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Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 29 Pt 2

By journalalerts on August 5, 2021

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: "The Liability of Social Media Influencers to Consumers in Australia: Recommendations for Reform" – Asal Ozgoli; and "Reviewing Concerted Practices and Misuse of Market Power" – Arihant Agarwal. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "An Appeal to Feelings"; Consumer Protection: "The Assessment of Damages Involving Counterfactual Analysis: Guidance from the High Court" – Rebecca Bunting; Unconscionable Conduct and Codes of Conduct: "Mandatory Industry Codes and Digital Markets" – Deniz Kayis; Case Note: "Criminal Cartel Conduct: Chartered Waters for Wallenius" – Louise Moussa; Tribunal Tableaux: "The Australian Competition Tribunal in 2020" – Tim Luxton; Snapshots: "A Short Point but a Good One – Agreed Civil Penalties Engage the Court's Discretion" – Douglas Shirrefs; Landmarks: "Enduring Implications for Competition Law Issues in the Modern Data Economy: Lessons from Re ASX Operations Pty Ltd and Pont Data Australia Pty Ltd" – Mei Gong and Ayman Guirguis; Report from Latin America; Report from New Zealand: "The Supreme Court of New Zealand on Price-Fixing" – Lindsay Trotman and Matthew Berkahn; Book Review: "Australian Consumer Law: The Comprehensive Guide", by Adrian Coorey; Worth Repeating; and Odds & Ends.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL)  Tagged:   2015 Harper Review   adjudge misuse of power   Adrian Coorey   advertising   AJCCL   An Appeal to Feelings   Arihant Agarwal   articles   Asal Ozgoli   Australian Consumer Law The Comprehensive Guide   Ayman Guirguis   Bernard McCabe   book review   Case Note   Christopher Hodgekiss SC   Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)   concerted practices   Consumer Protection   consumers' rights   Criminal Cartel Conduct: Chartered Waters for Wallenius   Deniz Kayis   Douglas Shirrefs   Editorial   Enduring Implications for Competition Law Issues in the Modern Data Economy Lessons from Re ASX Operations Pty Ltd and Pont Data Australia Pty Ltd   Landmarks   legal liability of social media influencers   Lindsay Trotman   Louise Moussa   Mandatory Industry Codes and Digital Markets   Matthew Berkahn   Mei Gong   misleading advertising   Odds & Ends   Omar Guerrero Rodríguez   Rebecca Bunting   Report from Latin America   Report from New Zealand   Reviewing Concerted Practices and Misuse of Market Power   Short Point but a Good One Agreed Civil Penalties Engage the Court's Discretion   Snapshots   social media marketing   The Assessment of Damages Involving Counterfactual Analysis Guidance from the High Court   The Australian Competition Tribunal in 2020   The Liability of Social Media Influencers to Consumers in Australia Recommendations for Reform   The Supreme Court of New Zealand on Price-Fixing   Tim Luxton   Tribunal Tableaux   Unconscionable Conduct and Codes of Conduct   Worth repeating 

Australian Tax Review update: Vol 50 Pt 1

By journalalerts on August 5, 2021

The latest Part of the Australian Tax Review includes the following articles: "The Taxation of Both Sides of Take-or-Pay Contracts" – Hon Richard Edmonds AM SC; "A Cautionary Application of the Myer Emporium Principle to Deductions" – Alexander Schatz; and "What Does It Take to Make a House New?" – Christine Peacock. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial; and Book Review: "Taxation of Charities and Not-for-profits", by Ann O'Connell – Reviewed by Anne Robinson AM and Jae Yang.

