Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts
Fri May 07 2021Ethics : Client identification and other ethical dilemmas in property law by Ben Bradley at Greenway Chambers - considers ethical dilemmas in property law
"Judicial independence – from what and to what end?", by Chief Justice Kiefel AC at the Austin Asche Oration, Australian Academy of Law and Charles Darwin University
Lady Justice : Women of the Court Podcast, Episode 08 : A path to well-being and civility - Justices Rhonda Wood of Arkansas, Bridget McCormack (Chief Justice) of Michigan, Eva Guzman of Texas and Beth Walker of West Virginia discuss well-being and civility
Law Pod UK Episode 143 : Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy - Rosalind English, Sarabjit Singh and Isabel McArdle discuss a number of laws containing "Henry VIII" powers which allow ministers to avoid full parliamentary debate
Law Report (ABC) for 4 May presented by Damien Carrick - Drug driving truckies and outraging public decency
Online tribunal judgments and the limits of open justice by Zoe Adams, Abi Adams-Prassl and Jeremias Adams-Prassl on SSRN - explores the implications of decisions increasingly being available
Personal or political patronage? Judicial appointments and justice loyalty in the High Court of Australia by Patrick Leslie, Zoe Robinson and Russell Smyth on SSRN - examines "whether Justices appointed to the High Court of Australia are more likely to find in favour of the federal government when the Prime Minister who appointed them is in office than when subsequent Prime Ministers are in office, over the period 1995 to 2019"
Where the cause of psychological sequelae following an accident changes, so too may the entitlement to damages by Rihab Abdul-Rahman of McCabe Curwood - considers Dungan v Padash [2021] NSWCA 66