The Library Bulletin

• Modern Law Review - December
• Counsel -Decemner
• Commercial Law Quarterly 30(3)
• Criminal Law Review December
• Monash University Law Review 42(1)
• The Australian Law Journal - Dec

• Commonwealth Law Reports v 256 Part 4
• New South Wales Law Reports v 91 Part 5
• District Court Law Reports (NSW) v 22 Part 4
• Weekly Law Reports Part 42

• New judges join Australia’s federal courts in 2017 [Source: Lawyers Weekly]
• Eddie Obeid sentenced to five years' jail for misconduct in public office [Source:ABC]
• Incoming UN chief Antonio Guterres names three women to top jobs amid gender parity push [Source:ABC]
• A library without librarians is a just a shed full of books [Source: The Conversation]

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017. Members in chambers during January are advised to borrow books before 23 December (no overdue notices will be issued until the library re-opens). The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

NSW Notifications

Week Beginning 12 December 2016

• Gazette No 117 of 16 December 2016 (pages 3638-3723)
• Gazette No 116 of 13 December 2016 (pages 3634-3637)
• Gazette No 115 of 13 December 2016 (pages 3628-3633)
• Gazette No 114 of 12 December 2016 (pages 3622-3627)

The NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office has added a new feature to the NSW legislation website. Users will now be able to generate a PDF for any component part or any version of any legislation in the In Force collection. The "Generate a PDF" icon will be situated on the dark blue menu bar at the top of the page. This new feature replaces the previous static PDF which was available for some titles. To create a PDF of an entire instrument, first click on "Whole title" and then on the "Generate a PDF" icon. The PDF created will display standard headers and footers. Further details are available under the Help link (http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/help).

• Finn’s law : an Australian justice / Tim Bonyhady (ed)
• Assignment of contractual rights / Greg Tolhurst
• Accessories in private law / Joachim Dietrich and Pauline Ridge

December's issue of the Australian Law Journal features the following

Articles:

• Unconscionability and promissory estoppel Acting Justice Peter Young QC
• Human Rights and business lawyers: The 2011 watershed John Southalan

High Court Reports:

• Cunningham v Commonwealth

Click here for a copy of the full report

In the 24 months to September 2016, only one of the 17 major offences showed a significant upward trend across NSW, eight were trending downward and the remaining eight offences were stable. The offence trending upwards was steal from retail store (up 6.4%). The offences trending down were:

1. robbery without a weapon (down 17.3%);
2. robbery with a firearm (down 27.9%);
3. robbery with a weapon not a firearm (down 21.0%);
4. break and enter dwelling (down 6.2%);
5. break and enter non-dwelling (down 8.9%);
6. motor vehicle theft (down 11.1%);
7. steal from person (down 10.9%);
8. malicious damage to property (down 2.4%). Steal from retail store has now been trending upwards for five successive quarters. The most frequently victimised retail premises last year were: supermarkets (23%), department stores (14%), shopping complexes (13%), packaged liquor shops (9%) and clothing shops (7%). The most commonly stolen items are liquor, clothing and personal items such as cosmetics, toiletries and razors, followed by communications and electronic equipment. Regional changes The standout problem in regional NSW was a growth in fraud. The incidence of this offence increased across seven regional areas: the Central West (up 25.3%), Coffs Harbour-Grafton (up 39.8%), the Mid North Coast (up 26.6%), New England and North West (up 34.9%), Richmond Tweed (up 36.3%), the Riverina (up 33.8%), and the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven (up 38.8%). Past BOCSAR research has shown that most of the growth in fraud in recent years involves fraudulent use of credit cards and failing to pay (for fuel) at service stations.
   Despite the increase in fraud and steal from a retail store, most areas in regional NSW experienced falls in crime. One very reassuring trend in regional NSW is that domestic assault in the Far West & Orana fell by 13.5% in the two years to September 2016. This is an area where the recorded rate of domestic assault is 2.7 times the State average.
   Further enquiries: Dr Don Weatherburn 02 8346 1100 Copies of the report: www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au

• Gazette No 112 of 9 December 2016 (pages 3615-3618)
• Gazette No 111 of 9 December 2016 (pages 3366-3614)
• Gazette No 110 of 8 December 2016 (pages 3463-3465)
• Gazette No 109 of 7 December 2016 (pages 3457-3462)
• Gazette No 108 of 5 December 2016 (pages 3454-3456)

• Judicial ethics / Keith Swisher (ed)
• Handbook on mediation / American Arbitration Association
• International mediation : breaking business deadlock / Eileen Carroll and Karl Mackie
• Accessories in private law / Joachim Dietrich and Pauline Ridge

NSW Notifications Week Beginning 5 December 2016

NSW new or updated Bills

• Civil Remedies for Serious Invasions of Privacy Bill 2016
• Technical and Further Education Commission Amendment (Funding Guarantee for TAFE) Bill 2016

NSW new or updated in force legislation

• Animal Diseases and Animal Pests (Emergency Outbreaks) Act 1991 No 73
• Bail Act 2013 No 26
• Bail Amendment Act 2015 No 44
• Bail Regulation 2014
• Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 No 80
• Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Amendment (Review) Act 2016 No 33
• Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Regulation 2014
• Supreme Court Rules 1970
• Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

