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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on April 24, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “The Law Of Sorcery In Madayin” – Dr Danial Kelly; “Strategies For Avoiding A Jurisdiction Clause In International Litigation” – James O’Hara; “The Qualification To The Birthright Doctrine And Beyond: The Judicial Attitude To Adapting The Common Law To Australian Conditions” – Dr Sonali Walpola. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Class Actions; Equity and Trusts; and Around the Nation: Tasmania.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, Around the nation: Tasmania, articles, Brendan Edgeworth, class actions, colonial birthright, Conveyancing and property, Cryptoassets: Property or Not?, Current issues, dispute resolution venue, Dr Danial Kelly, Dr Sonali Walpola, equity and trusts, Introduction, James O’Hara, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Leeming, Justice Michael B J Lee, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, Recent Developments in Security for Costs Applications in Class Actions, Robert Angyal SC, Six Differences between Trustees and Company Directors, Solar Panels and Restrictive Covenants, Strategies For Avoiding A Jurisdiction Clause In International Litigation, The Case for Principled and Practical Propensity Evidence Reform, The Curated Page, The Law Of Sorcery In Madayin, The Mason – Dixon Line, The Qualification To The Birthright Doctrine And Beyond: The Judicial Attitude To Adapting The Common Law To Australian Conditions | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 93 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on October 14, 2019

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Causation in Australian Securities Class Actions: Searching for an Efficient But Balanced Approach” – Michael Duffy; “Thinking Machines and Smiley Faces” – Justice Stephen Estcourt AM and Ms Karen Marr; and “The Nature of Recaption” – James O’Hara. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Class Actions; Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; Books Received; and Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Administrative Redress in and out of the Courts Essays in Honour of Robin Creyke and John McMillan, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, ALRC "radical" recommendation, AMP competing class actions, Angelina A Gomez, book review, books received, Brendan Edgeworth, C Ronalds, Caroline Sappideen, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (2019) 93 ALJR 807, causation in securities class actions, class actions, Contract and the Australian Consumer Law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, defects in title reconsidered, Discrimination Law and Practice, Dr Damien J Cremean, duties of solicitors and conveyancers, E Raper, e-conveyancing, Elder Law: A Guide to Working with Older Australians, Essays in Honour of Chief Justice French, family law, G Weeks, H Jackson, Indonesian Law, Intermediation and Beyond, J Elridge, J Payne, J Tarrant, James O’Hara, Jesting Pilate and Other Papers and Addresses by The Rt Hon Sir Owen Dixon, JM Bennett, judicial bullying policies, Justice François Kunc, Justice Martin Hinton resigned, Justice Michael BJ Lee, Justice Stephen Estcourt AM, JW Carter, Karen Williams, L Chan, L Gullifer, Lawyer X, legal aid funding in NSW, Legal and Equitable Property Rights, Lives of the Australian Chief Justices Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith, M Groves, M Tooma, market-based causation, Michael Duffy, MS Donald, Ms Karen Marr, nature of recaption, NW Barber, P Vines, piracy sabotage and terrorism, RC Solomon, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth CA Higgins SC, S Butt, S Crennan, Safety Security Health and Environment Law, shareholder class actions, Sir Owen Dixon Legacy, Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, Sue Field, T Lindsey, T Pilkington, The Curated Page, The Principles of Constitutionalism, thinking machines for judicial decision-making, Vale Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD, W Gummow, Xu v IAG New Zealand Ltd [2019] NZSC 68 | Leave a response

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 8

By Journal Alerts on May 22, 2019

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “The Corporation and Corporate Culture: A New Paradigm?” – Andrew Clarke; “Knowing Assistance: Disgorgement of Future Anticipated Profits, Causation and Quantum” – James O’Hara; and “Crowd-sourced Equity Funding in Australia – Getting It Right” – Georgia Parletta. This issue also includes the following sections: Editorial; Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia: “More Business Opportunities or Higher Legal Risks under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Greater Bay Area Initiative? Rethinking of Information Disclosure for Chinese Companies” – Professor Say H Goo and Dr Heather Lee; and Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: “Companies, Corporate Officers and Public Interests: Are We at a Legal Tipping Point?” – Pamela Hanrahan.

Posted in Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Andrew Clarke, anticipated profits from breaches in fiduciary duty, Australian CSF framework, C&SLJ, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, corporate governance and public interest, Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 (Cth), crowd-sourced equity funding (CSF), definition of "corporate culture", Dr Heather Lee, Editorial, Edmund Finnane, Georgia Parletta, Hong Kong Singapore and Malaysia, information disclosure for Chinese companies, James O’Hara, Jean du Plessis, Pamela Hanrahan, Say Goo | Leave a response

Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 25 Pt 4

By Journal Alerts on December 21, 2017

The latest Part of the Insolvency Law Journal includes the following article: “Flexible Yet Firm: The Practice of the AAT and the Courts in Reviewing ASIC’s s 206F Management Disqualification Orders” – Robin Bowley; and the following section notes: Recent Developments: “Lessons for Liquidators: The Asden Litigation and Liquidators’ Duties under the Corporations Act” – Nicholas Saady; “True Leases v Finance Leases: Lesson Learnt from Canada” – Michael Williams; “The Holding Deed of Company Arrangement: Its Origins, Utility and Validity” – James O’Hara and Mark Hyde; “The Determination of Market Price Where a Receiver is Realising a Secured Asset” – David Morrison; and Report from New Zealand: “The Calculation of “Due Debts” under the Insolvent Transactions Regime in the Companies Act 1993 (NZ): David Browne Contractors Ltd v Petterson” – Lynne Taylor.

Posted in Insolvency Law Journal (Insolv LJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged “due debts” under Companies Act 1993 (NZ), Asden Developments Pty Ltd (in liq) v Dinoris, Asden Litigation, David Browne Contractors Ltd v Petterson [2017] NZSC 116, determination of market price where Receiver is realising secured asset, Dr David Morrison, Editorial, holding Deed of Company Arrangement, Insolv LJ, James O’Hara, Lynne Taylor, management disqualification orders, Mark Hyde, merits review process at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), Michael Williams, Nicholas Saady, recent developments, Report from New Zealand, Robin Bowley, s 206F of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), standards of responsible corporate management, True Leases v Finance Leases | Leave a response

Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 6 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on August 28, 2017

The latest Part of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice includes the following articles: “The Alluring Promises of Technology-assisted Review” – Elijah Pear. Also in this Part are the editorial Comments on “New Zealand Lawyer-Litigants to be Treated Regarding Costs Just Like Other Unrepresented Litigants” and “Miiko Kumar: General Editor”; and Case Notes.