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Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 25 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on September 19, 2018

This Part includes the following articles: “Commonwealth Government Contracts, the ‘Common Assumption’ and Statutory Backing” – Nick Seddon; “The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Rules of Evidence” – Duncan Wallace; and “Declaratory Relief and Public Law Litigation in the 21st Century” – Leigh Howard. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 92 ALJR 481; [2018] HCA 16 and BGH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 1009; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "common assumption", AJ Admin L, BGH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 1009, Book reviews, Bruce Chen, casenotes, Current issues, Dan Meagher, declaratory relief and public law litigation, Duncan Wallace, Editorial, Greg Weeks, James Stellios, Janina Boughey, Justin Davidson, Katie Miller, Leigh Howard, Lisa Burton Crawford, Matthew Groves, Nathalie Ng, Nick Seddon, penalty privilege and self-incrimination privilege, Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 92 ALJR 481; [2018] HCA 16, Stephen Tully, The Principle of Legality in Australia and New Zealand, The Rule of Law and the Australian Constitution, Tom Colwell, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Williams v Commonwealth (2012) 248 CLR 156; [2012] HCA 23 (Williams 1) | Leave a response

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 25 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on September 4, 2018

This Part includes the following articles: “Separation of Powers – Dialogue and Deference” – John Basten; “Tale of Two Characters – The Paradoxical Application of the Character Test between Visa Holders and Applicants for Australian Citizenship” – Jason Donnelly; and “Procedural Fairness in Application Cases: Is Compellability of Consideration a Critical Safeguard?” – Emily Hammond. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Legal Professional Privilege and AAT Act, s 38AA: Buttigieg v Comcare [2017] AATA 1002; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 2017 Harry Whitmore Lecture, AJ Admin L, applicants for Australian Citizenship, Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth), Book reviews, Bruce Dyer, Buttigieg v Comcare [2017] AATA 1002, Casenote, character test for Australian citizenship applicants, compellability of consideration, Current issues, dialogue and deference, Editorial, Emily Hammond, Greg Weeks, Janina Boughey, Jason Donnelly, John Basten, Justin Davidson, Kasper Maat, Katie Miller, Laura Hilly, legislation and administrative decision-making, Legitimate Expectations in the Common Law World, Matthew Groves, Nathalie Ng, procedural fairness to applicants for statutory rights, Reconstructing Judicial Review, reforms to Victoria's infringement system, s 38AA of Legal Professional Privilege and AAT Act, s 501(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), Sarah Nason, ss 501(2) and 501(6)(c) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), Stephen Tully | Leave a response

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 24 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on June 15, 2018

The latest Part of AJ Admin L includes the following articles: “Refugee Protection and State Security in Australia: Piecing Together Protective Regimes” – Peter Billings; “Characterising Migration Directions as Legislative Instruments: Implications for Judicial Review” – Christopher Chiam; and “Planning and Soft Law” – Greg Weeks and Linda Pearson. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged AJ Admin L, Book reviews, casenotes, characterisation of migration directions as legislative instruments, Christopher Chiam, Cowen and Zines’s Federal Jurisdiction in Australia, Current issues, Desiree Thistlewaite, Editorial, environmental planning and soft law, Gabrielle Appleby, Geoffrey Lindell, Greg Weeks, Janina Boughey, Joel Townsend, John Basten, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability, Justin Davidson, Katie Miller, Khanh Hoang, legislative limitations on judicial review, Linda Pearson, Lisa Burton Crawford, Mark Aronson, Matthew Groves, Migration Act 1958 (Cth), Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v Le (2016) 244 FCR 56, Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v Tesic (2017) 251 FCR 23, Ministerial Advisers in Australia: The Modern Legal Context, Nathalie Ng, Peter Billings, principle of non-refoulement, Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 ((Cth)) (NDB Act), refugee protection and state security in Australia, refugee status determination, Section 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), Stephen Tully, the High Court in Graham, Yee-Fui Ng | Leave a response

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 24 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on October 27, 2017