New As Made legislation

• Agricultural Industry Services Act 1998 - Agricultural Industry Services Amendment (Recognised Foundation Instrument) Regulation 2016 (2016-745)
• Ballina Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 27) (2016-756)
• Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards Act 2013 - Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards Amendment Regulation 2016 (2016-746)
• Camden Local Environmental Plan 2010 (Amendment No 27) (2016-757)
• Civil Procedure Act 2005 - Uniform Civil Procedure (Amendment No 81) Rule 2016 (2016-753)
• Civil Procedure Act 2005 - Uniform Civil Procedure (Amendment No 82) Rule 2016 (2016-754)
• Civil Procedure Act 2005 - Uniform Civil Procedure (Amendment No 83) Rule 2016 (2016-755)
• Education Act 1990 - Education Amendment Regulation 2016 (2016-747)
• Education and Teaching Legislation Amendment Act 2016 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-742)
• Exhibited Animals Protection Amendment (Standards) Regulation 2016 (2016-748)
• Government Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2016 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-743)
• Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 12) (2016-758)
• Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan (Local Centres) 2012 (Amendment No 4) (2016-759)
• Police Act 1990 - Police Amendment (Commissioner’s Valour Award) Regulation 2016 (2016-741)
• Poppy Industry Act 2016 - Poppy Industry Regulation 2016 (2016-764)
• Poppy Industry Act 2016 No 37 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-763)
• Property NSW Act 2006 - Property NSW Amendment (Transfer of Property) Order (No 7)
• Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 - Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Amendment (Open Burning in Lake Macquarie City) Regulation 2016 (2016-750)
• Public Health Act 2010 - Public Health Amendment (Pap Test Register) Regulation 2016 (2016-751)
• Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Act 2016 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-744)
• Shellharbour Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 15) (2016-760)
• Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 32) (2016-761)
• Teacher Accreditation Act 2004 - Teacher Accreditation Amendment Regulation 2016 (2016-752)
• The Hills Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 39) (2016-762)

• A NewLaw firm has reignited the work-life balance conversation with the launch of a new website, ‘Law Set Free’. New Law firm Keypoint Law has launched the new website Law Set Free, enabling law professionals to calculate their return on investment for the hours they work with a first-of-its-kind lifestyle calculator. [Source:Lawyers Weekly]

• Sydney's lockout laws relaxed as part of two-year trial Premier Mike Baird announced on Thursday that the 1:30am lockout would be moved to 2:00am and last drinks moved from 3:00am to 3:30am for venues in Sydney's CBD and Kings Cross that offer live entertainment, performances or art and cultural events, as part of a two-year trial. [Source: ABC]

• COAG: Federal Government extends funding for homelessness services ahead of Canberra meeting The Federal Government has extended funding for homelessness services by one year after the sector warned a funding cut could prompt a human and economic disaster. [Source: ABC]

• Three ways to keep it legal at the office Christmas partyBased on real Australian court decisions, this article offers three tips to avoid getting dismissed, sued or ending up in the slammer as a result of poor judgment! [Source:ABC]

• Commonwealth Law Reports
• South Australian State Reports
• Lloyd's Law Reports
• Weekly Law Reports
• Building Law Reports

• Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law
• Law Institute Journal
• Proctor
• Company Law Newsletter
• Archbold Review
• Choice

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017. Members in chambers during January are advised to borrow books before 23 December (no overdue notices will be issued until the library re-opens). The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

• Law Society Journal
• Counsel
• Hong Kong Lawyer
• The Criminal Law Review
• Quadrant

NSW Notifications Week Beginning 28 November 2016

NSW new or updated Bills

• Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016
• Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016
• Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016
• Rock Fishing Safety Bill 2016

NSW new or updated in force legislation

New As Made legislation

• Susan Kiefel appointed Australia's first female Chief Justice of the High Court From leaving school at age 15 to the High Court Chief Justice, Susan Kiefel will become the first female appointed to the highest judicial office in the land. [Source: ABC]

• Civil justice system set for reform The NSW Attorney-General has announced a proposal to reform the civil justice system, a move she predicts will take pressure off overcrowded courts.[Source: Lawyers Weekly]

• Parliament passes bill to scrap troubled VET loans, overhaul vocational education sector The Federal Government's overhaul of the scandal-ridden vocational education sector has passed Parliament in a bid to end one of the worst chapters in Australian education history. [Source: ABC]

• Gazette No 103 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3366-3367)
• Gazette No 102 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3360-3365)
• Gazette No 101 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3312-3359)
• Gazette No 100 of 30 November 2016 (pages 3306-3311)

• New South Wales Law Reports
• Session Cases
• Building Law Reports
• New Zealand Law Reports
• Medical Law Reports
• Fleet Street Reports

• Australian dispute resolution law and practice / Laurence Boulle and Rachael Field
• The trials of Justice Murphy / Stephen Walmsley
• Equity and administration / P G Turner (ed)
• Cowen & Zines's federal jurisdiction in Australia / Geoffrey Lindell
• NSW [New South Wales] criminal law 2016 / A M Blackmore and G S Hosking

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017 The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

The Australian Law Journal's latest issue includes:

• Procedural fairness: The age of legitimate expectation is over Naomi Sharp
• His or Her duty to keep a secret Julie Kinross and Peter Davis QC

High Court Reports

• Ainsworth v Albrecht