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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 10

By journalalerts on November 17, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: "Conscience, Fair-Dealing and Commerce: Parliaments and the Courts" – Chief Justice James Allsop AO; and "The Decline and Fall of Australia’s Law Reform Institutions – And the Prospects of Revival" – Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Victoria; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   ALJ   Anderson v Anderson [2017] NSWCA 131   Angelina Gomez   Around the Nation: Victoria   Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey   Ben Kremer   Book reviews   Brendan Edgeworth   charitable status of professional regulation   Chief Justice James Allsop AO   competition and consumer law   Conveyancing and property   Current issues   Dr J M Bennett AM   estoppel   fair-dealing in commerce   Foreign Currency – Claims Judgment and Damages   Gabrielle Appleby   George Palmer QC   Gregory Tolhurst   Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG   J A Watson   John Basten   John Carter   John Kimbell   John Knott   joint tenancies   Justice Clyde Croft   Justice François Kunc   Keith Mason   law reform commissions   Mason & Carter’s Restitution Law in Australia   Michael Howard   Miller Heiman Pty Ltd v Sales Principles Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 106   modern slavery   moral obloquy and unconscionability   Music and the Law   native title   Northern Territory v Griffiths [2107] FCAFC 106   NSW Bar Association strategic plan   Nuncio D'Angelo   Paraskevy Kontoleon   Peter MacFarlane   Peter W Young AO QC   Priestley v Priestley [2017] NSWCA 155   Recent cases   Robert Angyal SC   Robert Baxt AO   Rosalind Dixon   Ruth C A Higgins   same-sex marriage law reform   Sir Frederick Darley: Sixth Chief Justice of New South Wales 1886-1910   statutory age for judicial retirement   The Critical Judgments Project – Re-reading Monis v The Queen   The Duty to Account – Development and Principles 

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 35 Pt 6

By journalalerts on November 16, 2017

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "Speed in Decision-making: An Assessment of the Australian Takeovers Panel" – Emma Armson; "Dick Smith Inventories: The Evidence of Accounting Irregularities" – Jeffrey Knapp and Per Tronnes; Shareholders' Remedies: "Clarification Regarding Past Oppression – Exton v Extons Pty Ltd" – Dr Elizabeth Boros; Takeovers and Public Securities: "Statements Of Intention In Takeovers – ASIC Reconsidering The Policy Settings?" – Hal Lloyd.

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   accounting for supplier rebates   accounting irregularities   Australian Takeovers Panel   Bob Baxt   C&SLJ   Dick Smith inventories   Dr Elizabeth Boros   Editorial   Emma Armson   Exton v Extons Pty Ltd (2017) 118 ACSR 411; [2017] VSC 14   Hal Lloyd   Jeffrey Knapp   Jonathan Farrer   past oppression   Per Tronnes   Shareholders' Remedies   Simon McKeon   statements of intention   Takeovers and public securities   timely decision-making 

Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 25 Pt 1

By journalalerts on November 15, 2017

The latest Part of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following sections: Editorial: "Futility of Treatment for Dying Children: Lessons from the Charlie Gard Case" – Ian Freckelton QC; Legal Issues: "Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation in Victoria: What Can We Learn from the Netherlands Experience?" – Danuta Mendelson; Medical Issues: "Prioritising Patients’ Preferences: Victoria’s New Advance Planning and Medical Consent Legislation" – John Chesterman; and Medical Law Reporter: "High Court of Australia and HIV/AIDS Disease Criminalisation: Aubrey v The Queen and Zaburoni v The Queen" – Thomas Faunce and Brendan Siles. Also in this Part are the following articles: "Doctors with Conditions – Rehabilitation or Risk" – Helen Kiel; "Commentary on Undue Influence Provisions under Oregon Death with Dignity Act and California’s End of Life Option Act" – Michaela Estelle Okninski; "Private Health Care in New Zealand: Five Policy Prescriptions" – Rachel Tompkins; "Jurors’ and Judges’ Evaluation of Defendants with Autism and the Impact on Sentencing: A Systematic Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Courtroom" – Clare S Allely and Penny Cooper; "Let’s Starve Down to the Bone: Pro-anorexia Websites and the Law" – Marilyn Bromberg and Tomas Fitzgerald; "Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Advance Care Directives in Australia: Implications for the Advance Care Planning Document in the Australian My Health Record" – Shaun McCarthy, Jacqueline Meredith, Lucy Bryant and Bronwyn Hemsley; "Criticising Current Causation Principles: Views from Victorian Lawyers on Medical Negligence Legislation" – Tina Popa; "The Murder Trial of Gerard Baden-Clay: Admissibility of Expert Opinion Evidence of Injuries and Cause of Death" – Russ Scott; "Use of Coronial Post-mortem Tissue for Research in New Zealand" – Brandi L Bellissima, Fintan Garavan, Jonathan R Skinner and Malcolm D Tingle; "Choosing Wisely: Law’s Contribution as a Cause of and a Cure for Unwise Health Care Choices" – Nola M Ries; "Legal and Medical Aspects of Diverse Gender Identity in Childhood" – Felicity Bell and Anthony Bell; "Obesity Prevention Laws and the Australian Constitution" – Jacqueline Lau, Elizabeth Handsley and Christopher Reynolds; "Capacity and Vulnerability: How Lawyers Assess the Legal Capacity of Older Clients" – Lise Barry. There is also a review of the book "Merry and McCall Smith’s Errors, Medicine and the Law" by Alan Merry and Warren Brookbanks (eds) – reviewed by Ian Freckelton QC.

