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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 7

By Journal Alerts on August 2, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains speeches presented at the ALJ’s 90th Anniversary celebrations in the Banco Court of the NSW Supreme Court; a welcome to the co-editors of the “Conveyancing and Property Section” upon the retirement of Emeritus Professor Peter Butt; and a look back at the beginnings of the Journal, as covered by the press and media outlets of the day, in a fascinating piece by the Hon Justice Reginald Barrett. This Part contains the following articles: “The in personam exception to Torrens indefeasibility” – Hon William Gummow AC; “Artificial Intelligence in the courts, legal academia and legal practice” – Lyria Bennett Moses; “Taking advantage of advances in technology to enhance the rule of law” – Robert Size. It also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letters to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; International Focus; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases; Book Reviews and Obituary.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on April 21, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “‘Judges’ Sons Make the Final Sacrifice’: The Story of the Australian Judicial Community in the First World War” – Tony Cunneen; “The Honourable Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE: A Centenary Appreciation” – Hon William Gummow AC; “The Honourable Septimus Burt KC” – Julian Burt and Angelina Gomez; “The Changing Face of Judicial Leadership: A Western Australian Perspective” – Robert French AC. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Administrative Law; Personalia; Admiralty and Maritime; International Focus; Recent Cases and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged administrative law, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Around the nation: Tasmania, Book reviews, Clare Langford, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, David Malcolm Annual Memorial Lecture, Defending the Rights of All – A History of the Law Society of NSW, Dr Damien J Cremean, First World War, Greg Taylor, Hon Septimus Burt KC, Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE, Hon William Gummow AC, human trafficking, Interlocutory Criminal Appeals in Australia, International focus, J M Bennett, Judging for the People – A Social History of the Supreme Court in Victoria 1841-2016, judicial community, judicial leadership, Julian Burt, Julian R Murphy, Justice François Kunc, Justice Melissa Perry, Justice Stephen Estcourt, Oxford Edition of Blackstone, Personalia, Peter Butt, Recent cases, risk of harm, Robert French AC, Ruth C A Higgins, Ryszard Piotrowicz, saving life at sea, sentencing, Simon Smith, social media, Tony Cunneen, Western Australia, Wilfrid Prest | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on April 9, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Not worth the paper they’re not written on? Executing documents (including deeds) under electronic documentation platforms: Part B” – Diccon Loxton; “Burqas and Niqabs in the courtroom: Finding practical solutions” – Renae Barker. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Constitutional Law; Around the Nation: Western Australia; International Focus; Recent Cases and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 25th anniversary QCA, 40th anniversary of Federal Court, ALJ, ALRC Inquiry into Indigenous Incarceration Rates, Angelina Gomez, Anne Twomey, Anthony Gray, Around the Nation: Western Australia, Australia-Cambodia Refugee Resettlement Agreement, Book reviews, Brexit, burqas, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, constitutional law, Conveyancing and property, Criminal Due Process and Chapter III of the Australian Constitution, Current issues, Diccon Loxton, electronic deeds, electronic documentation platforms, electronic transactions legislation, FCA National Court Framework (NCF), Hon Thomas Bathurst AC, human rights, International focus, Jason N E Veruhas, John Bell, Judge Matthew Myers AM, juries, Justice François Kunc, Justice James Edelman, Justice Kenneth Martin, Madeleine Ellicott, Mark Elliott, niqabs, Peter Butt, Philip Murray, Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Recent cases, refugee law, Renae Barker, Ruth C A Higgins, Ryszard Piotrowicz, s 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Smith v Western Australia [No 2] [2016] WASCA 136, witness evidence | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: September 2015

By Journal Alerts on October 27, 2015

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Conscience and unjust enrichment” – Robert Boadle; “Singapore flags avenue of appeal against plain-packaging tribunal’s ruling on jurisdiction” – Tom Clarke; and “Law vs history: The bill of rights 1688 or 1689?” – David Clark. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Constitutional Law; International Focus; Personalia; Overseas Law; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Anne Twomey, Australian Financial Services & Leasing, bill of rights, calendar, Clare Langford, Colin Picker, constitutional law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, David Clark, Hills Industries, Hon Frank Callaway RFD QC, International focus, Istanbul Convention, Obituary, Overseas law, Personalia, Peter Butt, Philip Morris, plain packaging, Recent cases, Richard Piotrowicz, Robert Boadle, Ruth Higgins, Sanum Investments, Senior Counsel, Singapore, Tom Clarke, tribunal jurisdiction, unjust enrichment | 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: October 2014

