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Building and Construction Law Journal update: August 2016

By journalalerts on August 26, 2016

The latest Part of the Building and Construction Law Journal includes the following article: "Defective Buildings and Pure Economic Loss Claims: The Return to an Exclusionary Rule?" – Adrian Baron. Also in this Part is an Editorial: "Court-Appointed Referees"; and the following Case Reports: Amasya Enterprises Pty Ltd v Asta Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd; and Grocon Constructors (Qld) Pty Ltd v Juniper Developer No 2 Pty Ltd.

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   Adrian Baron   Amasya Enterprises Pty Ltd v Asta Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd   BCLJ   court-appointed referees   defective buildings   exclusionary rule   Grocon Constructors (Qld) Pty Ltd v Juniper Developer No 2 Pty Ltd   pure economic loss   Society of Construction Law Australia Brooking Prize Competition 

Criminal Law Journal update: August 2016

By journalalerts on August 23, 2016

The latest Part of the Criminal Law Journal includes the following articles: "Australian legal responses to foreign fighters" – Keiran Hardy and George Williams; "The impact of compulsory examinations and abrogation of the privilege against self-incrimination on criminal trials" – Alice Smith. Also in this Part is an Editorial on the moderation of its approach sentencing and lessons for Australia; Book Review: "Intermediaries in the Criminal Justice System: Improving Communication for Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants" – Emily Henderson; and a Digest of Criminal Law Cases.

Posted In:  Criminal Law Journal (Crim LJ)  Tagged:   accused persons   Alice Smith   Andy Kaladelfos   book review   compulsory examinations   corruption   counter-terrorism   Crim LJ   criminal trials   Digest of criminal law cases   Editorial   Emily Henderson   Foreign Fighters   George Williams   home-grown terrorism   Intermediaries in the criminal justice system   Keiran Hardy   major crimes   maliciousness of rape   privilege against self-incrimination   public interest   retention of metadata   terrorism   vulnerable witnesses and defendants   whistleblowing 

Company and Securities Law Journal update: August 2016

By journalalerts on August 22, 2016

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "Deterring corporate wrongdoing: Penalties, financial services misconduct and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)" – Helen Bird and George Gilligan; "The adequacy of ASIC’s “tool kit” to meet its obligations under corporations and financial services legislation" – Vicky Comino; "The Australian Sports Commission’s “Governance Reform in Sport” discussion paper and voting rules in corporate constitutions" – Robert D Macdonald and Ian Ramsay. This issue also includes the following sections: Directors' Duties - Rosemary Teele Langford: "Should the statutory business judgment rule apply to directors’ compliance decisions?" – Tim Connor.

Posted In:  Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ)  Tagged:   Australian Securities and Investments Commission   Australian Sports Commission   business judgment rule   C&SLJ   corporate constitutions   corporate governance   corporate wrongdoing   Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)   deferred prosecution agreements   directors' duties   disgorgement   enforcement   financial services   financial services misconduct   George Gilligan   governance reform in sport   Helen Bird   Ian Ramsay   penalties   regulation   Robert D Macdonald   Rosemary Teele Langford   Tim Connor   Vicky Comino   voting rules 

Australian Business Law Review update: August 2016

By journalalerts on August 22, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes an Editorial by Professor Bob Baxt AO regarding suggested priorities for the re-elected federal government. It also contains the following articles: “Remote signings under Australian law” – Bruce Whittaker; "Re-evaluating the elements of the insider trading offence: Should there be a requirement for the 'possession' of inside information?"– Juliette Overland and “Protecting consumers from unfair contract terms: Australian comparisons” – Paul Latimer. Also in this Part are the following sections: Contracts and Restitution: “Trusts, debt and powers of advancement: Fischer v Nemeske Pty Ltd” – James McComish; and New Zealand Newsletter: “The nature of reasonable credit fees” – Barry Allan.

