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Building a Superstructure of Justice?

By craigryan on September 29, 2020

“Our critics on both sides of politics claim the use of the phrase ‘class war’ is anachronistic, but in the face of growing inequality and the push for corporate dominance, the reality is a class war is being waged on ordinary people. One that it is our responsibility to respond to.”

Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   "thuggery"   “lawlessness   ABCC   Aboriginal   Aboriginal rights   Australian Building and Construction Commission   Barangaroo   BLF   Builders Labourers Federation   Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 (Cth)   CFMEU   CFMEU’s Construction and General Division   class war   climate change   construction industry   corporate dominance   dangerous   Darren Greenfield   decent health care and education   delegates   fines   gay rights   green bans   homelessness   intimidation   Jack Mundey   militancy   need for greater public housing   officials   penalties   progressive   safety   social justice   spectre   Stephen McBurney   Trade Union Royal Commission   unsafe work   women’s   Work Health and Safety legislation   workers 

JOURNAL OF CIVIL LITIGATION AND PRACTICE

By journalalerts on September 17, 2020

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Special Issue on the 10th Anniversary of the Victorian Civil Procedure Act 2010...

Posted In:  Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice (JCivLP)  Tagged:   Appropriate Dispute Resolution   articles   call for submissions   case notes   Comments   Comparative articles examining the Victorian experience   Cost orders and sanctions   Disclosure and Discovery   expert evidence   Genevieve Grant   Historical analyses and reform   JCivLP   letters   Professor Michael Legg   reviews   Roderick (Rod) Joyce QSO QC   Special Issue   summary judgment   Victorian Law Reform Commission's Civil Justice Review Report   Victorian Civil Procedure Act 2010 

Special issue on COVID-19 published in the Journal of Law and Medicine

By journalalerts on August 14, 2020

Thomson Reuters is pleased to publish a special issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine on issues relating to COVID-19. It incorporates internationa…

Posted In:  Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM)  Tagged:   Australia   Brazil   Canada   community anxiety   compassion   containing community transmission   COVID-19   effects of the virus upon Australia's criminal law   forensic medical practice   health practitioners   international perspectives   JLM   lawfulness of public assemblies   New England Journal of Medicine   New Zealand   open access to research   pandemic   personal protective equipment   public health law decision by the Brazil High Court   reproductive issues and COVID-19   Russia   Russian legal response to the pandemic   Special Issue   The Lancet   wellbeing of children 

Who Pays When Set-off Trumps Security of Payment?

By craigryan on July 17, 2020

Much more is at stake in enabling the effective operation of security of payment laws in the building and construction industry than just preventing contractors becoming insolvent....

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   aged pension   building and construction industry   building and construction industry insolvencies   building industry insolvencies   business bankruptcies and insolvencies   claimants who are in liquidation   claims made under security of payment legislation   claims under security of payment laws   commercial dynamics   contractors becoming insolvent   contractual chains   COVID-19   deficiency of assets to pay creditors   delay payment   Dr Matthew Bell   employees   entitlement to set-off   external administration lodgements   Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (in liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd (2016) 313 FLR 163; (2017) 33 BCL 127; [2016] VSCA 247   Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012 (Cth)   freedom to contract   ills of non-payment in the construction industry   injustice   insolvent claimant company   liquidation   maintaining the right to set-off   prevention of insolvencies   prioritising set-offs   Professor Helen Anderson   prompt payment   risk of insolvencies   s 553C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   security of payment claimants   Security of payment laws   State and Territory security of payment legislation   subcontractor insolvency   suppliers and lenders   taxation authorities   timely payment   unmet employee entitlements   unpaid superannuation   unpaid taxes and charges   upsurge in insolvencies 

Curing a Multitude of Sins

By craigryan on May 19, 2020

With millions of Australians participating in them, and with the associations themselves numbering in the hundreds of thousands, unincorporated associations truly are social entities. They variously include sports clubs, charities, cultural and arts and environmental organisations, and churches.[1]

