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Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 31 Pt 2

By journalalerts on September 26, 2023

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Posted In:  Insolvency Law Journal (Insolv LJ)  Tagged:   "safe harbour" scheme   Aotearoa New Zealand   ASIC enforcement   ASIC investigations   Bruce Markell   Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code   corporate insolvencies   corporate restructure   corporate trustees   directors   Dr David Morrison   insolvency profession   insolvent trading   Jason Harris   liquidator   Mark Wellard   Michael Murray   Professor Christopher Symes   Professor Lynne Taylor   protection of creditors of insolvent or near-insolvent companies   Tikanga   United States 

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 33 Pt 4

By journalalerts on September 21, 2023

The latest Part of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal includes the following articles: "Determinants of Failure and Success in Australian Domain Name Disputes" by Andrew F Christie; "Legal Reform to Address the Misappropriation of Indigenous Art in the Australian Souvenir Market" by Andriana Georgiou; "A Reckoning of Policy, Property and Proposals: TRIPS Waiver Discourses and the Politics of the Global IP Regime" by Emma Fu and "The TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccine Patents: Lessons for the Transfer of Technologies" by Hannah Lawrence. Also in this Part is the following section: Editorial.

Posted In:  Australian Intellectual Property Journal (AIPJ)  Tagged:   .au   .au dispute resolution policy   amendments to compulsory licensing and government use under TRIPS   Andrew F Christie   Andriana Georgiou   Australian Consumer Law   Australian souvenir market   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation   climate change   Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)   COVID-19 vaccine patents   David Brennan   David J Brennan   David Lindsay   Dianne Nicol   distinctive character of a trademark   domain names   domain names disputes   Emma Fu   environmentally sound technologies   equitable access to health between countries of the global North and South   ESTs   European Union   failure and success in Australian domain name disputes   Hannah Lawrence   Indigenous Art   intellectual property   intellectual property law   IP Regime   legal reforms to address the misappropriation of Indigenous Art in the Australian souvenir market   legislative comparisons with South Africa   licensing of ESTs   limitations of Western conceived intellectual property laws   misappropriation of Indigenous Art   Politics of the Global IP Regime   requirement of rapid transfer of environmentally sound technologies   respondent's bad faith   rights or legitimate interests in a domain name   scope for re-imagining an international IP order   South Africa   the United States and Panama   trade mark   transfer of technologies   TRIPS IP waiver pertaining to COVID-19 vaccines   TRIPS Waiver   TRIPS Waiver Discourses   TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccine Patents   United States   when complaint is based on a trademark 

Building and Construction Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 5

By journalalerts on September 21, 2023

The latest part of the Building and Construction Journal contains editorial by the general editor Michael Christie SC; book review of Extra-Contractual Recoveries for Construction & Engineering Work, by Robert Fenwick Elliott also by Michael Christie, article 'Revising Australia’s Approach to Delivering Major Public Infrastructure: Recommendations for Change' by Andrew Stephenson and Harrison Frith, reports, Rialto Sports Pty Ltd v Cancer Care Associates Pty Ltd by Declan Byrne, CEF v CEH by Raeesa Rawal, Lee v Lin by Christopher Rowden and Samantha Fry, Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd by John Sharkey.

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   Andrew Stephenson   Article   book review   CEF v CEH   Christopher Rowden   Declan Byrne   Extra-Contractual Recoveries for Construction & Engineering Work by Robert Fenwick Elliott   General Editor   Harrison Firth   John Sharkey   Lee v Lin   Michael Christie   Raeesa Rawal   Reports   Revising Australia’s Approach to Delivering Major Public Infrastructure: Recommendations for Change   Rialto Sports Pty Ltd v Cancer Care Associates Pty Ltd   Samantha Fry   Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd 

Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 11 Pt 2

By journalalerts on September 15, 2023

The latest Part of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL – AUSTRALIA: Evidence of Conversations" – Professor Michael Legg; "EDITORIAL – NEW ZEALAND: Relationship Property 'Minefield'?" – Roderick Joyce QSO KC; "Class Action Wars" – Vicki Waye; "SPEECH: The Civil Liability Act … Has It Served Its Purpose?" – Justice Richard Cavanagh; "CASE NOTE – NEW ZEALAND: Ryan v Health and Disability Commissioner – Vicarious Liability a Tough Pill to Swallow for Medical Practitioners" – Megan Jury; and "BOOK REVIEW: The Australian Class Action: A 30-Year Perspective by Michael Legg and James Metzger (eds)" – Reviewed by Anton Burri.