Posted In:  Australian Business Law Review (ABLR)  Tagged:   ABLR   Australian comparative perspective   Australian Consumer Law   Barry Allen   Bruce Whittaker   consumer contract laws in Europe   consumer movement   Consumer Protection   Consumer Rights Act 2015 (UK)   Contracts and Restitution   cultural difficulties   documents by email   Editorial   element of awareness   financial products   Fischer v Nemeske Pty Ltd   insider trading   intended legal effect   James McComish   Michael Borsky   New Zealand Newsletter   non-public   Paul Latimer   physical custody or control   possession of information   possession of inside information   possession under the criminal law   price-sensitive   Professor Bob Baxt AO   reasonable credit fees   remote signings   remotely-executed documents   Rex Ahdar   trusts   unfair contract laws   unfair contract terms   Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive 

Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 23 Pt 3

By journalalerts on August 22, 2016

The latest Part of AJ Admin L includes the following articles: “The evolution of the duty of decision-makers to give reasons” – Ronald Sackville; “Why do we have rules of procedural fairness?” – James Edelman; “Natural justice or procedural fairness” – Justice Alan Robertson and "The stakes of procedural fairness: Reflections on Australian position” – Kristen Rundle. Also in this Part are the following sections: Immigration and International Aspects, Work and Employment, Casenotes and Book Reviews.

Posted In:  Australian Journal of Administrative Law (AJ Admin L)  Tagged:   "black babies"   [2015] HCA 51   159 CLR 656   90 ALJR 213   adequacy of reasons   administrative authority   articles   Beth Gaze   Book reviews   cogent reasons   Commonwealth public service   dignitarian   duty of decision-makers to give reasons   Freedom of Information and Privacy in Australia   Greg Weeks   Higher Education and the Law   immigration   Indigenous employees   Information Access 2.0   international aspects   James Edelman   Joan Squelch   Joanna Howe   Judges and the Academy seminar   Justice Alan Robertson   Justice Chris Maxwell   Kristen Rundle   Moira Paterson   morality   natural justice   Patty Kamvounias   practice   procedural fairness   Professor Adrienne Stone   Professor Jeff Goldsworthy   Public Service Board (NSW) v Osmond   reasons for decisions   Ronald Sackville   Sally Varnham   statutory decision-makers   Stephen Tully   Work and Employment 

Australian Tax Review update: August 2016

By journalalerts on August 17, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Tax Review includes the following articles: “What is taxable Australian real property” – Michael Rigby; and “A re-evaluation of Murry’s Case (1998) from a valuation perspective” – Dr Hung Chu. There is also an Editorial; and Book Review on “The Rise of the Value-Added Tax” by Kathryn James – reviewed by Richard Krever.

Posted In:  Australian Tax Review (AT Rev)  Tagged:   AT Rev   Book reviews   capital gains tax   Chris Evans   Dale Pinto   Dr Hung Chu   Editorial   foreign residents   goodwill   Kathryn James   Kerrie Sadiq   Michael Rigby   Murry's Case   non-resident   Richard Krever   Rick Krever   TARP   taxable Australian real property   VAT 

Environmental and Planning Law Journal update: July 2016 (Special Issue – Water Law)

By journalalerts on July 29, 2016

This Special Issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal focuses on Rethinking Australian Water Law and Governance, with an Introduction by Guest Editor, Associate Professor Cameron Holley, and Darren Sinclair. This Part features the following articles: "National Water Initiative styled water entitlements as property: Legal and practical perspectives" – Janice Gray and Louise Lee; "Governing water markets: Achievements, limitations and the need for regulatory reform" – Cameron Holley and Darren Sinclair; "Public participation, litigation and adjudicative procedure in water resources management" – Bruce Lindsay; "Reimagining water buybacks in Australia: Non-governmental organisations, complementary initiatives and private capital" – Katherine Owens; "Broadening regulatory concepts and responses to cumulative impacts: Considering the trajectory and future of groundwater law and policy" – Rebecca Nelson; "Water law reform in the face of climate change: Learning from drought in Australia and the western United States" – Barbara Cosens; "Creating the next generation of water governance" – Paul Martin;and "Australia, wet or dry, north or south: Addressing environmental impacts and the exclusion of Aboriginal peoples in northern water development" – Lily O’Neill, Lee Godden, Elizabeth Macpherson and Erin O’Donnell.

