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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 11

By Journal Alerts on December 5, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Sir Frederick Jordan’s Non-Appointment to the High Court and his ‘Queer Views About Federalism'” – The Hon Keith Mason AC QC; “Genocide: The Static Expansion to Include the Crime of Forced Expulsion” – Elizabeth R Plajzer; and “Tostee, Criminal Causation and Provocation in Domestic Violence: A Novel Position” – Brendan Walker-Munro. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Class Actions; Competition and Consumer Law; Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and Books Received.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, armed forces members in the Australian legal profession, Around the Nation: Victoria, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd, books received, Brendan Edgeworth, Brendan Walker-Munro, Carly Schrever, certification and contingency fees, class actions, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and Proeprty, corporate cultures under scrutiny, Corporations and Securities, criminal causation and provocation in domestic violence, Current issues, David Ash, de facto caveats in Victoria's land titles, Elizabeth R Plajzer, finality in litigation and arbitration, forced expulsion, Jason Harris, John Kettle, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice Michael B J Lee, Land Title Act 1994 (Qld), letter to the editor, management of competing class actions in different courts, Recent cases, representative proceedings, research measuring judicial stress and wellbeing, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, sexual offences with child under 16 years, Sir Frederick Jordan's non-appointment to the High Court, the essential "character" of genocide, The Hon Keith Mason AC QC, United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 3

By Journal Alerts on June 4, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “A ‘Diminished Nation’? The Racial Discrimination Act 1975, The Native Title Act 1993 and Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians” – Professor Jonathan Fulcher; “The Doctrine of Forbearance” – Jeremy Stoljar; and “The Duty to Mitigate: A Comparative Analysis between the English Common Law and the CISG” – Bruno Zeller. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Books.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner (2008) 238 CLR 570, ALJ, Almazeedi v Penner [2018] UKPC 3, Angelina A Gomez, Around the Nation: Victoria, books, Brendan Edgeworth, Bruno Zeller, Chief Justice Diana Bryant, common law doctrine of forbearance, Commonwealth, constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Conveyancing and property, core business for the High Court, Current issues, differences between CISG and common law, e-conveyancing and contracts for sale of land and deeds, Emily Vale, Jeremy Stoljar, judicial conduct in Australia, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Personalia, power of sale, Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd (2018) 92 ALJR 248; [2018] HCA 4, Professor Jonathan Fulcher, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Recent cases, reducing criminal courts backlog, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, strata schemes and short-term lettings, studying law, Thai Airways International Public Co Ltd v KI Holdings Co Ltd [2015] EWHC 1250 (Comm), the Minister vs the Courts; judicial conduct in the United States, vagueness resulting in substantive unfairness | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on November 17, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Conscience, Fair-Dealing and Commerce: Parliaments and the Courts” – Chief Justice James Allsop AO; and “The Decline and Fall of Australia’s Law Reform Institutions – And the Prospects of Revival” – Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Anderson v Anderson [2017] NSWCA 131, Angelina Gomez, Around the Nation: Victoria, Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Ben Kremer, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, charitable status of professional regulation, Chief Justice James Allsop AO, competition and consumer law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dr J M Bennett AM, estoppel, fair-dealing in commerce, Foreign Currency – Claims Judgment and Damages, Gabrielle Appleby, George Palmer QC, Gregory Tolhurst, Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, J A Watson, John Basten, John Carter, John Kimbell, John Knott, joint tenancies, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Keith Mason, law reform commissions, Mason & Carter’s Restitution Law in Australia, Michael Howard, Miller Heiman Pty Ltd v Sales Principles Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 106, modern slavery, moral obloquy and unconscionability, Music and the Law, native title, Northern Territory v Griffiths [2107] FCAFC 106, NSW Bar Association strategic plan, Nuncio D’Angelo, Paraskevy Kontoleon, Peter MacFarlane, Peter W Young AO QC, Priestley v Priestley [2017] NSWCA 155, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, Robert Baxt AO, Rosalind Dixon, Ruth C A Higgins, same-sex marriage law reform, Sir Frederick Darley: Sixth Chief Justice of New South Wales 1886-1910, statutory age for judicial retirement, The Critical Judgments Project – Re-reading Monis v The Queen, The Duty to Account – Development and Principles | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 6

