Australian Business Law Review update: June 2013

By journals.team on June 5, 2013

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: "Appeal rights, access regimes and anticompetitive conduct provisions" – are we getting the incentives right? – Richard York; "Solving the fiduciary puzzle – the bona fide and proper purposes duties of company directors" – Rosemary Teele Langford; and "Trustees’ limitation of liability: Myths, mysteries and a model clause" – Diccon Loxton and Nuncio D’Angelo. There is a review of the book "Consumer Law & Policy in Australia & New Zealand" by Justin Malbon and Luke Nottage.

Online Currents update: June 2013

By journals.team on June 5, 2013

The latest Part of Online Currents publishes the usual mix of interesting articles and section notes. Denise Sutherland looks at Digital Rights Management, Jane Douglas discusses control of information flow for the 2013 federal election, Jon Jermey provides an overview of android apps and Michelle McLean looks at online events bookings services. Also included in this Part are the following sections: Company News, Around the Blogs, Bookshelf and Journals, Databases and Aggregators, Web Watch, and Conferences Meetings, and Seminars.

Company and Securities Law Journal update: May 2013

By journals.team on June 5, 2013

The latest Part of C&SLJ publishes the following three articles: "Capping and corporate governance: An analysis of executive remuneration in Australia" – Alissa Irgang; "Public company communication, engagement and accountability: Where are we and where should we be heading?" – Gill North; and "What is inside “information”? Clarifying the ambit of insider trading laws" – Juliette Overland.

Public Law Review update: June 2013

By journals.team on June 5, 2013

The latest Part of the Public Law Review publishes three Comments and three Articles of interest to readers. The first Comment is by Gabrielle Appleby and Matthew Stubbs who look at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The second Comment comes from Shubhankar Dam and focuses on Tan Eng Hong v Attorney-General in Singapore. The final Comment is by Vergil Narokobi who looks at Parliament testing the supremacy of the Constitution in PNG. In the first article, Justin Gleeson SC asks what is left of Cole v Whitfield. The second article is by Dean R Knight and considers the amenability of private incorporated bodies to judicial review in New Zealand. The final article comes from Fiona Wheeler and looks at extra-judicial activity by High Court justices. There is also a Developments section.

Australian Law Journal update: May 2013

By journals.team on June 5, 2013

The May 2013 Part of the Australian Law Journal includes four interesting articles on a wide range of topics. The articles are: "Knowing assistance" – Hon William Gummow AC; "Pacific Adventurer oil spill 2009: Lessons past and future" – Michael White; "Funding open classes through common fund applications" – Jarrah Hoffmann-Ekstein; and "“And/or” in the law: Condemnations, uses and misuses" – Liam Boyle. Also included in this part are the following sections: Current Issues, Conveyancing and Property, Equity and Trusts and Recent Cases.

Australian Tax Review update: May 2013

By journals.team on May 15, 2013

The latest Part of Australian Tax Review publishes the following articles: "Tax, the way ahead" – Chris Jordan; "Income tax issues for impaired debt" – Joshua Cardwell and Angela Danieletto; and "Lawyers and accountants as “gatekeepers” to combat money laundering – an international comparison" – Maria Italia.

Australian Law Journal update: April 2013

By journals.team on May 15, 2013

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: "Stemming the flood: Procedural and ethical issues arising from potential flood litigation" – Jennifer Corrin and Francesca Bartlett; "The arbitrability of oppression and winding-up actions" – Alistair Marchesi and Kanaga Dharmananda SC; "Oppression in the context of corporate trustees" – Michael May; "Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure: Fairclough Homes v Summers" – Mark Smyth. Also included in this Part are several section notes: Current issues; Conveyancing and Property; Overseas Law; Admiralty and Maritime; and Recent Cases.

Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: May 2013

By journals.team on May 6, 2013

The latest Part of ADRJ includes the following: Case note: "United Kingdom: Enforcing dispute resolution clauses; costs orders against a successful party unwilling to mediate?; Mediation media watch – Christmas present for family law lawyers" – David Spencer; "Farm debt mediation 18 years on" – Geoff Charlton; "Towards a history of mediation in New Zealand’s legal system" – Grant Morris; "Resolving federal age discrimination complaints: Where have all the complainants gone?" – Therese MacDermott; "Protect, respect and remedy: The multiple roles for mediators in the United Nations business and human rights framework" – Christopher Halburd; and "Making the invisible visible in family dispute resolution: The elephant in the room" – Mieke Brandon and Tom Stodulka.

The Tort Law Review update: April 2013

By journals.team on May 6, 2013

The latest Part of the Tort Law Review publishes three interesting articles on various aspects of tort law. The first article is by Sasha Baglay and looks at the theoretical and practical implications of recent Canadian jurisprudence on immigration-related torts. The second article comes from Alexandra Mogyoros and examines the distinction between direct and indirect acts in battery. The final article is by Jai Singh who argues that the tort defence of voluntary assumption of risk provides a simple and credible solution to the problem of vicarious immunity.

Australian GST Journal update: April 2013

By journals.team on May 6, 2013

The first Part of the Australian GST Journal for 2013 publishes two articles on GST in Australia: "GST on judgments and out of court settlements: Is GSTR 2001/4 still relevant?" – Christopher Sievers and "Taxation of “the margin” – a different paradigm?" – Michael Evans. There is also a case note: "Cyonara Snowfox – Unusual arguments about ordinary transactions".