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Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 46 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 28, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes tributes to the late Professor Bob Baxt AO. It contains the following articles: "Pre-contractual Due Diligence by Franchisees and Independent Small Business Buyers" – Lorelle Frazer, Jenny Buchan, Scott Weaven, Binh Tran-Nam and Anthony Grace; "The Enterprise Risk Theory of Vicarious Liability" – Anthony Gray; and "Lessons for Market Definition from Air Cargo" – Rhonda L Smith and Arlen Duke. It also contains the following sections: Competition and Consumer Law – Brent Fisse; and Book Review.

Posted In:  Australian Business Law Review (ABLR)  Tagged:   “enterprise risk” theory   “market in Australia” definition   ABLR   Air Cargo case   algorithmic market coordination   Anthony Grace   Anthony Gray   Arlen Duke   Binh Tran-Nam   book review   Brent Fisse   competition and consumer law   Dr Rob Nicholls   FC Simon   franchisees and independent business owners   Jenny Buchan   Lorelle Frazer   Meta-Regulation in Practice: Beyond Normative Views of Morality and Rationality   pre-commitment due diligence   Professor Bob Baxt AO   Rhonda L Smith   s 4E of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)   Scott Weaven   small business   vicarious liability 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 92 Pt 8

By journalalerts on September 19, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Taxation of Settlements, Judgments and Awards" – Tony Slater QC and Elizabeth Bishop; "Timor-Leste v Australia: The Impact of International Law on the Current and the Future Arrangements in the Timor Sea" – Maha Chaar; and "Corporate Law Practice: Legal Advice and Ethics" – Barbara Mescher. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Technology and the Law; Admiralty and Maritime; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Personalia; and Book Review.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   A Charter of Rights for Australia (4th ed)   Admiralty and Maritime   ALJ   Angelina Gomez   Anna Collyer   arbitration proceedings by Timor-Leste against Australia   Around the nation: Tasmania   Barbara Mescher   book review   Brendan Edgeworth   Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS)   Conveyancing and property   corporate law and practice   Current issues   Daniel Reynolds   Dr Damien J Cremean   Elizabeth Bishop   Emily Vale   George Williams   Justice Stephen Estcourt AM   legal ethics   Lyria Bennett Moses   Maha Chaar   Personalia   Robert Angyal SC   Ruth C A Higgins SC   taxation of settlements judgments and awards   Technology and the Law   Tony Slater QC 

Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 26 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 19, 2018

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: "'Inconvenient Guests'? The Consumer Experience of Administrative Review for Electricity Pricing" – Julia Mansour and Brooke Greenwood; "Misuse of Market Power in Australia and Abuse of Dominance in Canada: Two Legislated Effects Tests for Unilateral Conduct" – Katharine Kemp; and the following sections: Authorisations and Notifications; Enforcement and Remedies; Restrictive Trade Practices; Case Note; Council Considerations; Economic(s) Matters; Report from China; Report from Europe; and Worth Repeating.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL)  Tagged:   "purpose or effect"   abuse of dominance in Canada   ACCC v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   ACCC v Flight Centre Ltd (No 2)   ACCC v Lux Distributors Pty Ltd   ACCC v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (No 2)   Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth)   administrative review for electricity pricing   AJCCL   Alex Sundakov   Australian Competition Tribunal under the Limited Merits Review (LMR) regime   Australian law against misuse of market power   Authorisations and notifications   Brooke Greenwood   Carolyn Oddie   Case Note   Christopher Hodgekiss SC   Council considerations   Economic(s) Matters   Editorial   Enforcement and Remedies   Ergon Energy Corp Ltd v Australian Energy Regulator   European Commission   Felicity Lee   Flight Centre v ACCC   full Federal Court dismisses Pfizer appeal   Georgia Sands   Google Inc v ACCC   increased penalties for attempted price-fixing   Independent Cinemas Australia Inc. (ICA)   Julia Mansour   Julie Clarke   Katharine Kemp   market failure due to externalities   Mega-Breaches   merger of Chinese competition authorities   Paul D Evans   procedural breaches in merger control cases   Rebecca Mahony   recent successes of the ACCC   Report from China   Report from Europe   Restrictive trade practices   Sarah Russell   Sharon Henrick   Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v ACCC   Susan Ning   the Council's work in 2017-2018   Tom S Pick   Worth repeating 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 25 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 19, 2018