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) s 205-5   Betrayal of Trust Report   Catholic Church   compensation   crimes   damages for sexual abuse   deceased priest   Ellis Case   Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) s 960-100   institutional abuse   Matthew Turnour   national framework   personal liability   recognition of unincorporated associations as legal entities   religious governance structures   Revised Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act   Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse   RUUNAA   statutory recognition   Trustees of The Roman Catholic Church v Ellis   unincorporated associations   victims of institutional abuse 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 3

By journalalerts on March 30, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Equity and the Modern Forfeiture Rule" – Samantha Hepburn; "Shining a Light on the Dark Corners of Philanthropy: The Next Step in the ACNC Regulation Project" – Amanda R Lekamge; and "Climate Activism and the Extraordinary Emergency Defence" – Dr Nicole Rogers. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Letter to the Editor; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Class Actions; and Obituary.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   ACNC regulation project   ALJ   Amanda R Lekamge   articles   Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission   Brendan Edgeworth   Case Management: Never Mind the Quality   charities in Australia   class actions   Climate Activism   Conveyancing and property   Current issues   Dark corners of philanthropy   Dr Nicole Rogers   Electronic Conveyancing in Australia: Recent Developments   Equity and the Modern Forfeiture Rule   Extraordinary Emergency Defence   family law   Feel the Width?   Flood and Fire and Famine   High Court Says CF-No. Sort of   Ivan Anthony Shearer   Justice François Kunc   Justice Michael B J Lee   letter to the editor   Obituary   Richard Ingleby   Robert Angyal SC   Samantha Hepburn 

Strata “Crisis” – 10-year Liability, Insurance Proposal

By craigryan on March 19, 2020

Increasingly, the system of private certification of buildings is being slated, by those with expertise and knowledge in the area, as one of the main factors accounting for the crisis in the residential building industry in NSW.

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   10-year liability   “fire safety concerns”   “friendly certifiers”   “strata living crisis”   decennial liability   decennial liability insurance   decennial liability insurance market   defects in construction   design   Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW)   Fire and Rescue NSW   Home Building Act 1989 (NSW)   Jessica Rippon   joint and several liability   mandatory insurance   materials   multi-storey developments   owners corporations   private building certification   residential building industry in NSW   special purpose vehicles   strata developments   strata or community schemes   strict liability   subrogation suits 

Modern Slavery, Climate Change, and One Big Elephant

By craigryan on November 18, 2019

Over 40 million people are living and working as slaves in the world today.[1] It is a staggering figure. It is outrageous!

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   “enlightened self-interest”   Adefolake Adeyeye   Andrew Belyea-Tate   ASX Listing Rules   business compliance   child labour   climate change   climate change specific disclosures   Company and Securities Law Journal   corporate social responsibility   Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   CSR   debt bondage   deceptive recruiting   excessive and forced overtime   forced labour   Global Slavery Index   International Labour Organisation   Justine Nolan   limitations on leave and breaks   lower-carbon economy   modern slavery   Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)   Nana Frishling   production lead times   servitude   shortened production deadlines   supply chains   trafficking in persons   United Nations’ 2011 Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights   unsafe working conditions   variable working hours   Walk Free Foundation 

“Lovedays” to “affirming the turkey”: Commercial Arbitration Down the Centuries

By craigryan on July 29, 2019

For over a thousand years – at least – mediation and arbitration have been practised in the English-speaking world. In fact, arbitration as a dispute settling mechanism ...

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   "court-annexed arbitration"   "merits"   “conditional bonds”   “court-annexed lovedays”   “love rooms”   “loveday”   “lovedaymakers”   “revocability”   “revocability” doctrine   “rule of court”   alternative dispute resolution   arbitration   Arbitration Act 1698   BCL   Chief Justice of NSW   commercial arbitration   commercial disputes   International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth)   mediation   mediation and arbitration   Scott v Avery   Sir Edward Coke   TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v The Judges of the Federal Court of Australia   Tom Bathurst   turkey   UNCITRAL Model Law 
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