Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 47 Pt 6

By journalalerts on June 1, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: "Function, Form, Fixed, Floating and Forge: Filtering Out Pre-PPSA Concepts in a Post-PPSA World" – Linda Widdup; "The Floating Charge under the PPSA: The Current State of Play" – Sheelagh McCracken; "Registration Errors under the PPSA: A Case Law Inventory and Analysis" – Martin Lovell and Oliver Radan; and "The Use of Overseas Case Law in the Australian PPSA" – David Brown. Also in this Part is an Editorial.

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 1

By journalalerts on June 1, 2020

This Part includes the following articles: "Judicial Review of the Fast-track Asylum Seeker Assessment Process" – Tim Peyton; and "A(nother) New Unreasonableness Framework for Canadian Administrative Law" – Janina Boughey. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: "The Ongoing Quest to Define a Duty of Consistency"; Casenote: "CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 50" – Stephen Tully; Speech: "Delivering Reasons in the Tribunal Context" – The Hon Justice A S Bell; and Book Review: "Administrative Redress in and out of the Courts, by Greg Weeks and Matthew Groves (eds)" – Reviewed by Dr Maria O’Sullivan.

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 37 Pt 5

By journalalerts on June 1, 2020

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "Market-based Causation after TPT Patrol Pty Ltd v Myer Holdings Ltd" – Corey Byrne and Michael Legg; "Delegation by Superannuation Fund Trustees" – M Scott Donald; and "Competition and Efficiency at the Mercy of Equality: Balancing the Equal Opportunity Principle and Maintaining a Competitive and Efficient Market" – Vanessa Murphy. This issue also includes the following sections: Editorial; Book Review: "A Case for Shareholders’ Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia" by Ernest Lim – reviewed by Associate Professor Rosemary Teele Langford; Directors' Duties: "Cassimatis v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2020] FCAFC 52 – "Dystopian Accessorial Liability" or The End of "Stepping Stones" as We Know It?" – Rosemary Teele Langford; and New Zealand and South Pacific: "Supporting SME Fundraising in Fiji" – Gordon Walker.

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 37 Pt 3

By journalalerts on June 1, 2020

This Issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: "The Murray-Darling Basin in Court: Administering Water Policy in the Eastern States of Australia – Administrative and Other Challenges" – Justice Nicola Pain and Georgia Pick; "Landowners' Appeal of Seawalls Refusal Unsuccessful" – John R Corkill; "Higher and Distinctive Standards for Urban River Protection? Special Purpose "River Laws" and Land-use Planning" – Bruce Lindsay; "Take Care or Beware: Victoria’s New Environmental Protection Regime" – Alice Maxwell; "Serial Environmental Offenders: Putting Penalties into Practice" – Kierra Parker; "Planning vs Planning Law: Reconciling Planning Policy and Case Law in the Victorian Planning System" – Stephen Rowley; and "Climate Change Risk and the Urban Landscape" – Sophie Tepper.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 5

By journalalerts on May 20, 2020

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Dixonian Legalism and its Adherents: Assessing the Place for Policy Choices under "Strict and Complete Legalism" in Theory and Practice" – Ned Hirst; "Discrimination Against Employees of Religious Schools in Australia, US and the EU – A Comparison in Light of Human Rights and Deliberative Democracy" – Robert Mężyk; and "Resolving Conflicts at the Interface of Public and Private Law" – Ellen Roc. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Environmental Law; International Focus; and Obituary: The Hon John Cain.

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 31 Pt 1

By journalalerts on May 20, 2020

The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: "Mortgage Broking, Regulatory Failure and Statutory Design" – Jeannie Marie Paterson and Elise Bant; "Consumer Lending by New Zealand Banks After the Royal Commission – Business as Usual or More Responsibility Required?" – Victoria Stace; "Prudential Regulation in Australia and the Banking Royal Commission: A Missed Opportunity for Reform?" – Steve Kourabas; "Regulating Superannuation in the Shadows of the Twin Peaks" – M Scott Donald; "Role and Effectiveness of ASIC Compared with the SEC: Shedding Light on Regulation and Enforcement in the United States and Australia" – Zehra G Kavame Eroglu and KE Powell; "Product Intervention Power: An Extra Layer of Protection to Consumers" – Marina Nehme; and "Trust, Social Licence and Regulation: Lessons from the Hayne Royal Commission" – Anne Matthew. Also in this Part are the following Sections: Foreword; Insolvency Law and Management; and United States.

Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 8 Pt 4

By journalalerts on May 20, 2020

The latest Part of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice includes the following articles: "Litigation Funding of Class Actions Approved in Queensland while Maintenance and Champerty Remain the Law" – Wayne Attrill; and "Documents Within Reach: Discovery "Powers"" – Alexander Sloan. Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial Comments on "Lawyers to Be Able to Take Percentage of Class Action Damages in Victoria but Questions Remain" – Michael Legg and ""People Who Live in Glass Houses": Fearn v Tate Gallery Board of Trustees" – Roderick Joyce, QSO, QC; and Case Notes: "The End of the Chorley Exception in Australia: Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow" – Benjamin Teng and "Craig v Williams: Allegations of Apparent Bias" – Matthew Mortimer.

Curing a Multitude of Sins

By craigryan on May 19, 2020

With millions of Australians participating in them, and with the associations themselves numbering in the hundreds of thousands, unincorporated associations truly are social entities. They variously include sports clubs, charities, cultural and arts and environmental organisations, and churches.[1]

Journal of Judicial Administration update: Vol 29 Pt 3

By journalalerts on May 7, 2020

The latest Part of the Journal of Judicial Administration includes the following articles: "Single Joint Expert Witnesses" – Ian Freckelton QC; "Court Delay and Judicial Wellbeing: Lessons from Self-Determination Theory to Enhance Court Timeliness in Australia" – Sarah Murray, Ian Murray and Tamara Tulich; "A Tale of Two Courts" – Felicity Bell; and "Implications of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse for the Protection of Vulnerable Witnesses: Royal Commission Procedures and Introduction of Intermediaries and Ground Rules Hearings around Australia" – Anita Mackay and Jacqueline Giuffrida.

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 30 Pt 4

By journalalerts on May 7, 2020

The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: "Romalpa Suppliers and the PPSA – For Better or Worse in Insolvency – Part II" – David Morrison and Matthew Broderick; "Cut Me Some Slack: An Analysis into the Extension of Time Provisions for Registering Security Interests under the Corporations Act" – Amanda Jade Staninovski; "The Trustee's Indemnity as "Property of the Company" under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth): Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth" – Allison J Silink; "Finance v2.0 – an Analysis of the Impact of Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Extensible Markup Language on Debt Capital Markets in Australia" – Andrew J Lunardi; "Disclaimer Explainer: What Are the Legal Consequences of Disclaimer of Real Property under s 133 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)?" – Matthew Paterson; and "The Regulation of Cryptoassets in Australia and the United States" – David Lu. Also in this Part are the following Sections: Securities and Mortgages; Wealth Management; and United Kingdom and Europe.