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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 5

By Journal Alerts on July 17, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Young’s ‘Fact finding made easy’ in Refugee Law: A Former Practitioner’s Perspective” – Douglas McDonald-Norman; “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil … and, Read No Evil: Confiscation of Literary Proceeds under Australian Criminal Property Confiscation Legislation” – Dr Natalie Skead; and “Aggravating and Mitigating Factors in Sentencing: Comparing the Views of Judges and Jurors” – Kate Warner, Julia Davis, Arie Freiberg, Caroline Spiranovic and Helen Cockburn. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Personalia; Recent Cases; and Books.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged “Fact finding made easy” (2006) 80 ALJ 454, “Justice State of the Nation” Address, #MeToo, aggravating and mitigating factors in sentencing, ALJ, Angelina Gomez, Appointment of Queen's Counsel, Arie Freiberg, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, book review, Brendan Edgeworth, Can You See the Mountain? A Legal Journey with a Few Diversions, Caroline Spiranovic, Cheryle King, Commonwealth, Conveyancing and property, criminal property confiscation legislation, Current issues, Douglas McDonald-Norman, Dr Natalie Skead, Ellis v Pell, Emily Vale, Helen Cockburn, Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC, Julia Davis, Justice François Kunc, Justice Gregory Geason, Justice Kim Hargrave, Justice Michael Baumann AM, Justice Peter Davis, Justice Sarah Derrington, Justice Shan Tennent, Kate Warner, literary proceeds of crime, Personalia, Peter Heerey, Queensland, Recent cases, refugee status determination (RSD), Robert Angyal SC, Ruth CA Higgins SC, Solicitor-General Kristen Walker QC, Susan Milne, Tasmania, Victoria | 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 92 Pt 2

By Journal Alerts on April 20, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Security for Costs in Unfunded Federal Class Actions: Back to the Future” – Vince Morabito and Naomi Hatcher; and “The Unresolved Problem of Expert Evidence” – Thomas Kearney. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Statutory Interpretation; The Legal Observer; Personalia; Family Law; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ALJ, Australian Law Reform Commission, Brendan Edgeworth, Chief Justice Marilyn Warren, class actions without commercial litigation funders support, constructional choice, Conveyancing and property, costs of expert evidence, Current issues, Emily Vale, excessive costs and inappropriate correspondence, executive policies on entry of foreign nationals, expert evidence, Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth), family law, Hate Speech Law reform, High Court Judge James Edelman, increasing the minimum age of criminal responsibility, Industrial Relations: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), institutional responses to child sexual abuse, Justice François Kunc, Justice John Byrne AO RFD, leases and certainty of duration requirement, McNab v Graham [2017] VSCA 352, Michael Pelly, migration: protection visas, Modern Slavery Law reform, Naomi Hatcher, new Commonwealth Attorney-General, OPCAT ratified, Personalia, potential for expert bias, Queensland, Recent cases, relief for proprietary estoppel, Richard Ingleby, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, Statutory interpretation, The Hon John Basten, The Legal Observer, third party litigation funding in class actions, Thomas Kearney, Victoria, Vince Morabito | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 12

By Journal Alerts on December 18, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Paciocco in the High Court: Penalties and Late Payment Fees” – J G H Stumbles; and “Australian Rules: A Survey of the High Court of Australia on Construction Law 1965-2016” – Professor John Sharkey AM. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Letters to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Personalia: Commonwealth, New South Wales and Queensland; Admiralty and Maritime; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 30 Years of the Judicial Commission of NSW, Aboriginal Languages Act 2017 (NSW), Administration Act 1903 (WA), Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) s 6(b), Admiralty and Maritime, Airbnb short-term letting in strata schemes, ALJ, Brendan Edgeworth, Canada, Cavendish and ParkingEye litigation, Claimant Suing in Negligence as Result of Motor Vehicle Accident, Clare Langford, Commonwealth Constitution s 44(i), Commonwealth Government responds to the Referendum Council's Report, Commonwealth Redress Scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse, constitutional law, Construction Law 1965-2016, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Dr Damien J Cremean, Dual Citizenship, IBA, J G H Stumbles, Justice David Graham Thomas, Justice François Kunc, Justice Guy Parker, Justice Helen Bowskill, late payment fees and penalties, new approach to statutory interpretation, Paciocco in High Court, parking and easements, parliamentary elections, Personalia, President Walter Sofronoff, Probate, Professor John Sharkey AM, Recent cases, recommended national standards for working with interpreters in courts and tribunals, Robert Angyal SC, Ruth C A Higgins SC, same-sex marriage law reform, What Constitutes Mental Injury, Where Referred Persons Elected to Commonwealth Parliament, Whether Wrongdoer Can Benefit Indirectly as a Result of Crime | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 8

