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Noteup on the new Austlii

Fri Sep 29 2017

Looking for the Noteup feature on the new Austlii? It is now under the "Cited By" heading in the document sidebar. [Click here to see how it looks].(http://library.nswbar.asn.au/ExternalDocs/Bar Brief/Noteup.pdf "") You can Noteup from both the Legislation and Case law databases, plus you can also check LawCite references in the Case law databases.

Noteworthy

Fri Sep 29 2017
  • Twitter in court over 'venomous tweets' An Australian firm has taken Twitter to court after confidential financial information was leaked in a series of "venomous tweets" by someone impersonating the firm's CEO and another senior officer.

Latest Law Reports

Fri Sep 29 2017
  • Motor Vehicle Reports 80(3) Cases reported -
  • Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Mashaghati (QCA — Full Court)
  • Apostolakos v Police (SASC — Stanley J)
  • Boyce v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd (NSWSC — Fagan J)
  • Bruce v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (NSWSC — Lonergan J)
  • Choolum v Heath (NTSC — Hiley J)
  • Johnson v Police (SASC — Stanley J)
  • Peter v Wade (ACTSC — Murrell CJ)
  • Stocks v R (VSCA — Full Court)
  • Valencic v Jordan (ACTSC — Penfold J)

News

Fri Sep 29 2017
  • Major family law review receives backing from LCA Mr Brandis revealed law week he has commissioned the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to undertake the “first comprehensive review of the family law system since the commencement of the Family Law in 1976”. The significant review into Australia’s family law system has gathered support from the nation’s peak legal body.

  • Indigenous groups renew call for target to reduce incarceration Indigenous groups have renewed calls for the creation of an Indigenous incarceration reduction target, after a leaked letter showed the government is just weeks away from going public with a refresh of its failing Closing the Gap strategy.

Latest Journals

Fri Sep 29 2017
  • Trust Quarterly Review [TQR] Volume 15, Issue 3 2017 In this issue - New Zealand Foreign Trust Regime Henry Brandts-Giesen and Sarah Kelly /Protections Against Financial Abuse Ann Stanyer / Testamentary Freedom In Canada Ed Esposto /Trust Registers and the CRS John Riches

News

Fri Sep 22 2017

We opened the door!

Fri Sep 22 2017

It's a gift from the entrance gods - the access door to the NSW Bar Association has been opened for a trial period. No more long queues for the elevator to ascend from or descend to the depths from the outside world - you may now take the stairs to the Bar Association, the library or wherever else you might like to go!

NSW Legislation updates

Fri Sep 22 2017

NSW Legislation updates

Fri Sep 22 2017
  • Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW) - amendment to the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Order 2010 to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, the maximum amount that may be awarded for damages for non-economic loss under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (the Act). Section 17 of the Act requires the Minister to declare the amount in each year. The amount is to be indexed by reference to movements in average weekly earnings.

  • Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW) The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, the maximum amount that may be awarded for damages. Section 146 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 requires the Minister to declare the amounts on or before 1 October in each year. The amounts are indexed by reference to movements in average weekly earnings.

  • Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW) The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, the maximum amounts that may be awarded for damages for non-economic loss to persons who have been injured as a consequence of a motor accident to which the Motor Accidents Act 1988 applies

Noteworthy

Fri Sep 22 2017
  • The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages Interesting article for those interested in the intersection of new technology and property / user rights. "A person may purchase a nice-looking box full of electronics that can function as a smartphone, the corporate argument goes, but they buy a license only to use the software inside. The companies say they still own the software, and because they own it, they can control it. It’s as if a car dealer sold a car, but claimed ownership of the motor."
  • Bernardi backlash raises $200k for school's Do It In a Dress fundraiser Senator Bernardi tweeted his frustration about a South Australian school's 'Do It In A Dress' fundraising day by tweeting, "This gender morphing is really getting absurd". That tweet prompted a backlash and a flood of donations and in less than 48 hours, the school has hit $200,000.