Posted In:  Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)  Tagged:   50 Years and Still Going Strong   A Cautionary Application of the Myer Emporium Principle to Deductions   Alexander Schatz   Ann O’Connell   Anne Robinson AM   articles   AT Rev   Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)   book review   Christine Peacock   commercial and business activities   Commissioner of Taxation v Myer Emporium Ltd   Dale Pinto   Editorial   forecasting of cash flows to meet debt servicing and operational costs   Full Federal Court decision in Greig v Commissioner of Taxation (Greig)   Goods and Services Tax (GST)   Hon Richard Edmonds AM SC   isolated business transaction   Jae Yang   Kerrie Sadiq   long-term take-or-pay contracts   new and used residential premises   new residential premises as taxable supply   obtaining capital investment   oil and gas projects   product supply   renovated premises   share trading   tax consequences   Taxation of Charities and Not-for-profits   taxpayer’s deduction of losses made in respect of shares   The Taxation of Both Sides of Take-or-Pay Contracts   used residential premises as input taxed supply or outside the scope of GST/VAT   Value Added Tax (VAT)   What Does It Take to Make a House New? 

Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 9 Pt 4

By journalalerts on August 5, 2021

The latest Part of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice includes the following articles: "Concepts of Loss and Proving Hypotheticals in Misleading or Deceptive Conduct" – Benjamin Teng and Andrew Simpson; and "Once Privileged, Always Privileged? An Exploration into the Applicability of Legal Professional Privilege to Inquisitorial Proceedings in New Zealand" – James Anson-Holland. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "A Civil Case Made Notable by the Notoriety of a Criminal Case: Burnett v International Insurance Co of Hanover Ltd" – Roderick Joyce QSO QC; and "Disregarding the Pleadings at Trial" – Michael Legg; Case Notes: "The Stema Barge II – 'Manager' or 'Operator'?" – Kate Rouch; and "Privacy – Celebrity and Personal Correspondence in the United Kingdom High Court: HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd" – Lydia Wilson; and Court Watch: "Bias and Procedural Fairness at Trial" – Bernard Cairns.

Posted In:  Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice (JCivLP)  Tagged:   A Civil Case Made Notable by the Notoriety of a Criminal Case Burnett v International Insurance Co of Hanover Ltd   Andrew Simpson   arising of presumptions vis-à-vis wrongdoers   articles   Benjamin Teng   Bernard Cairns   Berry v CCL Secure Pty Ltd   Bias and Procedural Fairness at Trial   case notes   claims for damages to compensate loss caused by misleading or deceptive conduct   Concepts of Loss and Proving Hypotheticals in Misleading or Deceptive Conduct   Court watch   damages for loss of opportunity   Disregarding the Pleadings at Trial   Editorial   he Stema Barge II – Manager or Operator?   historical underpinnings of legal professional privilege   Inquiries Act 2013 (NZ)   inquiries and investigations   inquisitorial proceedings   inquisitorial proceedings in New Zealand   James Anson-Holland   JCivLP   Kate Rouch   Lydia Wilson   Michael Legg   Once Privileged Always Privileged? An Exploration into the Applicability of Legal Professional Privilege to Inquisitorial Proceedings in New Zealand   pleading of counterfactuals   Privacy – Celebrity and Personal Correspondence in the United Kingdom High Court HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd   Professor Michael Legg   Roderick Joyce QSO QC   shifting of evidentiary onuses 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 6

By journalalerts on June 23, 2021

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Cargo Lost Overboard in Australian Waters: Their Management and Australian Law" – Laura Heit and Michael White; "Did Dad Get It Wrong? Bursill Enterprises Pty Ltd v Berger Bros Trading Co Pty Ltd" – The Honourable WV Windeyer; "Workers, Apps and Fairness: Contracting in the Gig Economy" – Katrina Woodforde; and "Can ADR Improve Expert Evidence?" – Nick Wray-Jones and Jason M Chin. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues: "An Inauspicious Anniversary"; "More on Dealing with Inappropriate Behaviour in the Legal Profession"; "Stage 2 Defamation Reform"; "Thank You Artspace"; "The Rule of Law"; "The Fit and Proper Person Test and the Rule of Law – One Size Does Not Fit All"; and "The Curated Page"; Letter to the Editor; Around the Nation: Northern Territory: "Retirement of Justice Hiley RFD"; and "Burial Rights"; Environmental Law: "Commonwealth"; and "Significant Environmental Decisions of the Federal Court"; Technology and the Law: "Cyber Security Essentials When Doing Legal Work from Home"; and International Focus: "IA–CEPA and the Increasingly Complex Architecture for International Trade in the Asia- Pacific Region".