Posted In:  Journal of Law and Medicine (JLM)  Tagged:   admissibility of expert opinion evidence   advance care directives   advance care planning   advance planning and medical consent legislation   Alan Merry   Anthony Bell   Aubrey v The Queen (2017) 91 ALJR 601; [2017] HCA 18   book review   Brandi L Bellissima   Brendan Siles   Bronwyn Hemsley   causation principles   Charlie Gard case   Christopher Reynolds   Clare S Allely   coronial post-mortem tissue for research in New Zealand   criminalisation of publication of websites   Danny Sullivan   Danuta Mendelson   Death with Dignity Act 2013 (Oregon)   diverse gender identity in childhood   Editorial   Elizabeth Handsley   End of Life Option Act 2015 (California)   Felicity Bell   Fintan Garavan   forensic pathology   futility of treatment   Gerard Baden-Clay murder trial   Helen Kiel   HIV/AIDS disease criminalisation   Ian Freckelton QC   Jacqueline Lau   Jacqueline Meredith   JLM   John Chesterman   Jonathan R Skinner   juries and judges assessing defendants with autism   legal capacity of older clients   Legal issues   Lise Barry   Lucy Bryant   Malcolm D Tingle   Marilyn Bromberg   medical issues   Medical law reporter   medical negligence legislation   Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 (Vic)   Merry and McCall Smith’s Errors Medicine and the Law   Michaela Estelle Okninski   My Health Record’s Advance Care Planning Document   Nola M Ries   obesity prevention laws   Penny Cooper   private health care in New Zealand   pro-anorexia websites   protective orders in medical disciplinary tribunals   provision of unnecessary health care   Rachel Tompkins   Russ Scott   Shaun McCarthy   Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act of 1 April 2002 (the Netherlands)   Thomas Faunce   Tina Popa   Tomas Fitzgerald   undue influence in assisted dying legislation   Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (Vic)   Warren Brookbanks   Zaburoni v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 482; [2016] HCA 12 

Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 35 Pt 5

By journalalerts on November 2, 2017

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "ASIC Enforcement Outcomes: Trends and Analysis" – Ian Ramsay and Miranda Webster; "Voluntary Administration Outcomes: Evidence from Listed Companies During the Financial Crisis" – Dr James Routledge. This issue also includes the following sections: Editorial; Company Law – Robert Baxt AO: "A New Penalty Regime for the Corporations Act" – Professor Bob Baxt; Directors' Duties – Dr Rosemary Teele Langford: "Stakeholder Interests and the Duty of Care" – Dr Rosemary Teele Langford; Book Review: "Effective Company Disclosure in the Digital Age" – by Gill North – reviewed by Andrew Godwin.

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   Andrew Godwin   ASIC enforcement outcomes   book review   C&SLJ   Company law   Corporations Act penalty regime   directors' duties   Dr James Routledge   Dr Rosemary Teele Langford   duty of care   Editorial   Effective Company Disclosure in the Digital Age   Gill North   global financial crisis   Ian Ramsay   Miranda Webster   new penalty regime   Professor Bob Baxt   stakeholder interests   voluntary administration outcomes 

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 45 Pt 5

By journalalerts on October 27, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO. It also contains the following articles: "Section 46: Its Purpose and the Proposed New Effects Test" – Julie Clarke; "Beyond Lawyers: Legal Literacy for the Future" – Brett Freudenberg; "The Contract Risks to Universities of Work-Integrated Learning Programs" – Craig Cameron. Also in this Part is the following section: Insurance and Transport: "Insurance and Third-Party Litigation Funding in Australia: The Desirability or Otherwise of a Common Regulatory Framework?" – Julie-Anne Tarr.