This Part includes the following articles: "Commonwealth Government Contracts, the 'Common Assumption' and Statutory Backing" – Nick Seddon; "The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Rules of Evidence" – Duncan Wallace; and "Declaratory Relief and Public Law Litigation in the 21st Century" – Leigh Howard. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 92 ALJR 481; [2018] HCA 16 and BGH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 1009; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   "common assumption"   AJ Admin L   BGH16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 1009   Book reviews   Bruce Chen   casenotes   Current issues   Dan Meagher   declaratory relief and public law litigation   Duncan Wallace   Editorial   Greg Weeks   James Stellios   Janina Boughey   Justin Davidson   Katie Miller   Leigh Howard   Lisa Burton Crawford   Matthew Groves   Nathalie Ng   Nick Seddon   penalty privilege and self-incrimination privilege   Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 92 ALJR 481; [2018] HCA 16   Stephen Tully   The Principle of Legality in Australia and New Zealand   The Rule of Law and the Australian Constitution   Tom Colwell   Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal   Williams v Commonwealth (2012) 248 CLR 156; [2012] HCA 23 (Williams 1) 

Journal of Judicial Administration update: Vol 27 Pt 4

By journalalerts on September 11, 2018

The latest Part of the Journal of Judicial Administration includes the following articles: "Understanding the Legal Information Experience of Non-lawyers: Lessons from the Family Law Context" – Jonathan Crowe, Rachael Field, Lisa Toohey, Helen Partridge and Lynn McAllister; "'No One Gets Closure In the End': Non-adversarial Justice and Practitioner Insights into the Role of Emotion in Medical Negligence Mediation" – Tina Popa; and "Video Links in Youth Justice Proceedings: When Rights and Convenience Collide" – Tamara Walsh.

Posted In:  Journal of Judicial Administration (JJA)  Tagged:   "virtual courts"   Helen Partridge   JJA   Jonathan Crowe   legal information in a family law context   Lisa Toohey   Lynn McAllister   medical negligence mediation   non-adversarial approaches to justice   Rachael Field   Tamara Walsh   Tina Popa   use of audio-visual links in courtrooms 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: Vol 35 Pt 5

By journalalerts on September 11, 2018

This Part of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal includes the following articles: "Blue Sky Mine: Environmental Risk Disclosure in Australia" – Madeline Baker; "Fairness, Justice and Repairing Environmental Harm; Reconciling the Reparative Approach to the Sentencing of Environmental Crimes with Sentencing Principles" – Andrew Burke; "Hunting for Efficacy: A Critical Evaluation of International Responses to Wildlife Trafficking in the African Great Lakes Region" – Angad Keith; "A Comparison of Third-party Administrative Review Rights in Planning and Environmental Law from a Social Justice Perspective" – Jayna Liew; "No Butterfly Catchers Here! Citizen Science Involvement in Environmental Impact Assessment Compliance Monitoring" – Lara Clare Norman; "Challenges and Opportunities at Implementing Groundwater Governance in Australia: Case Studies from South Australia and Western Australia" – Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada; and "Re-examining the Approach to Alternative Sentencing Orders in New South Wales Pollution Law" – Sarah Wright.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   Andrew Burke   Angad Keith   aspects of NSWLEC sentencing practice   environmental impact assessment (EIA)   environmental risk disclosure   EPLJ   Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada   groundwater governance challenges and opportunities   international responses to wildlife trafficking in the Great Lakes Region   Jayna Liew   Lara Clare Norman   licences under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (Vic) (EP Act)   lternative sentencing orders (ASOs)   Madeline Baker   NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) guidelines regarding the use of ASOs   NSW Land and Environment Court (NSWLEC)   permits under the Planning & Environment Act 1987 (Vic) (P&E Act)   Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) (POEO Act)   s 134 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act)   Sarah Wright   social justice perspective of planning and environmental law 

The Tort Law Review update: Vol 26 Pt 1

By journalalerts on September 11, 2018

The latest Part of the Tort Law Review includes the following articles: "Are the Torts of Trespass to the Person Obsolete? Part 2: Continued Evolution" – Dr Christine Beuermann; "Punitive Damages: Time for Re-examination" – Anthony Gray; and "Defamation and the Misuse of Private Information: A Comparative Analysis" – Sarah Gale.