Posted In:  Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice (JCivLP)  Tagged:   Anton Burri   Australian class action landscape   book review   Civil Liability Act   Justice Richard Cavanagh   medical practitioners   Megan Jury   Professor Michael Legg   relationship property   Roderick Joyce QSO KC   Ryan v Health and Disability Commissioner   Speech   The Australian Class Action: A 30-Year Perspective by Michael Legg and James Metzger (eds)   the rationale of class actions   vicarious liability   Vicki Waye 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 39 Pt 4

By journalalerts on September 15, 2023

The latest Part of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: "Fertile Ground for Improvement: Evaluating the Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cattle Farming in Australia" – Dominic Bilton; "Virtual Courtrooms: Technical and Jurisprudential Challenges and Solutions – Lessons Learned By the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales" – Susan A Dixon; "It’s Not Easy Being Green: Recent Developments in Environmental Regulation in Australia" – Alexandra Nash; "Muddying the Waters: Load-based Licensing and the Use of Economic Instruments for Wastewater Sector Pollution Regulation" – Rhea Rachel; and "Food for Thought: An Assessment of Australian Law and Regulation for Combating Food Waste" – Paul Perovic and Hope Johnson.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   Alexandra Nash   alternative dispute resolution   Audio-visual Link   cattle farming   climate change   combating food waste   COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy   Dominic Bilton   environmental effects of agriculture   Environmental Regulation   greenhouse gas emissions   greenwashing   Hope Johnson   Land and Environment Court of New South Wales (NSWLEC)   limited emissions tax on cattle production   Load-based Licensing Scheme   Microsoft Teams   New South Wales pollution law   Paul Perovic   Rhea Rachel   Susan A Dixon   teleconferencing   virtual courtrooms   Wastewater Sector Pollution Regulation   water pollution regulation in New South Wales 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 97 Pt 8

By journalalerts on September 14, 2023

This Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: "Investigators, Cognitive Bias and Double-Dipping: Misunderstanding Opinion Evidence in Trials and Appeals" by Gary Edmond and "Dead Men Tell No Tales – Permanent Stays in Historical Child Sexual Abuse Litigation and “Dead Man Statutes” – An Unforeseen Outcome?" by James Masur. It also contains the following sections: Current Issues: "Historic Joint Sitting of Heads of Western Australian Courts"; "More on Judicial Bullying: Judicial Commission of Victoria"; "The Coronation Service of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: A Thousand Years in the Making"; Conveyancing and Property: "Resulting Trusts after Bosanac v Federal Commissioner of Taxation"; a Recent Cases section: "Public International Law – Foreign State Immunity – Immunity from Jurisdiction – Proceedings for Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Award" and a Personalia section. There is also a book review on "50 Human Rights Cases That Changed Australia", by Lucy Geddes and Hamish McLachlan.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   ALJ   Angelina A Gomez   articles   book review   Conveyancing and property   Current issues   Dead Men Tell No Tales – Permanent Stays in Historical Child Sexual Abuse Litigation and “Dead Man Statutes” – An Unforeseen Outcome?   Emily Vale   Gary Edmond   Hamish McLachlan   Investigators Cognitive Bias and Double-Dipping: Misunderstanding Opinion Evidence in Trials and Appeals   James Masur   Justice Kunc   Lucy Geddes   Personalia   Professor Brendan Edgeworth   Recent cases   Ruth C A Higgins SC 

Australian Tax Review update: Vol 52 Pt 2

By journalalerts on August 31, 2023

The latest Part of the Australian Tax Review includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL – Tax Administration – Evolution or Revolution?" – General Editors: Dale Pinto and Kerrie Sadiq; "SPEECH – Tax Administration: Evolution or Revolution" – Jeremy Hirschhorn; "Directors’ Liability for Unpaid Company Tax in Australia: Revisiting the Case for Reform" – Richard Krever; and "Is Unpaid Tax the Canary in the Coalmine? An Examination of Stakeholder Benefit from Quicker Action on Tax Debt in Aotearoa New Zealand, Informed By Australia and Ireland" – Lisa Marriott.