Posted In:  Australian Business Law Review (ABLR)  Tagged:   ABLR   Brett Freudenberg   Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2016 (Cth)   Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Act 2017 (Cth)   contract risks in work-integrated learning programs   Craig Cameron   Editorial   Insurance and transport   Julie Clarke   Julie-Anne Tarr   legal literacy   misuse of market power law   Professor Bob Baxt AO   proposed new effects test   s 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)   third-party litigation funding   universities   work-integrated learning (WIL) 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 24 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 27, 2017

This Part includes the following articles: "Beyond 'Validity' – The Effect of Legally Infirm Administrative and Judicial Decisions" – Benjamin Coles; "How to Remain Relevant and Privileged: s 38AA of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975" – Kasper Maat, Dr Laura Hilly and Chelsea Brain; "Accountability: A Core Public Law Value?" – Ellen Rock. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Casenotes: Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corp Ltd (2017) 262 IR 230; [2017] FCAFC 4; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   accountability   AJ Admin L   automated debt notices   Benjamin Coles   Book reviews   case notes   Centrelink   Chelsea Brain   core public law values   Current issues   Dr Laura Hilly   Editorial   Ellen Rock   Fiona Roughley   Gabrielle Appleby   Greg Weeks   James Regan   Janina Boughey   Justin Davidson   Kasper Maat   Katie Miller   legally infirm administrative and judicial decisions   Matthew Groves   Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18   Nathalie Ng   Peter Sutherland   privacy   Privacy Commissioner v Telstra Corp Ltd (2017) 262 IR 230; [2017] FCAFC 4   relevance and privilege   Robin Creyke   s 38AA of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth)   Stephen Tully   The Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law Politics and the Public Interest   validity   Veterans’ Entitlements and Military Compensation Law 

Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 25 Pt 3

By journalalerts on October 4, 2017

The latest Part of the Journal includes the following articles: "Bankruptcy Discharge: Origins and Liberalisation" – Michael Quilter; "Death and Bankruptcy" – Colin Anderson and David Morrison; and the following section notes: Recent Developments: "Piercing Legal Professional Privilege to Access Documents Created to Defeat Claims of Creditors" – Noel McCoy, Sophie Waples and Emma Beechey; "Company Directors in the Spotlight: A Safe Harbour or Plugging Another Imaginary Leak?" – David Morrison; and Report from New Zealand: "Changes Mooted to New Zealand’s Voidable Transactions Regime" – Lynne Taylor.

Posted In:  Insolvency Law Journal (Insolv LJ)  Tagged:   Australian Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)   bankrupt deceased estate   bankruptcy discharge   Colin Anderson   company directors   David Morrison   Editorial   Emma Beechey   Insolv LJ   legal professional privilege   Lynne Taylor   Michael Quilter   New Zealand’s voidable transactions regime   Noel McCoy   recent developments   Report from New Zealand   Rosalind Mason   safe harbour   Sophie Waples   State and Territory Succession Acts 

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 91 Pt 9

By journalalerts on September 20, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal contains the following articles: "Subrogation to the Trustee’s Personal Right of Indemnity" – Ahmed Terzic; "Family Provision Applications: A Critique" – Anthony Gray; "Family Provision Law in New South Wales: Celebrating its Centenary" – Tihana Mandic. This Part also includes the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Northern Territory; Crime and Evidence; Family Law; The Legal Observer ("Playing Politics with the Politicians"); Corporations and Securities; Recent Cases; and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)  Tagged:   Ahmed Terzic   Alan Robertson   ALJ   Angelina Gomez   Anthony Gray   Around the Nation: Northern Territory   ASIC v Flugge [No 2] [2017] VSC 117   Baxter Roberts   Book reviews   Brendan Edgeworth   caveats   Conveyancing and property   Corporations and Securities   Crime and Evidence   Current issues   Eli Ball   Enrichment at the Claimant’s Expense: Attribution Rules in Unjust Enrichment   family law   family provision applications   family provision law   gifts in contemplation of death   Greg Weeks   Hon Dean Mildren AM RFD QC   Hugh Selby   Interpretation of International Investment Treaties   J C Campbell QC FAAL   Jacobs’ Law of Trusts in Australia   John Dyson Heydon   Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability   Julian R Murphy   Justice François Kunc   Justice Phillip Priest   Kanaga Dharmananda SC   Keith Mason AC QC   Local Court of the Northern Territory   Mark Aronson   Mark James Leeming   Matthew Groves   Michael Pelly   Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal   Paul Bennett   Prosecuting   Raymond Gibson   Recent cases   recording conversations   Richard Ingleby   Robert Angyal SC   Robert Baxt AO   Ruth C A Higgins   s 44 of the Constitution   short-term lettings in strata developments   Specialist Courts for Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: Aboriginal Courts in Australia   subrogation to the trustee's personal right of indemnity   Tarcisio Gazzini   tendency evidence   Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (NSW)   The Legal Observer   Tihana Mandic   unfair testamentary provisions 

