Current issues

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 2
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Reflections Upon Constitutional Interpretation And The “Aliens Power”: Love V Commonwealth” – Peter Gerangelos; “The Fluctuating Incidence Of The Burden Of Proof Under The Hague-Visby Rules: The Implications Of Volcafe Ltd V Compania Sud Americana De Vapores Sa [2019] Ac 358 For The Position In Australia” – Angus Stewart; and “Overruling Constitutional Precedent” – Joshua Thomson SC and Madeleine Durand. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues: “Afghanistan – Office of Special Investigator”; “Royal Commission into Police Informants”; “Press Freedom; National Security and the Law”; “The AG’s Gambit: National Defamation Reform Enters Its Middlegame”; and “The Curated Page”; Conveyancing and Property: “The Mortgagee’s Duty to Account – Rowe and Nom de Plume”; Around the Nation: Victoria: “COVID-19 and Emergency Regulations”; Admiralty and Maritime: “World in a Box: Impact of Containerisation on Shipping Transactions”; and Book Review: “The Washington Diaries of Owen Dixon, 1942–1944”, by Philip Ayres.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 1
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Three Key Issues Arising Out Of The Engineers Case: A Reply” – Nicholas Aroney; “Unexplained Wealth Orders In Australia Limits To Transparency And Responsibility For Other People’s Wealth” – Paul Latimer; “Climate Conscious Lawyering” – Hon Justice Brian J Preston SC; and “Adoption In Australia: Past, Present And Considerations For The Future” – Amy Conley Wright, Betty Luu and Judith Cashmore. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Admiralty and Maritime; and Equity and Trusts.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 12
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.

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 4
This Part includes the following articles: “Executive Detention in the Time of a Pandemic” – Anthony Gray; and “Deference as Non-jurisdictional Error” – Charlie Rotondo. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Ministerial Adherence to the Law”; Casenote: “Northern Land Council v Quall [2020] HCA 33”; Current Issues: “Amenability of the Executive Power to Pardon to Judicial Review: Holzinger v Attorney-General (Qld) and Attorney-General (Cth) v Ogawa” – Samuel Walpole, Aaron Moss and William Isdale; and Book Review: “The Anatomy of Administrative Law”, by Joanna Bell – Reviewed by Mark Aronson.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 10
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “”Personal Information” And Group Data Under The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)” – Mark J Taylor; “Consumer Privacy And Consent: Reform In The Light Of Contract And Consumer Protection Law” – Damian Clifford and Jeannie Paterson; “Liability Of Platforms Under Australian Privacy Law” – David Lindsay; “Another Push For An Australian Privacy Tort: Context, Evaluation And Prospects” – Normann Witzleb; “The Confidentiality Of Journalists’ Sources In Police Investigations: Privacy, Privilege And The Freedom Of Political Communication” – Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Joseph Orange; and “Privacy Class Actions” – Michael Rivette. This Part also includes Current Issues.

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 3
This Part includes the following articles: “Vexatious Applicant, Vexatious Application or Something Else? Dealing with Difficult Applicants under Freedom of Information Laws in Australia” – Mick Batskos; “The Value of Adjudicative Independence: Overlapping Conceptions of Administrative Justice in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s Review of Visa Cancellations” – Dr Chantal Bostock; and “The Blue Sky Effect: A Repatriation of Judicial Review or a Search for Flexibility?” – Simon Young. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Soft Law and Liability in Tort”; Current Issues: “Letters to the Queen”; and Book Reviews: “More Essential (for Lawyers) Than Toilet Paper”, by Janina Boughey, Ellen Rock and Greg Weeks – Reviewed by Bruce Dyer; and “Interpreting Executive Power”, edited by Janina Boughey and Lisa Burton Crawford – Reviewed by Dr Maria O’Sullivan.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 8
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen: The Centenary of a High Court Tragedy – Part 2” – Paulina Fishman; “The Evolution from Strict Liability to Negligence: When And Why? – Part 1” – Anthony Gray; and “The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales: A Very Short History of an Environmental Court in Action” – Hon Justice Brian J Preston. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Admiralty and Maritime; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Class Actions; and Book Reviews.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 9
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.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 7
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.
Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 11
The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Engineers: One Hundred Years Old And Still Going Strong: A Commentary” – The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM QC; “The Continued Legacy Of The Engineers Case: A Dynamic Approach To Federal Power” – Rosalind Dixon and Brendan Lim; “”Wait[ing] For The Heavens To Fall”: The Engineers Case And Intergovernmental Immunity” – Sarah Murray; “Money Had And Received – And Retained? The Role Of Retention At Notice For Personal Common Law Liability” – Eleanor Makeig; and “Justifying Trade Restrictions Under s 92 Of The Australian Constitution: A Comparative Law-Based Proposal For A Coherent Doctrine” – Csongor István Nagy. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Family Law; Class Actions; Statutory Interpretation; and Technology and the Law.