Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: November 2014

By journals.team on December 17, 2014

The latest Part of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice publishes the following articles: "Reasonable and proportional discovery in the digital paradigm: The role of lawyers and judges in the context of the New Zealand discovery rules" – David Harvey; "'A different day in court': Exploring the place of judicial mediation in Ontario’s alternative dispute resolution landscape" – Nicole Aylwin and Trevor C W Farrow; and "The system of employment rights dispute in Ireland" – Caroline Bergin-Cross. There is also a Comments section and case notes for the following cases: Cash Converters International LTD v Gray and Electricity Generation Corporation (t/as Verve Energy) v Woodside Energy Ltd.

Family Law Review update: December 2014

By journals.team on December 17, 2014

The latest Part of the Family Law Review includes the following articles: "Inconsistencies in and the inadequacies of the family counselling and FDR confidentiality and admissibility provisions: The need for reform" – Donna Cooper; and "Let me be me: Parental responsibility, Gillick competence, and transgender minors’ access to hormone treatments" – Katherine France; the following Professional Insights note: "When can a party to contested proceedings have leave to adduce evidence from an adversarial expert when a single expert has already been appointed?" – Richard Ingleby and Anne-Marie Rice; and notes on the following cases: Vadisanis v Vadisanis; Zanda v Zanda; and Cape v Cape.

Northern Territory Law Journal update: December 2014

By journals.team on December 1, 2014

The latest Part of the Northern Territory Law Journal includes the following articles: "Lawyers as victims" – The Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC; "Representing minority victims in genocide trials" – Lyma Nguyen; "Problems with civil commitment of sex offenders" – Olav Nielssen; and "Invisible clients: People with cognitive impairments in the Northern Territory Court of Summary Jurisdiction" – Madeleine Rowley.

The Tort Law Review update: November 2014

By journals.team on December 1, 2014

The latest Part of The Tort Law Review includes the following articles: "Evergreen? The environmental law of torts" – Lynda Collins; "Public authority liability and the chilling effect" – Jef De Mot and Michael Faure; "Known knowns and known unknowns: The mysteries of intentional torts against the person" – John Devereux; and "Googols of liability and censoring the internet – the liability of internet intermediaries for defamation: Part I" – Andrew Row.

Public Law Review update: December 2014

By journals.team on December 1, 2014

The latest Part of PLR includes the following Comments: "Future challenges on the path to constitutional recognition of Indigenous peoples" – Megan Davis; "Dedicated Indigenous representation in New Zealand’s Parliament" – Andrew Geddis; the following Speech: "The changing character of judicial review in Australia: The legacy of Marbury v Madison?" – Ronald Sackville AO QC; and the following articles: "The Constitution and its common law background" – Jeffrey Goldsworthy; and "Dual federal and State judicial appointments: An Australian impossibility?" – Sarah Murray. There is also a book review and a developments section.

Criminal Law Journal update: December 2014

By journals.team on December 1, 2014

The last Part of the Criminal Law Journal for 2014 includes an editorial on drug law reform, an article by David Lusty which presents a comprehensive analysis of the common law offence of misconduct in public office, drawing upon historical precedents and contemporary case law from around the world, a sentencing review for 2013-2014 by Kate Warner, a Digest of Criminal Law Cases, a comment on the animal cruelty case of New Zealand Police v Heka and a Phillips' Brief section.

Australian Law Journal update: December 2014

By journals.team on November 21, 2014

The last Part for Volume 88 of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: "The defaulting executor" – Hon Peter W Young AO QC; and "Equity’s obligation to perform: Efficient breach and the inadequacy of common law damages" – Samuel Kang and James Nguyen. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Family Law; Environmental Law; Personalia; Admiralty and Maritime; Overseas Law; Human Rights; Administrative Law; and Recent Cases.

Building and Construction Law Journal update: December 2014

By journals.team on November 21, 2014

The latest Part of the Building and Construction Law Journal includes the following articles: "Expert determination: Misconception and misapplication" – AA de Fina; and "An unacceptable wait for acceptance" – Paulina Fishman; and Reports for the following cases: PPK Willoughby v Eighty Eight Construction; Mahony v Queensland Building Services Authority; Valorne Pty Ltd v Building Appeals Board; and Kellett Street Partners Pty Ltd v Pacific Rim Trading Co Pty Ltd.

Property Law Review update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The latest Part of the Property Law Review includes the following articles: "The Court of Claims and the resolution of informal land claims in New South Wales 1833-1835" – Shaunnagh Dorsett; and "The durability of title: An appraisal of recent developments in Australian real property law" – Paul Babie. Also in this Part are the following sections: Strata and Community Title: "Body corporate legal practice: Potential pitfalls for lawyers" – Michael Kleinschmidt; Consumer Issues: "The consumer and virtual or digital property: Is this an oxymoron?" – Lynden Griggs; New Zealand: "Developments in unit titles" – Thomas Gibbons; Singapore: "Legislation and case law developments: Damages, easements, caveats, trusts and proprietary estoppel" – Kelvin Low; South Africa: "Expropriation of “old order” mineral rights in South Africa: The Constitutional Court has its say (twice)" – Pieter Badenhorst; New South Wales: "The problem of successive vexatious caveats revisited" – Jennifer Stuckey-Clarke; and Queensland: "Balancing information disclosure and “red tape”: Queensland’s proposal for seller disclosure" – Sharon Christensen.

Online Currents update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The latest Part of OLC includes the following articles: "Enterprise social software: Setting out the landscape" – Matt Moore and Kelly Tall; "Very like a whale: Commercial cloud storage services come into their own" – Jon Jermey; "VALA 2014 conference papers: A review" – Glenda Browne; "Some-thing like LibraryThing" – Jane Douglas; and the following sections: Company News; Around the Blogs; Bookshelf and Journals; Databases and Aggregators; Web Watch; and Conferences, Meetings and Seminars.