Australian Business Law Review update: December 2014
The latest Part of ABLR includes the following articles: “The ACCC: Roots and branches – proposals to enhance ACCC effectiveness” – Caron Beaton-Wells; “Roots, branches and other objects – one step beyond the Harper Review?” – I S Wylie; “Online dispute resolution: The advantages, disadvantages, and the way forward” – Anthony John Sissian; “Challenges facing the notariat in Australasia in the 21st century” – Noel Cox; and “Dashed expectations? The impact of civil liability legislation on contractual damages for disappointment and distress” – Sonia Walker and Kate Lewins; and the following sections: Intellectual Property Law: “Why is an isolated segment of human DNA patentable under Australian law but not under United States law?”; Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Competition Policy Review: Draft recommendations on competition laws”; and Company and Securities Law: “The government response to the Senate Economic References Committee Report into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission”.
From the ALJ Archive: Modernising witchcraft
The Australian Law Journal has been recording and analysing legal developments since it started publishing in 1927. Alongside wide-scale changes in the law, it also includes some of the law’s more interesting quirks and unexpected developments. We’ve had a look through the online backset on Westlaw AU to find some highlights. In 1951, the ...more
Journal of Law and Medicine update: June 2012
The June 2012 issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine is a Special Issue on donor conception and the search for information. A wide range of issues are canvassed, including retrospective access to donor conception information, contracts to protect gamete donor anonymity, arguments regarding disclosure of information to donor-conceived individuals, the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies, the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment to compromised newborns, decriminalisation of abortion, informed consent, professional indemnity insurance for nurses and midwives, health-related human rights and much more!
Planking and the law (Excerpt from ALJ 85.7)
Planking and the law By Mr Justice P W Young AO There are reports that it has become a popular practice within certain sections of our community for a person to emulate a plank of wood by lying stretched out in a precarious position. The practice has been dubbed “planking”. It is dangerous and seems to ...more
The Future of Equity Crowdfunding in Australia
[Editor’s Note: Since publication of this article, the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 (Cth) has been given Crown assent, making it Commonwealth Act No 17 of 2017.] The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016 (Cth), which is currently before the Commonwealth Senate, plans to amend the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to deal with an increase in crowd-sourced capital-raising activities by companies ...more