By Journal Alerts on June 11, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Creation of the Federal Court: A Reflection” – Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS; “Characterisation: Its place in Contractual Analysis and Related Enquiries” – James Allsop; “Gender Equality among Barristers before the High Court” – Daniel Reynolds and George Williams. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Around the Nation: Victoria; Environmental Law; Equity and Trusts; Family Law; Recent Cases; Books Received and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 40th anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, appeals, Around the Nation: Victoria, barristers, Book reviews, books received, characterisation, common form grant, consumer law, contractual analysis, Conveyancing and Property Section Editors, Current issues, Daniel Reynolds, data retention laws, doctrine of penalties, enforcement of judgment debt, environmental law, equity and trusts, family law, FLIP Report, foreign judgments, gender equality, gender equality at Australian Bar, George Williams, Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS, injunctions restraining executive orders, James Allsop, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice François Kunc, Justice Mark Leeming, Justice Rachel Pepper, Melbourne University Law School, Michael Quinlan, misfeasance in public office, Muslim ban executive orders, Philip R Wood, procedure, Professor Brendan Edgeworth, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins, s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA), services, The Fall of the Priests and the Rise of the Lawyers, time for assessing testamentary capacity, unconscionability | 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

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: October 2015

By Journal Alerts on October 28, 2015

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Equal justice and cultural diversity: The general meets the particular” – Chief Justice Robert French AC; “The United Nations report on North Korea and the Security Council: Interface of security and human rights” – Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG; and “Magna Carta in Australia 1803-2015: Law and myth” – David Clark. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law, Around the Nation: Vic; Environmental Law; Human Rights; Competition and Consumer Law, Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; and a Book Review.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, Anthony Dickey QC, Around the Nation: Vic, Australian arbitration regime, Australian Consumer Law review, book review, building defects, certificate of advice, Chief Justice Robert French AC, competition and consumer law, contract, Conveyancing and property, corporations law, cultural diversity, Current issues, David Clark, disclosure of shareholder email address, Dr Damien J Cremean, enforcing security, environmental law, environmental policy, equal justice, family law, Federal Court, financial agreement, fraud, Full Court, General Editor of ALJ, High Court, Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, human rights, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice Rachel Pepper, King Richard III, law reporting, Magna Carta, mortgagee's motive, Murphy inquiry, passing off, Peter Butt, Recent cases, reinterment, relief against forfeiture, reputation in England, rescission, right to liberty, Robert Baxt AO, role of court, salvage, Security Council, Simon Rice, social engineer, specialist courts, standing for injunction, standing under ADJR Act, State-wide mining assessment policy (NSW), terms contracts, trustee de son tort, United Nations report on North Korea, will construction | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: March 2015

By journals team on March 24, 2015

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Discretion and the rule of law in the criminal justice system” – Justice M J Beazley AO and Myles Pulsford; “In defence of McCracken: A response to “Why do courts cut back on statutory remedies provided by parliament under corporate law”” – Nishad Kulkarni; “Recourse to contractual context reaffirmed” – Brent Michael and Derek Wong; and “The intoxication defence: Toward a better understanding of current doctrine and reform” – Kenneth J Arenson. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Acting Justice Peter W Young AO, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Book reviews, Brent Michael, Conveyancing and property, corporate law, criminal justice system, Current issues, Derek Wong, discretion, intoxication defence, Justice Clyde Croft, Justice M J Beazley AO, Kenneth J Arenson, McCracken v Phoenix Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd, Myles Pulsford, Nishad Kulkarni, Peter Butt, Recent cases, recourse, statutory remedies | 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

Australian Law Journal update: November 2012

By journals team on October 26, 2012

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Cutting the Gordian Knot or entangling it further?” – David Birch and Alice Zheng; “Nominee board members: A duty of confidentiality?” – Laura Free; and “Competing approaches to beneficiary access to trust information: Perhaps not so much of “a fork in the road”” – Thomas Kaldor. There are also several sections included in this Part: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Overseas Law; Recent Cases and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Alice Zheng, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Anthony Dickey QC, beneficiary, board members, Book reviews, case law, Commercial Arbitration Act 2010 (NSW), confidentiality, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, David Birch, family law, High Court, Justice Clyde Croft, Laura Free, Overseas law, Peter Butt, Recent cases, Ross Buckley, Thomas Kaldor, trust information, Westport Insurance Corporation v Gordian Runoff Ltd | Leave a response

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