Latest Journals

Fri Sep 22 2017
  • The University of NSW Law Journal Vol 40(3) In this issue - The constitutional duty to give reasons for judicial decisions Luke Beck / When Interpretation Acts require interpretation: purposive statutory interpretation and criminal liability in QLD James Duffy and John O'Brien / Parliamentary deliberation no constitutional limits in the legislative process Gabrielle Appelby and Anna Olijnyk / Voting rights and Australian legal democracy Ryan Goss / Regulating supermarkets: the competition for space Christopher Arup, Caron Beaton-Wells and Jo Paul-Taylor / Disclosable, but not necessarily fatal? Welfare overpayments in the uncertain landscape of Fitness for Practice Mark Thomas / Misfortune or Misdeed: an empirical study of public attitudes towards personal bankruptcy Paul Ali, Lucinda O'Brien and Ian Ramsay /Beyond recognition: Lessons from Chile for allocating Indigenous water rights in Australia Elizabeth Macpherson / Holding companies responsible? The criminal liability of Australian corporations for extraterritorial human rights violations Radha Ivory and Anna John / Negotiating a treaty on business and human rights: the early stages Humberto Cantu Rivera / Empty rituals or workable models? Towards a Business and Human Rights Treaty Jolyon Ford and Claire Methven O'Brien / Changing approaches to child labour in global supply chains: Exploring the influence of multi-stakeholder partnership and the United Nations guiding principles on Business and Human Rights Martijn Boersma / Orchestration from below? Trade unions in the global south, transnational business and efforts to orchestrate continuous improvement in non state regulatory initiatives Sarah Rennie, Tim Connor, Annie Delaney and Shelley Marshall

ICLR.3

Fri Sep 15 2017

The Council of Law Reporting's online database (ICLR) will be relaunched tomorrow as ICLR.3. ICLR’s archive of official law reports dating back to 1865 has also been expanded.

The collection has been improved to provide you with greater breadth and depth of case law coverage:

  • The Weekly Law Reports have been expanded for the first time since their creation in 1953 to cover a wider range of new case law, making it the most comprehensive and current series of English case law report available anywhere.
  • All Judgment transcripts for all cases decided in the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal (UK) since 1998 will be available alongside our collection of reported case law.
  • Case citator information - Citator overviews that can be fully expanded or collapsed out of sight when viewing case report content and can be downloaded and printed as PDFs.

You have access to ICLR.3 in the library

Latest Journals

Fri Sep 15 2017
  • Law Institute Journal (September) - In this issue - Cyber Security: How secure is your firm? / Bits and Blocks: Lawyers should take notice of blockchain technology / The weakest link: even strong passwords are not enough for cloud applications

  • Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Vol 24(4) - In this issue - Assessment and evaluation of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and its potential relevance for sentencing: A clarion call from W.A / Factors impacting upon attitudes towards sex offenders: The role of conservatism and knowledge / The effects of limiting instructions about emotional evidence depend on need for cognition / The presence of "um" as a marker of truthfulness in the speech of TV personalities / Violence among youth referred to a forensic mental health service / the impact of state and trait anger on processing of evidential inconsistencies

News

Fri Sep 15 2017

Noteworthy

Fri Sep 15 2017

Latest Law Reports

Fri Sep 08 2017
  • Fleet Street Reports [2017] Part 9 - Cases reported in this part:
  • Glaxo Wellcome UK LTD (T/A Allen & Hanburys) v Sandoz LTD (no 2) (Trade Marks - Summary Judgment)
  • Societe Des Produits Nestle SA v Cadbury UK LTD (Trade Marks - Application for registration)

  • Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases [2017] Vol 143(5) Cases reported in this part:

  • Hospira UK Ltd v Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC (Patents)
  • Queensland Reports [2017] Vol 2(1) - Cases reported in this part:
  • Ashla Model Agency PTY LTD (in Liq) v Featherstone (Corporations - winding up)
  • Re Tracey (Criminal)
  • Surfstone PTY LTD v Morgan COnsulting Engineers PTY LTD (no 2) (Contracts)
  • Paul v Westpac Banking Corporation (Procedure)
  • Sunwater LTD v Drake Coal PTY LTD (Restitution - Recovery)

New to HeinOnline

Fri Sep 08 2017

The Canadian Bar Review has been added to HeinOnline.

You can access HeinOnline remotely via the External Database link on our website Home page or the Electronic Resources list of databases. You can also search for individual titles via the catalogue. HeinOnline is a good source for traditional legal materials - reported cases, statutes, academic law reviews, commercially produced law journals and magazines, and more.

The Canadian Bar Review is compiled by the Canadian Bar Association, a voluntary bar association formed in 1896. The Canadian Bar Association advocates for the preservation of the independence of the court system and its lawyers.

New to HeinOnline

Fri Sep 08 2017

The Canadian Bar Review has been added to HeinOnline.

You can access HeinOnline remotely via the External Database link on our website Home page or the Electronic Resources list of databases. You can also search for individual titles via the catalogue. HeinOnline is a good source for traditional legal materials - reported cases, statutes, academic law reviews, commercially produced law journals and magazines, and more.

The Canadian Bar Review is compiled by the Canadian Bar Association, a voluntary bar association formed in 1896. The Canadian Bar Association advocates for the preservation of the independence of the court system and its lawyers.