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   ADR's capacity to limit psychology of bias   ALJ   alternative dispute resolution   An Inauspicious Anniversary   Around the Nation: Northern Territory   articles   Australian East Coast shipping accidents   Australian gig economy formal legal regulatory scheme   Australian shipping management and legal systems   Burial Rights   Bursill Enterprises Pty Ltd v Berger Bros Trading Co Pty Ltd   Can ADR Improve Expert Evidence?   Cargo Lost Overboard in Australian Waters: Their Management and Australian Law   Commonwealth   countering expert bias   Court Managed Expert Evidence (CMEE)   Current issues   Cyber Security Essentials When Doing Legal Work from Home   Did Dad Get It Wrong?   environmental law   Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC   IA–CEPA and the Increasingly Complex Architecture for International Trade in the Asia- Pacific Region   International focus   international shipping industry   Jason M Chin   Justice François Kunc   Justice Rachel Pepper   Katrina Woodforde   labour law   Land Court of Queensland   Laura Heit   letter to the editor   Lyria Bennett Moses   manage experts' biases   maritime law systems   maritime trade and shipping   Michael White   More on Dealing with Inappropriate Behaviour in the Legal Profession   Nick Wray-Jones   President Kingham   Professor Stuart Kaye   Retirement of Justice Hiley RFD   significant environmental decisions of the Federal Court   Stage 2 Defamation Reform   Technology and the Law   Thank You Artspace   The Curated Page   The Fit and Proper Person Test and the Rule of Law – One Size Does Not Fit All   The Honourable WV Windeyer   The Rule of Law   unfair contract review scheme   worker status   Workers Apps and Fairness: Contracting in the Gig Economy 

Company and Securities Law Journal Special Issue: Financial Services Laws – Understanding the Devil in the Detail (Vol 38 Pt 5)

By journalalerts on June 23, 2021

This Special Issue of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "Legislative Design – Clarifying the Legislative Porridge" – Andrew Godwin, Vivienne Brand and Rosemary Teele Langford; "Delegated Legislation in Financial Services Law: Implications for Regulatory Complexity and the Rule of Law" – Tess Van Geelen; "Disclosure (Dis)content: Regulating Disclosure in Prospectuses and Product Disclosure Statements" – Phoebe Tapley and Andrew Godwin; "Australia’s Licensing Regimes for Financial Services, Credit, and Superannuation: Three Tracks toward the Twin Peaks" – Cindy Davies, Samuel Walpole and Gail Pearson; and "Regulating for Loyalty in the Financial Services Industry" – Samuel Walpole, M Scott Donald and Rosemary Teele Langford. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial; and Overview: "Special Issue on the Australian Law Reform Commission Legislative Mapping Project" – Justice Sarah Derrington, Rosemary Teele Langford and Andrew Godwin.

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   "member outcomes"   accountability problems with respect to the separation of powers   Andrew Godwin   articles   Australia's Licensing Regimes for Financial Services Credit and Superannuation Three Tracks toward the Twin Peaks   Australia's Twin Peaks system of financial regulation   Australian Credit Licence (ACL)   Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)   C&SLJ   Cindy Davies   compliance with and interpretation and application of legislative requirements   concerted legislative action to protect customer interests   debate about legislative design and simplification of law   Delegated Legislation in Financial Services Law Implications for Regulatory Complexity and the Rule of Law   Disclosure (Dis)content Regulating Disclosure in Prospectuses and Product Disclosure Statements   duties of loyalty reform   Editorial   Edmund Finnane   Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Act 2020 (Cth)   Financial Services Royal Commission Final Report of 2019   financial services sector scandals   Future of Financial Advice   Gail Pearson   general tests standards and content requirements for prospectuses and product disclosure statements   issue or sale of securities and financial products   Justice Sarah Derrington   lack of effective oversight   Legislative Design – Clarifying the Legislative Porridge   M Scott Donald   navigability of the disclosure regimes   Overview   Phoebe Tapley   proliferation and under-regulation of delegated legislation   prospectus and product disclosure statement disclosure regimes under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   Protecting Consumers   Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE)   Regulating for Loyalty in the Financial Services Industry   review into the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation   Rosemary Teele Langford   Rule of Law principles   Samuel Walpole   simplifying corporate and financial services law in Australia   Special Issue   Special Issue on the Australian Law Reform Commission Legislative Mapping Project   Stronger Super   Tess Van Geelen   Vivienne Brand 

Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 29 Pt 1

By journalalerts on June 23, 2021

The latest Part of the Journal includes the following articles: "Unfair Preferences as an Instrument of Restoration" – Nikita Angelakis; and "To the Purpose: Unduly Narrow Standing under s 447C" – Paulina Fishman. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial – Dr David Morrison; Recent Developments: "'Electronic Communication' Amendments to the Corporations Act: Implications for Service of Statutory Demands" – Mark Wellard; and Report from New Zealand: "The Operation and Development of New Zealand's Personal Insolvency Regime in 2020" – Lynne Taylor.

Posted In:  Insolvency Law Journal (Insolv LJ)  Tagged:   447C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   articles   Cant v Mad Brothers Earthmoving Pty Ltd   challenging the validity of a purported appointment   courts declaring appointment of administrator invalid   distributon of assets to creditors   Dr David Morrison   Editorial   Electronic Communication Amendments to the Corporations Act Implications for Service of Statutory Demands   Insolv LJ   Mark Wellard   Nikita Angelakis   Paulina Fishman   Professor Lynne Taylor   Pt 5.7B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   recent developments   Report from New Zealand   restitutionary nature of relief   restore property of the company   The Operation and Development of New Zealand's Personal Insolvency Regime in 2020   To the Purpose: Unduly Narrow Standing under s 447C   Unfair Preferences as an Instrument of Restoration   voluntary administration 

Building and Construction Law Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 6

By journalalerts on June 7, 2021

The latest Part of the Building and Construction Law Journal includes the following article: "For Fetter or Worse: The Fettering Doctrine and Government Building Contracts" – Paul Tamburro. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "Significant Cases Reported in the Volume 36"; and Reports on the following cases: Roude v Helwani; White Constructions Pty Ltd v PBS Holdings Pty Ltd; and TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd.

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   action for damages   articles   BCL   Editorial   fettering a government's powers   For Fetter or Worse: The Fettering Doctrine and Government Building Contracts   government contracts   government infrastructure contracts   how a government can exercise its executive powers in the future   Michael Christie SC   Paul Tamburro   Reports   Roude v Helwani   Searle v Commonwealth   Significant Cases Reported in the Volume 36   TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd   White Constructions Pty Ltd v PBS Holdings Pty Ltd 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 2

By journalalerts on June 7, 2021

This Issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: "Licensing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Western Australia" – Olivia De Koning, Helena Nguyen and Alex Gardner; "Standing Outside: An Environment of Challenge and Withheld Cures" – Matthew Groves; "Visions of Electrification and Potential for Decarbonisation: The Absence of Ridesharing and Carsharing in Australia's Electric Vehicle Policy" – Alannah Milton; "Returning the Environment to Their Custodians: Strengthening Indigenous Influence in Environmental Decision-making" – Kenny Ng; and "Child Rights and Climate Change: Litigative Avenues for Australian Children" – Stefan Prelevic.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   Alannah Milton   Alex Gardner   articles   authorised emission   child climate change litigants   Child Rights and Climate Change: Litigative Avenues for Australian Children   climate change   conservative mass private electric vehicle uptake   decarbonising passenger transport   electric ridesharing and carsharing   electric vehicle policies   electric vehicles life-cycle emissions   Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)   environmental decision-making approaches   Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2020 (WA)   EPLJ   globally orchestrated climate change protest   greater Indigenous influence in environmental decision-making processes   Greta Thunberg   Helena Nguyen   Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)   incorporating human and child rights-based arguments   indigenous rights   Kenny Ng   Licensing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Western Australia   Matthew Groves   Olivia De Koning   Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure to the Convention on the Rights of the Child   Paris Agreement   pollution and environmental harm   progressive shared and intermodal electric mobility   Pt V of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA)   regulating greenhouse gas emissions   Returning the Environment to Their Custodians: Strengthening Indigenous Influence in Environmental Decision-making   securing licence defence   Standing Outside: An Environment of Challenge and Withheld Cures   standing principles under the general law   Stefan Prelevic   sustainable transport policy and scholarship   transformed mobility system   Visions of Electrification and Potential for Decarbonisation: The Absence of Ridesharing and Carsharing in Australia's Electric Vehicle Policy   Walton v Scottish Ministers   Youth Verdict v Waratah Coal 

