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Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: Vol 33 Pt 4

By journalalerts on January 6, 2026

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Posted In:  Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal (ADRJ)  Tagged:   Atiqur Rahman   Bangladesh   book review   commercial arbitration   David Spencer   Dr Grant Morris   Dr Katherine Johnson   Eric Beale   hybrid dispute resolution   Jahirul Alam   John Zeleznikow   judge-mediator   mediation   New Zealand   Pauline Collins   Peter Condliffe   pre-mediation conference   restorative justice   social inclusion 

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 35 Pt 4

By journalalerts on January 6, 2026

This Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBLFP) includes the following articles: "Improving Regulatory Regimes for Corporate Restructuring in New Zealand" – Benjamin Liu; "A Legal Framework for Retail Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia" – Christian Chamorro-Courtland; and "Greenwashing and the Financial Accountability Regime: Implications for Accountable Persons" – Kate Cockburn.

Posted In:  Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBFLP)  Tagged:   Accountable Persons under the Financial Accountability Regime   Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)   Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)   Benjamin Liu   Christian Chamorro-Courtland   Companies Act 1993 (NZ)   Corporate Restructuring in New Zealand   eAUD   greenwashing   Gregory Burton SC   Kate Cockburn   Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)   retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBCD) in Australia   Retail Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia   Takeovers Act 1993 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 99 Pt 10

By journalalerts on January 5, 2026

This Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: Civility – MG Hinton KC; and The Proper Purpose Rule: Preventing Law’s Intentional Abuse – Dr Jessica Hudson Sections include Current Issues with subheadings "The Australian Law Reform Commission Turns 50", "International Day for Judicial Well-being – 25 July", "Section Editor News", "The Dangers of Perfectionism, The Duty to End Perfectionism: Ethical, Cognitive, and Legal Implications of Lawyer Burnout" and "The Curated Page". Other sections include “Returning to Milirrpum v Nabalco over Half a Century On: Commonwealth v Yunupingu", Conveyancing; "The “Newcomer” Injunction in Wolverhampton: Equity’s Illegitimate Child?", Equity and Trusts; "The Search for Purpose", Statutory Interpretation; "An Interview with Chief Justice Gageler", The Legal Observer; a Book Review and a Personalia section.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   An Interview with Chief Justice Gageler   and Legal Implications of Lawyer Burnout   Angelina Gomez   Aryan Mohseni   book review   Brendan Edgeworth   Civility   Cognitive   Connor Crummey   conveyancing   Current issues   Dr Jessica Hudson   equity and trusts   International Day for Judicial Well-being – 25 July   John Basten KC   Justice François Kunc   Kate Galloway   Melissa Castan   MG Hinton KC   Michael Pelly   Personalia   Returning to Milirrpum v Nabalco over Half a Century On: Commonwealth v Yunupingu   Robert Angyal SC   Saskia O'Neill   Section Editor News   Statutory interpretation   The “Newcomer” Injunction in Wolverhampton: Equity’s Illegitimate Child?   The Australian Law Reform Commission Turns 50   The Curated Page   The Dangers of Perfectionism   The Duty to End Perfectionism: Ethical   The Legal Observer   The Principle of Legality – A Moral Theory   The Proper Purpose Rule: Preventing Law’s Intentional Abuse   The Search for Purpose 

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 41 Pt 3

By journalalerts on November 25, 2025

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Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   Addressing SME funding in Fiji   Adjourning company meetings sine die   Artificial intelligenct and super fund trusteeship   ASIC v Mercer Superannuation   Cary Di Lernia   class actions   continuous disclosure   Darsh Chauhan   Dr Gordon Walker   Edmund Finnane   greenwashing   Jade Hazan   M Scott Donald   Professor Juliette Overland   Reginald Barrett   The diffilculty of proving loss and company awareness in continuous disclosure class actions   Zonia Holdings Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd 

Local Government Law Journal update: Vol 25 Pt 4

By journalalerts on November 20, 2025

This Part of the Local Government Law Journal includes the following content: Social Impact Assessment: Treacherous Waters for Local Communities by Alison Ziller and Reforming s 36 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) to Deliver Procedural Justice in Land Use Planning by Bethany Farah. The Local Government Planning and Law Guide Cases are provided by Lawrie Groom, Josh Walsh and Olivia Lennon and there is also a Digest of Cases.

Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   Alison Ziller   Bethany Farah   Josh Walsh   Lawrie Groom   Olivia Lennon   Reforming s 36 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) to Deliver Procedural Justice in Land Use Planning   Social Impact Assessment: Treacherous Waters for Local Communities 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 32 Pt 3

By journalalerts on November 18, 2025

The latest part of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L) includes the following articles: "Standing in Environmental Cases" – Justice Kristen Walker; "Prerogative Pardons and the Rule of Law" – Justice Sarah Pritchard; and "Character Cancellations and Refusals on Review: Does the Migration Act Hinder or Help the Purpose of the Administrative Review Tribunal?" – Jessica Schulman, William Berthelot, Sarah Akanda and Checker McCarthy. Also in this Part is the Editorial – "Fairness in Migration Decision-making and Its Review".