Posted In:  Environmental and Planning Law Journal (EPLJ)  Tagged:   adjudicative procedures   Associate Professor Cameron Holley   Australian water law   Barbara Cosens   Bruce Lindsay   cap and trade instrument   compliance and enforcement   cumulative impacts of extraction   Darren Sinclair   developing northern Australia   Elizabeth Macpherson   EPLJ   Erin O’Donnell   exclusion of Aboriginal peoples   future policy   groundwater law   Guest Editor   infrastructure development   Introduction to Special Issue   Janice Gray   Katherine Owens   Kilter Group   Lee Godden   Lily O’Neill   Louise Lee   markets   Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund   Murray-Darling Wetlands Working Group Ltd   National Water Initiative (NWI)   participation   Paul Martin   public inquiries   public interest litigation   public participation   Rebecca Nelson   The Nature Conservancy   water accounting   Water Act 2007 (Cth)   water buybacks   water entitlements as property   water law governance   water resources management   water security   water trusts   western United States approach 

Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: July 2016

By journalalerts on July 28, 2016

The latest Part of the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice includes the following articles: "Fallout from the global financial crisis: Credit rating agencies in the frame" – Tony Ciro; and "Pulling back the shades: Demystifying vulture funds" – Adam Watterson. Also in this Part are the following sections: Banking Law and Banking Practice; Commercial and Finance Law; Securities and Mortgages; Wealth Management; Recent Publications; United Kingdom and Europe; Singapore and South East Asia; and an Editorial note marking changes to the Editorial Board.

Posted In:  Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice (JBFLP)  Tagged:   "safe harbour" scheme   AAA rating   ABN AMRO Bank NV v Bathurst Regional Council   access to SMSF funds   Adam Watterson   Andrew Booth   Angela Flannery   Banking Law and Banking Practice   bitcoin   Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner   Cassegrain v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd   collaterised debt obligations (CDOs)   Commercial and finance law   Court of Justice of the European Union   credit rating agencies   Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Superannuation) v Ryan   distressed debt markets   Dr Alan L Tyree   Dr Lisa Butler Beatty   Dr Matteo Solinas   enforceable undertaking to rectify   estoppel by convention   Facebook   financial derivatives   foreign insolvency proceedings   George 218 Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Ltd   Gregory Burton SC   Heather Gray   Hon Arthur Emmett AO QC   Indefeasibility of title   Insolvency   JBFLP   John Jarvis QC   John Sheahan QC   Julie Reynolds   Kala Anandarajah   Kallun Willock   mandatory central clearing   Manoraj Karthigeyan   Mark Cheng   Michael Green   Note from the Editor   OTC derivatives   Patrick Lowden   Paul Rogerson   processing of personal data   Recent Publications   recognition of foreign liquidators   Securities and mortgages   security documentation   Sheila Rasanen   Sim Kwan Kiat   Singapore and South East Asia   Singapore insolvency law   SMSF compliance   SMSF rectification   Sonia Goumenis   Stuart Dutson   Tony Ciro   types of fraud   United Kingdom and Europe   vulture funds   Wealth Management 

Building and Construction Law Journal update: July 2016

By journalalerts on July 28, 2016

The latest Part of the Building and Construction Law Journal includes the following article: "The enforceability of extended contractual warranties for contract works – can the hurdles of applicable limitation periods be overcome?" – Laina Chan. Also in this Part is an Editorial; the 2015 Keating Lecture by the Right Honourable Lord Dyson; and the following case Report: Grocon Constructors (Victoria) Pty Ltd v APN DF2 Project 2 Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 190.

Posted In:  Building and Construction Law Journal (BCL)  Tagged:   "actual cost payable"   "costs actually paid"   2015 Keating Lecture   BCL   bespoke contracts   building contract and side deed   common law   construction of commercial contracts   Editorial   enforceability   extended contractual warranties   Grocon Constructors (Victoria) Pty Ltd v APN DF2 Project 2 Pty Ltd   implied term   infrastructure projects   Laina Chan   limitation periods   Lord Dyson MR   Michael Christie SC   Report 
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