By Journal Alerts on August 24, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: “Crime Commissions and Compulsory Examinations: Whither the Right to Silence?” – Hon T F Bathurst AC and Sarah Schwartz; “Ramifications of the Recognition of a Common Fund in Australian Class Actions: An Early Appraisal” – Michael Legg; “The Case Against a National Court of Appeal” – Shawn Rajanayagam. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; The Legal Observer; Personalia; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Corporations and Securities; From the Law Schools; Admiralty and Maritime; Recent Cases; Book Reviews; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Accommodating Muslims Under Common Law, Admiralty and Maritime, ALJ, ALRC – Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response, Angelina Gomez, appellate hierarchy, Around the nation: Tasmania, Arthur R Emmett AO QC, Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Book reviews, Brendan Edgeworth, Carolyn Rogers, Clare Langford, class actions, common fund, Community Protection Offender Register, compulsory examinations, contempt of court by politicians, Conveyancing and property, Corporations and Securities, Crime Commissions, Current issues, Darren C Kane, Deborah Healey, Doping in Sport and Law, Dr Damien J Cremean, From the law schools, Gabrielle Appleby, Ghena Krayem, Hon T F Bathurst AC, John Riordan, judicial independence, Justice François Kunc, Justice Stephen Estcourt AO, letter to the editor, M J Beazley AO, Michael Legg, Michael Pelly, National Court of Appeal, Obituary, personal views in judicial decisions, Personalia, Peter Birks, power of sale, privilege against self-incrimination, Professor Michael Coper, Recent cases, right to silence, risk of sex offending, Robert Angyal SC, Robert Baxt AO, Role of the Solicitor-General, Ruth C A Higgins, Salim Farrar, Sarah Schwartz, Senior Registrar of the High Court, Shawn Rajanayagam, slot charters, statutory duty of care on mortgagees, surrogate ship arrest, The Hon Justice Stephen Gageler AC, The Legal Observer, The Roman Law of Obligations, Ulrich Haas, W Sofronoff | Leave a response

Meet the Editorial Board behind The Australian Law Journal (ALJ)

By journals team on July 13, 2017

Behind the Scenes of the ALJ: It’s the journal traditionally heralded as holding the most topical of legal issues. With a new General Editor and expanded editorial board, The Australian Law Journal (ALJ) is going through an exciting process of rejuvenation. To celebrate its 90th anniversary, we look behind the scenes of the ALJ and learn more about the Editorial Board and their collaborative content selection process.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, News & Insight | Tagged 10th anniversary of Australian Academy of Law (AAL), 30th anniversary of Pearce Report, 90th anniversary, ALJ, ALJ General Editor, Angelina Gomez, Assistant General Editors, Australian Capital Territory section (ACT), Australian Law Journal, Azadeh Williams, Banco Chambers, behind the scenes, Clare Langford, Clifford Chance, Dr Nuncio D’Angelo, Dr Richard Ingleby, Dr Ruth Higgins, Emeritus Professor Michael Coper, family law, From the law schools, Interview, Legal Observer, Michael Pelly, national law journal, Norton Rose Fulbright, Personalia, Professor Brendan Edgeworth, Property and Conveyancing, Recent cases, Robert Angyal SC, South Australian section (SA), Statutory interpretation, The Future of Legal Education Conference, The Hon Acting Justice Peter Young AO, The Hon Justice François Kunc, The Hon Justice John Basten, The Hon Justice John Dominic Burns, The Hon Justice Kevin Nicholson | Leave a response