Posted In:  Journals  Tagged:   Anthony Gray   application of Art 10 of the ECHR to natural and legal persons   Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR)   defamation and misuse of private information   Dr Christine Beuermann   punitive damages   Sarah Gale   Tort L Rev   torts of trespass to the person 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 25 Pt 2

By journalalerts on September 4, 2018

This Part includes the following articles: "Separation of Powers – Dialogue and Deference" – John Basten; "Tale of Two Characters – The Paradoxical Application of the Character Test between Visa Holders and Applicants for Australian Citizenship" – Jason Donnelly; and "Procedural Fairness in Application Cases: Is Compellability of Consideration a Critical Safeguard?" – Emily Hammond. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Legal Professional Privilege and AAT Act, s 38AA: Buttigieg v Comcare [2017] AATA 1002; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   2017 Harry Whitmore Lecture   AJ Admin L   applicants for Australian Citizenship   Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth)   Book reviews   Bruce Dyer   Buttigieg v Comcare [2017] AATA 1002   Casenote   character test for Australian citizenship applicants   compellability of consideration   Current issues   dialogue and deference   Editorial   Emily Hammond   Greg Weeks   Janina Boughey   Jason Donnelly   John Basten   Justin Davidson   Kasper Maat   Katie Miller   Laura Hilly   legislation and administrative decision-making   Legitimate Expectations in the Common Law World   Matthew Groves   Nathalie Ng   procedural fairness to applicants for statutory rights   Reconstructing Judicial Review   reforms to Victoria's infringement system   s 38AA of Legal Professional Privilege and AAT Act   s 501(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)   Sarah Nason   ss 501(2) and 501(6)(c) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)   Stephen Tully 

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 4, 2018

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "Directors’ Duties to Respect Human Rights in Offshore Operations and Supply Chains: An Emerging Paradigm" – Riana Cermak; and "Consumer Protection and Life Insurance Claims" – Andrew J Serpell. This issue also includes the following sections: Editorial by Paul Ali; Corporate Insolvency – Helen Anderson: "Harmful Phoenix Activity and Disqualification from Managing Corporations: An Unenforceable Regime?" – Jasper Hedges, Helen Anderson, Ian Ramsay and Michelle Welsh; and New Zealand – Gordon R Walker: "McIntosh v Fisk [2017] NZSC 78: New Zealand’s Largest Ponzi Scheme and the Liquidator’s Clawback Powers: The Supreme Court Decision" – Trish Keeper.

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   C&SLJ   Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd   Cary Di Lernia   Chapter 6C of the Corporations Act   climate policy   conflict of interest under the general law   corporate disclosure   crassa negligentia   directors' duties   disclosure of beneficial ownership of private companies   disclosure regulation of private companies   Dr AJ George   Dr David Chaikin   Dr Rosemary Teele Langford   duty of care and diligence required of company directors   Editorial   Elizabeth Brumby   financial crimes and corporate abuse   financialisation of cryptocurrencies   Hayden Fielder   Ian Ramsay   Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (June 2018)   Judicial Advice: A Trustee’s Safeguard from Breach of Trust   Litigation Funding and Group Proceedings Consultation Paper (July 2017)   Maeve McGregor   material personal interest under the Corporations Act   money laundering   Money Max Int Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance Group Ltd   Pamela Hanrahan   parent company liability for acts or omissions of foreign subsidiaries   Paul Ali   Professor Julie-Anne Tarr   s 180 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   Securities industry and managed investments   third-party litigation funding 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 25 Pt 1 (Special Issue on the Charter)

By journalalerts on August 29, 2018

This Special Issue on the Charter includes an introduction by Justice Pamela Tate, and the following articles: "Administrative Decision-Making under Victoria’s Charter" – Janina Boughey and Adam Fletcher; "How Does the Charter Affect Discretions? The Limits of s 38(1) and Beyond" – Bruce Chen; "Judicial Review and the Charter" – Mark Aronson; and "Judicial Review and Human Rights" – Matthew Groves.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   Adam Fletcher   administrative decision-making under the Charter   AJ Admin L   application provision in s 6(2)(b) of the Charter   Bruce Chen   effect of the Charter on discretions of decision-makers   interpretive obligation under s 32(1) of the Charter   Introduction to Special Issue   Janina Boughey   judicial review and human rights   judicial review and the Charter   Justice Pamela Tate   limits of Section 38(1) of the Charter   Mark Aronson   Matthew Groves   Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) 
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