This Part includes the following articles: “Beyond ‘Validity’ – The Effect of Legally Infirm Administrative and Judicial Decisions” – Benjamin Coles; “How to Remain Relevant and Privileged: s 38AA of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975” – Kasper Maat, Dr Laura Hilly and Chelsea Brain; “Accountability: A Core Public Law Value?” – Ellen Rock. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corp Ltd (2017) 262 IR 230; [2017] FCAFC 4; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged accountability, AJ Admin L, automated debt notices, Benjamin Coles, Book reviews, case notes, Centrelink, Chelsea Brain, core public law values, Current issues, Dr Laura Hilly, Editorial, Ellen Rock, Fiona Roughley, Gabrielle Appleby, Greg Weeks, James Regan, Janina Boughey, Justin Davidson, Kasper Maat, Katie Miller, legally infirm administrative and judicial decisions, Matthew Groves, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18, Nathalie Ng, Peter Sutherland, privacy, Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corp Ltd (2017) 262 IR 230; [2017] FCAFC 4, relevance and privilege, Robin Creyke, s 38AA of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), Stephen Tully, The Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law Politics and the Public Interest, validity, Veterans’ Entitlements and Military Compensation Law | 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 Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 24 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on June 9, 2017

This Part includes the following articles: “Who Decides the Validity of Executive Action? No-Invalidity Clauses and the Separation of Powers” – Lisa Burton Crawford; “Challenging Huynh: Incorrect Importation of the National Interest Term via the Back Door” – Jason Donnelly; “Merits Review and the 21st Century Tribunal” – Juliet Lucy. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate (2016) 91 ALJR 1; [2016] HCA 41; and a Book Review.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 21st century tribunals, Administrative Law and Judicial Deference, AJ Admin L, Book reviews, casenotes, character test, Current issues, Editorial, Greg Weeks, Janina Boughey, Jason Donnelly, judicial review of executive action, Juliet Lucy, Justin Davidson, Katie Miller, legitimate expectation, Lisa Burton Crawford, Matthew Groves, Matthew Lewans, merits review, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Huynh (2004) 139 FCR 505; [2004] FCAFC 256, Nathalie Ng, national interest term, no-invalidity clauses, section 501(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), Stephen Tully | Leave a response

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 23 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on December 1, 2016

The latest Part of AJ Admin L includes the following article: “A man for all seasons? The fair minded observer and royal commissioners” – Matthew Groves. Also in this Part are the following sections: Work and Employment; Trade, Commerce and Revenue; Casenotes (AMF15 v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection); Immigration and International Aspects; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged age discrimination, AJ Admin L, AMF15 v MInister for Immigration & Border Protection (2016) 241 FCR 30, animals, AS v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection (Ruling No 4) (2016) 310 FLR 166; [2016] VSC 351, Beth Gaze, bias rule, Book reviews, casenotes, commercial barristers, Damien J Cremean, disability discrimination, Editorial, Gemma McKinnon, Greg Weeks, Hayley Hooper, Immigration and International Aspects, Jason N E Varuhas, Joanna Howe, John Bell, John Levingston, Judicial Commission (Vic), Justin Davidson, Mark Elliott, Matthew Groves, Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v SZSSJ; Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v SZTZI (2016) 90 ALJR 901; [2016] HCA 29, Murray Hunt, Nathalie Ng, Parliament and Human Rights: Redressing the Democratic Deficit, Paul Yowell, Philip Murray, Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection (2016) 90 ALJR 297; [2016] HCA 1, Plaintiff S99/2016 v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2016] FCA 483, public law, Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance, royal commissions, Sarah-Jane Morris, Stephen Tully, The Law of Tribunals: Annotated Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), Trade commerce and revenue, Validity of Determination IMMI 15/140 (3 December 2015), value of commercial litigation, Willing to Work national inquiry, Work and Employment | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 90 Pt 12

