Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts
Fri Mar 13 2020Devices and democracy : will big tech control us? presented by Richard Fidler on Conversations - discussion with writer and lawyer Jamie Susskind
The difficulties in seeking declarations that easements and covenants have been abandoned or are obsolete by Sydney Jacobs of 13 Wentworth - considers section 89 of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) and section 49 of the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW)
The effect of jus cogens and the individuation of norms presented by Ulf Linderfalk at University of Oxford - considers jus cogens status
Lack of gender neutral option on passport forms : no breach of human rights by Ruairi Hipkin on UK Human Rights Blog - considers R (on the application of Christie Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department with Human Rights Watch intervening [2020] EWCA Civ 363
Law in Action (BBC) for 11 March presented by Joshua Rozenberg - An enterprising court
Law Report (ABC) for 10 March presented by Damien Carrick - Protecting buyers from dodgy car loans
The role of courts in supporting arbitration : a review of recent developments in the Asia-Pacific presented by Justice Stewart at International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators ICMA XXI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
What's in a name – is a worker constrained by the description of the injury in their claim documents? by Luke Taylor and Michael Klapsis of HWL Ebsworth - considers Bradshaw v Tasmania Networks Pty Ltd [2019] TASSC 41