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice Update: Vol 28 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 18, 2017

The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: "Collateral Undamaged: Conforming Financial Collateral Laws in a Global Marketplace" – Max Allan; "Microfinance in Australia: Is the Law Doing Enough to Address Financial Exclusion?" – Francisco Widjojo; "The BEAR Necessities: What Jurisdictional Considerations will Australia’s Version of the UK’s 'Senior Managers and Certification Regime' Need to Accommodate?" – Andrew Eastwood and James Emmerig; and "The Taxing Challenge of Digital Currency" – Joel Emery and Miranda Stewart. Also in this Part are the following sections: Banking Law and Banking Practice; Insolvency Law and Management; Securities and Mortgages; Canada; Tokyo; and United Kingdom and Europe.

Posted In:  Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBFLP)  Tagged:   administrative penalties   Andrew Eastwood   Angela Flannery   Anthony Sommer   Banking Executive Accountability Regime   Banking Law and Banking Practice   Benjamin Geva   bitcoin   Canada   Chapter III of the Commonwealth Constitution   Dr Alan L Tyree   Dr Matteo Solinas   financial collateral laws   financial exclusion   Financial System Legislation Amendment (Resilience and Collateral Protection) Act 2016 (Cth)   Francis Cardell-Oliver   Francisco Widjojo   Gerard Breen   Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd v Forge Group Power Ltd [2017] WASC 152   Insolvency law and management   interpretation of performance guarantees   James Emmerig   Jason Harris   JBFLP   Joel Emery   John Jarvis QC   John Sheahan QC   judicial review proceedings of Financial Ombudsman Service decisions   Kallun Willock   Lindsay Powers   Marissa A Daniels   Masahiro Ueno   Max Allan   Michael Green   microfinance   Miranda Stewart   Neville Gray   oversight and regulation of payment systems   Paul Rogerson   Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth)   Peter A Aziz   Securities and mortgages   Senior Managers and Certification Regime (UK)   set-off rights   Simic v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2016] HCA 47   Stephanie Ben-Ishai   Stewardship Code (Japan)   Stuart Dutson   taxation of digital currency   Thanuja Rodrigo   Tokyo   United Kingdom and Europe 

Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 25 Pt 3

By journalalerts on September 18, 2017

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: "Digital Wallets and Consumer Protection" – Kanchana Kariyawasam and Matthew Tsai; "Problems with Free-range Labelling of Australian Eggs: Hatching a Viable Solution" – Samantha Denford; Defective Goods; Case Notes; Council Considerations; Economic(s) Matters; Report from China; Report from Europe; Worth Repeating; and Odds and Ends.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL)  Tagged:   abuse of dominant market position   ACCC v Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (2016) 91 ALJR 143; [2016] HCA 49   AJCCL   Alex Sundakov   Apple IOS Updates   Art 17(1)(vii) of the Anti-monopoly Law (AML)   boundary between monopoly and competition   case notes   Chinese competition regulators   Christopher Hodgekiss SC   consumer protection laws   conventional market designs   Council considerations   Defective Goods   Diana Biscoe   digital payment systems   digital wallets   Economic(s) Matters   Editorial   Final Report on the E-Commerce Sector in Europe   free-range eggs labelling   Jilly Cohen   Jonathan de Ridder   Kanchana Kariyawasam   Ketki Kotwal   leniency applications   loyalty discounts   Matthew Tsai   national access regime   Odds and Ends   Re Sea Swift Pty Ltd [2016] ACompT 9   Report from China   Report from Europe   Samantha Denford   Sharon Henrick   Simon Englebert   State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC)   Susan Ning   Tetra Pak   Thermo Fisher/Life Technologies case   Thomas Cadd   tied sales   Tom S Pick   Worth repeating 
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