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 32 Pt 1

By journalalerts on June 7, 2021

The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: "One-Stop Shop: Consumer Credit Issued at the Point of Sale" – Lucinda O'Brien, Ian Ramsay, Paul Ali and Mihika Upadhyaya; "Letters of Credit: Model for the Illegality Exception and for the UCP to Address Exceptions to the Principle of Autonomy" – Mohd Hwaidi; and "The Banker's Obligation to Pay and the Scope of the Quincecare 'Duty'" – Lee Aitken. Also in this Part are the following sections: Banking Law and Banking Practice: "CBDC: Digital Cash as Legal Tender" – Alan L Tyree; and Insolvency Law and Management: "Simplified Liquidation: A Different Test for Insolvency?" – Lindsay Powers.

Posted In:  Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBFLP)  Tagged:   Alan L Tyree   appropriate outcomes for fraud and illegality exceptions   articles   Australian Credit Licence (ACL)   Banking Law and Banking Practice   Barclays Bank Plc v Quincecare Ltd   CBDC: Digital Cash as Legal Tender   cognitive dissonance theory   documentary letters of credit   duty to inquire   Gerard Breen   Ian Ramsay   illegality exception under English law   Insolvency law and management   JBFLP   John Sheahan QC   Lee Aitken   Letters of Credit: Model for the Illegality Exception and for the UCP to Address Exceptions to the Principle of Autonomy   Lindsay Powers   Lucinda O'Brien   Mohd Hwaidi   nudge theory   One-Stop Shop: Consumer Credit Issued at the Point of Sale   Paul Ali and Mihika Upadhyaya   point-of-sale credit   rational choice theory   responsible lending requirements   Simplified Liquidation: A Different Test for Insolvency?   The Banker's Obligation to Pay and the Scope of the Quincecare "Duty"   Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 

Journal of Judicial Administration update: Vol 30 Pt 3

By journalalerts on June 7, 2021

The latest Part of the Journal of Judicial Administration includes the following articles: "Do Juries Understand the Criminal Standard of Proof of Beyond Reasonable Doubt? – Andrew Hemming"; and "Maximising the Pivot to Online Courts: Digital Transformation, Not Mere Digitisation" – Vicki Waye, Joe McIntyre, Jane Knowler, Anna Olijnyk, Collette Snowden, Ben Martini, Gaye Deegan and Jasmine Palmer.

Posted In:  Journal of Judicial Administration (JJA)  Tagged:   Andrew Hemming   Anna Olijnyk   articles   Ben Martini   Collette Snowden   COVID-19 pivot   digital transformation in Australian Magistrates' Courts   direct or indirect jury question   Do Juries Understand the Criminal Standard of Proof of Beyond Reasonable Doubt?   expansive and transformative uses of technology by courts   Gaye Deegan   guilty verdicts overturned on appeal   High Court   Jane Knowler   Jasmine Palmer   JJA   Joe McIntyre   Maximising the Pivot to Online Courts: Digital Transformation Not Mere Digitisation   online dispute resolution system for residential tenancy bond disputes   sexual assault cases   ss 63–64 of the Jury Directions Act 2015 (Vic)   users' experience of online courts and tribunals   Vicki Waye 
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