, Lehane Lecture 2014, Lord David Neuberger, Personalia, Peter Butt, Peter Strickland, Recent cases, Robert Baxt AO, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Sienna Merope, Uniform Evidence Act | 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

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Anne Twomey, Around the Nation: Victoria, beneficiary entitlement, Book reviews, Civil Procedure Act, commerical law firms, competition and consumer law, constitutional law, contributory negligence, Conveyancing and property, court practice, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Elizabeth Bishop, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, environmental law, Foss v Harbottle, Ian Dallen, information barrier, judicial review, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice Phillip Priest, Justice Rachel Pepper, legal conflicts, letter to the editor, Marco Bini, Peter Butt, Planning Bill 2013, prosecutors' duties, public sector, race discrimination, Recent cases, Robert Baxt AO, sea level rise, shark catch and kill policy, trust information, unconscionable conduct | Leave a response

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