By journals team on November 4, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following material: “The anti-deprivation rule in Australia” — Nishad Kulkarni; “Response to the 2013 Whitmore Lecture by The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of Western Australia” — Chris Wheeler; Current Issues, Conveyancing and Property, Around the Nation: Victoria, Admiralty and Maritime, International Focus, Recent Cases, Book Reviews and an Obituary of Hon John Patrick Slattery AO KGCSG QC.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, anti-deprivation, Around the Nation: Victoria, Book reviews, Chris Wheeler, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Hon John Patrick Slattery AO KGCSG QC, integrity agencies, International focus, Nishad Kulkarni, Obituary, Recent cases, The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Western Australia, Whitmore Lecture | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: August 2014

By journals team on August 7, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “The individual judge” – Hon Justice Susan Kiefel AC; ““Delivery”, “escrow”, recitals and estoppel, and attestation: Current questions with deeds” – Lee Aitken; and “The prerogative writs and the origins of English administrative law” – Clare Langford. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Corporations and Securities; International Focus; Overseas Law; Recent Cases; and an Obituary for The Honourable Bruce Harvey McPherson CBE.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, Anglo-Australian administrative law, appeal courts, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, attestation, certiorari, Clare Langford, Colin Picker, common law remedies, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, Current issues, delivery of deed, enforceability, English administrative law, escrow, estoppel, habeas corpus, High Court, Hon Justice Susan Kiefel AC, International focus, joint judgments, judgment writing, judicial independence, law of deeds, Lee Aitken, mandamus, multiple separate judgments, Obituary, Overseas law, Peter Butt, prerogative writs, prohibition, Recent cases, recital of deed, Robert Baxt AO, Ryszard Piotrowicz, The Honourable Bruce Harvey McPherson CBE, The Honourable Dean Mildren AM RFD QC | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: July 2014

By journals team on July 3, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Gaining public confidence in the judiciary: Sir William Portus Cullen, Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1910-1925” – Tony Cunneen; and “The negation of venting in Australian sentencing: Denouncing denunciation and retribution” – Professor Mirko Bagaric. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Personalia; International Focus; Competition and Consumer Law; and Recent Cases. There is also a letter to the editor and an obituary for Kevin Maurice Waller.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, administrative law, ALJ, Anthony Dickey QC, anti-competitive mergers, Chief Justice, Chief Justice Helen Murrell, Chief Justice Terence Higgins AO, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and property, costs, Current issues, denunciation, evidence, family law, International focus, Kevin Maurice Waller, letter to the editor, limitation of action, native title, Obituary, Personalia, Professor Mirko Bagaric, property interests, Recent cases, retribution, Robert Baxt AO, Ryszard Piotrowicz, sentencing, Sienna Merope, Sir William Portus Cullen, Tony Cunneen | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: May 2014

By journals team on May 5, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “A response to Professor Finn’s “Fiduciary reflections”” – Andrew Eastwood and Luke Hastings; “The principle in Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd: Back to the drawing board” – Paul A Walker; and “Under the oak tree: Institutional reform in the deep north” – Andrew Trotter and Harry Hobbs. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues, Conveyancing and Property, Overseas Law, International Focus and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, Andrew Eastwood, Andrew Trotter, Colin Picker, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, fiduciary law, Harry Hobbs, institutional reform, International focus, Luke Hastings, Overseas law, Paul A Walker, Peter Butt, Professor Paul Finn, Queensland, Recent cases, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 418 | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: October 2013

By journals team on October 10, 2013

The October 2013 issue of the ALJ includes the following articles: “1361 and all that” – Rt Hon The Lord Judge; “Hypothetical jurisdiction: A reply to Justice Mark Leeming” – Brendan Lim; “Hypothetical jurisdiction: A rejoinder” – Justice Mark Leeming; “Administrative law in the superannuation context” – Hon Kevin Lindgren AM, QC; “The recognition, administration and enforcement of foreign trusts” – David Russell QC; and “Development of solicitors’ possessory liens” – Paul Collins.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged administrative law, ALJ, Brendan Lim, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, David Russell QC, foreign trusts, Hon Kevin Lindgren AM QC, hypothetical jurisdiction, International focus, Justice Mark Leeming, Paul Collins, Personalia, Recent cases, Rt Hon The Lord Judge, solicitors' possessory liens, Superannuation | Leave a response

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