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1975 (Cth)   Administrative Review Tribunal   Checker McCarthy   Dr Greg Weeks   Dr Matthew Groves   Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)   Fairness in Migration Decision-making   Forestry Corp of New South Wales v South East Forest Rescue Inc   Jessica Schulman   Justice Sarah Pritchard   Migration Act 1958 (Cth)   People who have their visas cancelled or refused under the character provisions   prerogative of mercy   prerogative or executive pardon in Australia   Prerogative Pardons   Sarah Akanda   standing in the environmental law context   the exercise of the pardon power in the United States   William Berthelot 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 41 Pt 5

By journalalerts on November 11, 2025

This Part of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ) includes the following articles: "The Problem with Plastic" – Sarah Mellowes; "ASIC v Green Lies: The Corporate Watchdog’s Greenwashing Crackdown as an Emerging Trend in Climate Litigation" – Yufei Wang; and "Greenwashing Accountability in Australian Law and Policy" – Claire Lawler.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   ASIC v Green Lies   Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)   Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth)   Claire Lawler   climate litigation in Australia   Dr Gerry Bates   greenwashing   greenwashing accountability in Australian law and policy   LGSS Pty Ltd   marine litter   Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited   microplastics   plastic pollution   Sarah Mellowes   Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd   Yufei Wang 

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 1

By journalalerts on November 10, 2025

The latest Part of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal includes the following articles: "Informed User and Familiar Person in Australian Design Law and Their Counterparts in European and US Law" by Yisheng R Chen, "The Growth of Knowledge Commons in Synthetic Biology: The OpenPlant Case" by Alison McLennan, Juan Diaz-Granados and Maria Gonzalez Valero, "Beyond Borders: The Lack of Extra-territorial Jurisdiction and the Unenforceability of Australian Copyright Offences against Online Infringement Activities as Cross-border Crimes" by Yuqian Shang. Also in this Part is the following section: Editorial.

Posted In:  Australian Intellectual Property Journal (AIPJ)  Tagged:   AIPJ   Alison McLennan   Australia   Australian copyright law   Australian Design Law   Australian Intellectual Property Journal   Australian IP   average user   Biotech   case law   Commons Based Innovation   Comparative Law   copyright law   Criminal Enforcement   Criminal Enforcement Against Online Copyright Crimes   Cross Border Crime   Cybercrime Policy   David Brennan   David J Brennan   David Lindsay   Design Law   Designs Act 2003   Designs Act 2003 (Cth)   designs patents   Dianne Nicol   Digital Piracy   Distinctiveness   Empirical Study   EU Design Law   European Design Law   Extra-territorial Jurisdiction   Familiar Person   Informed User   infringement   infringement of a design patent   innovation   innovation impediments   Innovation Policy   intellectual property   International Treaties   IPR   Juan Diaz-Granados   Jurisdictional Limits   Knowledge Commons   knowledge commons framework   Maria Gonzalez Valero   Multisteps Pty Ltd v Source & Sell Pty Ltd   Online Copyright Crimes   Online Infringement   Online Infringement Activities   Open Plant   Open Science   OpenPlant Case   Ordinary Designer   Ordinary Observer   Patent Policy   patent system   patenting in synthetic biology   qualitative research   quantitative research   Ryan Shang   sectoral expert   Sharing Initiatives   synthetic biology   synthetic biology scientific community   Unenforceability   Unenforceability of Australian Copyright Offences   US Design Law   US Design Patents   Yisheng Chen   Yisheng R Chen   Yuqian Shang 

Australian Tax Review update: Vol 54 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 31, 2025

This Part of the Australian Tax Review (AT Rev) includes the following articles and sections: "EDITORIAL – Adapting to Transparency, Classification, and Digitalisation in Australian Tax Law" – General Editors: Dale Pinto and Kerrie Sadiq; "Public Country-by-Country Reporting in Australia in 2024: A Critical Analysis" – Jessica Wood; "Who Is an Employee? The Unfortunate Tax and Superannuation Legacy of a Transplanted Category" – Christina Allen and Richard Krever; and "What Are (Not) Tax Agent Services in an Evolving Digital Ecosystem? An Analysis of Crypto Data Aggregators" – Elizabeth Morton and Lisa Greig.

Posted In:  Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)  Tagged:   Christina Allen   crypto data aggregators   definition of an employee   Digitalisation in Australian Tax Law   distinguishing employees from contractors in income tax or superannuation law   Elizabeth Morton   European Union   incorporation of a tort law definition into income tax and superannuation law   Jessica Wood   Lisa Greig   OECD   Professor Dale Pinto   Professor Kerrie Sadiq   Public Country-by-Country (CBC) Reporting in Australia   Richard Krever   TASA Code of Professional Conduct   tax agent services (TAS)   Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) 
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