By Journal Alerts on November 18, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Unconscionability and promissory estoppel” – Acting Justice Peter Young AO; and “Human rights and business lawyers: The 2011 watershed” – John Southalan. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Australian Capital Territory; Around the Nation: Queensland; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases (Prince Alfred College Inc v ADC; Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (In liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd; R (Ingenious Media Holdings plc) v Commissioners for HMRC); and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "Access to Justice" review, "The Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession", “In Freedom’s Cause”, accrued rights, Acting Justice Peter Young AO, ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, Around the nation: Australian Capital Territory, Around the nation: Queensland, Around the Nation: Victoria, Ashley Black, Attorney-General Simon Corbell, audio-visual links, Blick v Franklin (2016) 76 MVR 2; [2016] ACTCA 17, book review, business lawyers, by-laws, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (In liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 247, Greg Weeks, human rights, incapacitated beneficiaries, Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), John McKenna QC, John Southalan, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice John Dominic Burns, Justice Michael Elkaim, Ken Archer, landlords and tenants, legal education, legal history, Limitation of actions, liquidated damages, Magna Carta, moral obloquy, NSW Industrial Court, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, owners corporations, performance guarantees, Peter Butt, Peter Dingwall, Prince Alfred College Inc v ADC (2016) 90 ALJR 1085; [2016] HCA 37, Prior v Queensland University of Technology [No 2] [2016] FCCA 2853, Professor Jennifer Hill, Professor Randall Thomas, Promissory Estoppel, public lectures, R (Ingenious Media Holdings plc) v Commissioners for HMRC [2016] UKSC 54, Rachael Gray, Recent cases, recidivism, Research Handbook on Shareholder Power, Robert Baxt AO, Ruth C A Higgins, Saunders v Vautier, secondary schools, section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Shane Gill, short-stay accommodations, short-term letting, Soft Law and Public Authorities: Remedies and Reform, strata law, Supreme Court of the ACT, TI v The Queen [2015] ACTCA 62, unconscionability | Leave a response

Public Law Review update: September 2016

By Journal Alerts on September 8, 2016

The latest Part of the Public Law Review includes the following content: Comments: “The Strathclyde Review on Secondary Legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons: Possible Lessons for Australia” – Stephen Argument; “Plaintiff S99/2016 and the Expansion of the Principle of Legality” – Bruce Chen; and the following Articles: “The Making of New Zealand’s Foreign Fighter Legislation: Timely Response or Undue Haste?” – John Ip; “Regency in the Realms” – Anne Twomey; “Reconciling Hong Kong’s Final Authority on Judicial Review with the Central Authorities in China: A Perspective from ‘One Country, Two Systems'” – Shucheng Wang; Book Reviews: “Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court” – Rosalind Dixon; “Soft Law and Public Authorities: Remedies and Reform” – Alan Robertson; and Developments.

Posted in Journals, Public Law Review (PLR), Update Summaries | Tagged “One Country, Alan Robertson, Anne Twomey, Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Book reviews, Bridget J Crawford, Bruce Chen, Comments, Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill (NZ), developments, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court, Greg Weeks, Hong Kong, House of Commons, John Ip, judicial review, Kathryn M Stanchi, Linda L Berger, National People’s Congress Standing Committee, New Zealand, Plaintiff S99/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 483, PLR, principle of legality, Regency Act 1937 (UK), Rosalind Dixon, Secondary Legislation, Shucheng Wang, Soft Law and Public Authorities: Remedies and Reform, Stephen Argument, Strathclyde Review, theory of mutual deference, Two Systems” | Leave a response

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 23 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on August 22, 2016

The latest Part of AJ Admin L includes the following articles: “The evolution of the duty of decision-makers to give reasons” – Ronald Sackville; “Why do we have rules of procedural fairness?” – James Edelman; “Natural justice or procedural fairness” – Justice Alan Robertson and “The stakes of procedural fairness: Reflections on Australian position” – Kristen Rundle. Also in this Part are the following sections: Immigration and International Aspects, Work and Employment, Casenotes and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "black babies", [2015] HCA 51, 159 CLR 656, 90 ALJR 213, adequacy of reasons, administrative authority, articles, Beth Gaze, Book reviews, cogent reasons, Commonwealth public service, dignitarian, duty of decision-makers to give reasons, Freedom of Information and Privacy in Australia, Greg Weeks, Higher Education and the Law, immigration, Indigenous employees, Information Access 2.0, international aspects, James Edelman, Joan Squelch, Joanna Howe, Judges and the Academy seminar, Justice Alan Robertson, Justice Chris Maxwell, Kristen Rundle, Moira Paterson, morality, natural justice, Patty Kamvounias, practice, procedural fairness, Professor Adrienne Stone, Professor Jeff Goldsworthy, Public Service Board (NSW) v Osmond, reasons for decisions, Ronald Sackville, Sally Varnham, statutory decision-makers, Stephen Tully, Work and Employment | Leave a response

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