Posted In:  Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)  Tagged:   Aotearoa New Zealand   debt management options   debts owed to the government   director's liability   Ireland   Jeremy Hirschhorn   Lisa Marriott   New Zealand’s Inland Revenue   personal liability   personal liability of directors for non-remitted taxes   primary company income tax   Professor Dale Pinto   Professor Kerrie Sadiq   Richard Krever   tax administration   tax debt   Unpaid Company Tax   Unpaid Tax 

Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 47 Pt 1

By journalalerts on August 28, 2023

Criminal Law Journal Volume 47 No. 7 featuring articles from Mirko Bagaric, Brendon Murphy, Olav Nielssen, Peggy Dwyer, Pascale Chifflet, Steven Tudor, Tyrone Kirchengast and the 2021-2022 sentencing review by Lorana Bartels.

Posted In:  Criminal Law Journal (Crim LJ)  Tagged:   automatism   Crim LJ   Current issues   Dr Lorana Bartels   Editorial   Professor Mirko Bagaric   restorative justice   Sentencing Review 2021-2022   sexsomnia   Statutory Interpretation Crimes Act 1958 (Victoria)   Stephen Odgers SC   Substance Induced Psychosis   Systemic Support for Sex Offence Victims and Survivors   VLRC   young offenders 

Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 30 Pt 2

By journalalerts on August 10, 2023

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Posted In:  Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM)  Tagged:   alcohol marketing   An Australian Sugary-sweetened Beverage Levy: Why   Anthony Gray   Arthur Richardson   articles   Bolam test   book review   by Chip Le Grand   Cameron Stewart   Carolyn Johnston   Christian Poland   Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)   clinical ethics services   Coroners’ Inquests and Criminal and Disciplinary Law   CRISPR   Dean v Pope [2022] NSWCA 260   Dianne Nicol   Editorial   genetic abnormality   Genomic Law Column   health law reporter   Helen Pham   Ian Freckleton AO KC   Jane Nielsen   John Chesterman   Kozarov v Victoria   Legal Liability of Clinical Ethics Services in Australia: “Should I Be More Worried Than I Am?”   levy or tax on SSBs   Lisa Eckstein   Lockdown   Margaret Otlowski   Marilyn Bromberg   Meredith Blake   Michael Hollands   Naomi Foo   Olumayowa Adesanya   patent filings   Paula O’Brien   Perry Peralta   personal information   Peter Kim   privacy law   Public Health law column   reasonably identifiable   Relatives’ Right to Know Genetic Information in Aotearoa New Zealand   s 5O   Sharing of Genomic Data: Exploring the Privacy Implications of the Changing Status of Genomic Data   Sharon L Feldman   Shih-Ning Then   State and Territory law reform   Stephanie Milan   Supporting the Involvement of Adults with Cognitive Disabilities in Research: The Need for Reform   The Continuing Problem of Expert Evidence in Medical Litigation – A Surgical Perspective with Reference to Daubert   The Duty of Care to Protect Employees against the Risk of Psychiatric Harm from Vicarious Trauma: Kozarov v Victoria   The Patent Landscape for CRISPR Genome Editing in Australia   The Standard of Care Test Revisited: Competing Approaches to Defining Competent Profession Practice in Australia   The Statutory Standard of Care in Australia and its Application to Experimental Medical Practice   The Treatment of Young Transgender People and the Law   vicarious trauma   Welcome to Television: Regulating Alcohol Marketing on Television in Australia to Protect the Health of Young People   What and How?   World Health Organization   Yuu Matsuyama 

Public Law Review update: Vol 34 Pt 2

By journalalerts on August 9, 2023

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Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   2023 referendum   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament   Amelia Kendall   Aotearoa New Zealand   Australian Constitution   Claire Charters   Daniel Bray   Dylan Lino   Graeme Orr   Harry Hobbs   He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mo¯ Aotearoa   Heidi Norman   Introducing the Symposium on the Voice to Parliament   Ko wai taˉtou? Reflecting on Constitutional Transformation in Aotearoa New Zealand   Laurel Fox   Matike Mai Aotearoa   Narelle Bedford   national Indigenous politics   On Representation and the Politics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice   representation   representative Voice   Sana Nakata   Sophie Rigney   Special Issue on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice   The Aftermath: What if The Voice Referendum Does Not Succeed?   The Proposal for the Voice to Parliament: Placing the Referendum Proposal in Context   The Voice as a Strategy for Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rights and Interests on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation   The Voice as Politics   Voice to Parliament   Why a First Nations Voice Will Not Extinguish Indigenous Sovereignty 
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