Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The last Part of the EPLJ for 2014 includes the following articles: "Filling the gaps: Recognition of environmental protection as a charitable purpose" – Rebecca Claire Byrnes; "The course of statutory planning system reform and fast-tracking development" – Peter Williams; "Protective costs orders in Australia: Increasing access to courts by capping costs" – The Honourable Justice Nicola Pain; and "After the storm: The Whaling in the Antarctic Case and the Australian Whale Sanctuary" – Tim Stephens.

Company and Securities Law Journal update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The last Part for the 2014 Volume of C&SLJ includes the following articles: "Fiduciary obligations, financial advisers and FOFA" – Simone Degeling and Jessica Hudson; "The potential for superannuation funds to make investments with a social impact" – M Scott Donald, Jarrod Ormiston and Kylie Charlton; "A shareholder’s contractual right to a dividend and a company’s oppressive conduct in withholding dividend payments: Sumiseki Materials Co Ltd v Wambo Coal Pty Ltd" – Jean du Plessis and Stephen Alevras; "Timely public disclosure of company information: A likely precondition for optimal long-term corporate and national outcomes" – Gill North; and "Basel III’s effect on the Australian market" – Siobhan Caitlin Sweeney.

Australian Law Journal update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The November Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: "Equity: The soul and spirit of all law or a roguish thing? – Lehane Lecture 2014" – Lord David Neuberger; and "ACCC compulsory examinations: Does the “accusatorial” principle of criminal justice affect them?" – Peter Strickland; and the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Crime and Evidence; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Administrative Law; Around the Nation: Western Australia; Personalia; Corporations and Securities; International Focus; and Recent Cases.

Australian Tax Review update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The final Part of the Australian Tax Review for 2014 includes the following two articles: "Is the GST unconstitutional? Some s 55 problems revisited" – Steven Spadijer; and "Are returns received by householders from electricity generated by solar panels assessable income?" – John Passant, John McLaren and Parulian Silaen.

Australian GST Journal update: October 2014

By journals.team on November 20, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian GST Journal includes a case note regarding the Commissioner’s views on the decision in the AP Group case and an article by Jennifer Batrouney and Angela Lee examining what activities relating to one’s residence could constitute an enterprise, the GST implications that could follow, and how a homeowner’s GST risks could be managed.

Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: November 2014

By journals.team on November 5, 2014

The latest Part of the ADRJ includes the following material: "International arbitration in Australia: 2013/2014 in review" – Albert Monichino QC and Alex Fawke; "Lawyers behaving badly in mediations: Lessons for legal educators" – Donna Cooper; "Insights from Australian mediators about mediation and access to justice" – Mary Anne Noone and Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi; "Mediation in a cross-cultural setting: What a mediator should know" – Kelvin Lau; and "Mirror, mirror on the wall, is there no r(e)ality in neutrality after all? Re-thinking ADR practices for Indigenous Australians" – Neha Sharma. There is also a Case Note: "Whether coercion by a solicitor in mediation is the subject of advocate immunity and mediation media watch" – David Spencer.

The Queensland Lawyer update: October 2014

By journals.team on November 5, 2014

The latest Part of The Queensland Lawyer includes the following article: "When can a tenancy be terminated under s 129 of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld)?" – WD Duncan and the following sections: Commercial Law: "The effectiveness of a donee’s signature on a contract of guarantee under a power of attorney in binding the donor to the contract: Nielsen v Capital Finance Australia Ltd [2014] QCA 139" – Dr Clive Turner; Conveyancing and Property Law: "Compensation sought for an improper caveat" – Dr Bill Dixon; and "Black Diamond Group Pty Ltd v Manor of Maluka Pty Ltd [2014] QSC 219" – Adam Khan; Criminal Law: "Aboriginality and deprived backgrounds as factors in sentencing" – AM West; Health and Guardianship Law: "Guardianship and administration application in the matter of MDC [2014] QCAT 338" – Dr Malcolm Smith; Industrial Law: "Goldsborough v Bentley [2014] QSC 141: Direction of the coroner to answer a question relating to the decision not to prosecute" – Dr Kristy Richardson; Book reviews: "Australian Anti-discrimination Law" by Neil Rees, Simon Rice and Dominique Allan – reviewed by Frances Sanders; and "Social Work in the Shadow of Law" by Simon Rice and Andrew Day – reviewed by Jessica Dale; and a Report: Madsen v Pope (Procedure, Equity, Limitation of actions).

Family Law Review update: October 2014

By journals.team on November 5, 2014

The latest Part of the Family Law Review includes the following material: "Can Part VII of the Family Law Act do what is asked of it?" – Helen Rhoades, John Dewar and Nareeda Lewers; "A national approach to manage vexatious litigation: New powers under the Family Law Act" – Robert Benjamin; and "Do members of a class of beneficiaries of a discretionary trust have a “right” to documents which can be enforced in the Family Court?" – Richard Ingleby. There is also an International Family Law section and a Recent Cases section with notes on the following cases: SCVG v KLD (Shared parental responsibility – Equal or substantial and significant time); Gludau v Gludau; Gludau v Gludau (No 2) (Property – Wrong assessment of contributions – Restitution); Langer v Griffin (Property – Contravention order – Prison sentence).

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: October 2014

By journals.team on November 4, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal includes the following material: "Repeatability or reproducibility in Australian patent law" – Ben McEniery; "Re-evaluating innocent infringement in Australia: Patent numbers and virtual marking" – Johnathon E Liddicoat; "Trade mark use and misleading advertising in Google AdWords: A comparative analysis of search engine liability in Australia and Europe" – James Alexander Longden; Case Note: Halal Certification Authority Pty Ltd v Scadilone Ltd [2014] FCA 614.

Australian Law Journal update: October 2014

By journals.team on November 4, 2014

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following material: "The anti-deprivation rule in Australia" -- Nishad Kulkarni; "Response to the 2013 Whitmore Lecture by The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of Western Australia" -- Chris Wheeler; Current Issues, Conveyancing and Property, Around the Nation: Victoria, Admiralty and Maritime, International Focus, Recent Cases, Book Reviews and an Obituary of Hon John Patrick Slattery AO KGCSG QC.