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 2

By Journal Alerts on March 16, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Values in public law” – Chief Justice James Allsop AO (based on address given at the James Spigelman Oration 2015, Sydney); and “Not worth the paper they’re not written on? Executing documents (including deeds) under electronic documentation platforms: Part A” – Diccon Loxton. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Crime and Evidence; Personalia; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Recent Cases; Book Review; and Obituary.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 40th anniversary of Federal Court, Airbnb, ALJ, ALJ sections, Around the Nation: Northern Territory, Around the Nation: Western Australia, book review, burqas, Chief Justice James Allsop AO, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Clare Langford, Conveyancing and property, Crime and Evidence, Current issues, Diccon Loxton, electronic contracts, electronic documentation platforms, electronic signatures, extended common purpose, extended joint criminal enterprise, family law, George Masterman QC, Industrial Relations Reform: Looking to the Future – Essays in Honour of Joe Isaac AO, James Spigelman Oration 2015, Justice François Kunc, Justice James Edelman, Justice Joseph McGrath, Justice Kenneth Martin, Justice Phillip Priest, Keith Hancock, Michael J Walton, Miller v The Queen (2016) 90 ALJR 918; [2016] HCA 30, niqabs, Obituary, Personalia, Peter Butt, public law, Recent cases, Richard Ingleby, Russell D Lansbury, Ruth C A Higgins, The Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 1

By Journal Alerts on February 22, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Chief Justice Robert French AC” – Chief Justice Wayne Martin; “Appearing in the French Court” – Justice Stephen McLeish; and “The High Court under Chief Justice Robert French” – Harry Hobbs, Andrew Lynch and George Williams. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Personalia; and Recent Cases.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged administrative decision-making, administrative law, ALJ, Andrew Lynch, Anne Twomey, automated systems, Chief Justice French, Chief Justice Robert French AC, Chief Justice Wayne Martin, Clare Langford, constitutional law, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Fixtures, George Williams, Harry Hobbs, High Court of Australia, Justice François Kunc, Justice Melissa Perry, Justice Stephen McLeish, letter to the editor, Personalia, Peter Butt, Recent cases, Ruth C A Higgins | Leave a response

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 90 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on October 31, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Lord Atkin: Principle and Progress” – P D T Applegarth; and “What’s in a Name?” – Justice Emilios Kyrou. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Personalia; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases (Miller v The Queen, Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd, Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co plc, Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG); and Book Reviews.

Posted in Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged 150th anniversary, Alastair McEwin, ALJ, Angelina A Gomez, anglicisation of names, Anne-Marie Foord, Around the nation: Tasmania, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Book reviews, Chief Justice Michael Grant, Clare Langford, class actions, Commissioner for Children and Young People (SA), Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), competition and consumer law, Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 106, concurrent leases, Conveyancing and property, Current issues, Daniel Reynolds, Defamation Law, Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth), Dr David Rolph, Edward Santow, Greek Australians, Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co plc [2016] UKSC 48, Hellenic lawyers in Australia, Human Rights Commission, Judicial Conduct Commissioner (SA), Justice Emilios Kyrou, Justice François Kunc, Justice John Robson, Justice Maree Kennedy, Justice Martin Hinton, Justice Michael Brett, Justice Michael Elkaim, Justice Shane Gill, Justice Stephen Burley, Justice Stephen Estcourt, Leading Cases in Australian Law: A Guide to the 200 Most Frequently Cited Judgments, Legal History Podcasts on Equity, librarians, libraries, Linden Barnes, Lord Atkin, Lyndon Goddard, media coverage, Michael Brogan, Miller v The Queen (2016) 90 ALJR 918; [2016] HCA 30, multiculturalism, national conference on the future of Australian legal education, nuisance committed by licensee, Nuncio D'Angelo, owner liability, P D T Applegarth, Personalia, Peter Butt, post-sentence preventative detention, Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics, Recent cases, recognition referendum, revenge porn, Robert Baxt AO, Ruth C A Higgins, Sarah McNaughton SC, sentencing, the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO, The Hon Michael McHugh AC QC, Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG [2016] UKSC 45 | Leave a response

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