The Library Bulletin

Australian health law / Sonia Allan and Meredith Blake

Habeas corpus : Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific (2nd ed) / David Clarke and Gerard McCoy

Mediating with families (4th ed) / Mieke Brandon and Linda Fisher...

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Birubi Art Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1595 - "whether respondent wholesaler engaged in conduct likely or liable to mislead or deceive potential purchasers by implying that five product lines were hand painted, or made, by an Aboriginal person and/or were made in Australia"

Nock v Maddern [2018] NSWCA 239 - contract, estoppel, agistment of cattle...

Assented to

Government Sector Finance Act 2018 - assented to 24 October, Section 10.4 (Regulations) and Schedule 1 commenced on assent, the remained is awaiting proclamation...

Along for the ride : considering the legal and practical consequences of self-driving vehicles by Rebecca Field and Marisa Taliangis of Corrs Chambers Westgarth - examines self-driving vehicles

Australia’s internet blocking laws set to be expanded by Cate Nagy and Matthew Swinn of King and Wood Mallesons - examines the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018...

Commonwealth law reports, Volume 261(3), October 2018 - in this issue : Brown v Tasmania

Federal Court reports, Volume 256(3), October 2018 - in this issue : Celand v Skycity Adelaide Pty Ltd / Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd / Selth v Australasian Barrister Chambers Pty Ltd (No 3)...

Public law, October 2018 - in this issue : In defence of the parole board Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC / Ouster clauses, separation of powers and the intention of parliament : from Anisminic to Privacy International Robert Craig / The investigatory powers tribunal : a law unto itself? Tom Hickman / The rule of law in UK public law textbooks : from critique to acceptance? Brian Christopher Jones / HKSAR v Leung Hiu Yeung : Hong Kong's final departure from the common law of legislatures Kai Yeung Wong / Statutory conventions : conceptual confusion or sound constitutional development? Conor Crummey and Eugenio Velasco Ibarra / Substantiating substantive review Jonathan T H Lee / Common law...

Awaiting assent

Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Bill 2018 - awaiting assent, 17 October

Community Gaming Bill 2018 - awaiting assent, 17 October...

Green loans market set to grow? by Simon Reid and Corry Pariselli of Corrs Chambers Westgarth - examines green loans

Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council – a refresher course in written requests for variation of development standards by Paul Vergotis of McCabe Curwood - considers Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2018] NSWLEC 118...

Bolton v Stoltenberg [2018] NSWSC 1518 - defamation, defamatory posts made on the public Facebook page “Narri Leaks”

ETA067 v The Republic of Nauru [2018] HCA 46 - refugees, "well-founded fear of persecution"

Johnson v The Queen [2018] HCA 48 - criminal law, sexual offences...

Brief, Volume 45(9), October 2018 - in this issue : Part 2 - navigating conveyor-belt justice : the dynamics of family violence and practicalities in magistrates courts Magistrate Deen Potter / Lawyer visits to schools network / The Law Society of Western Australia's Old Courthouse Law Museum Julianne Mackay / Law Society's education and community services : the state government must reverse its decision to cut funding Hayley Cormann / Late inheritances and the Family Law Courts Devin M M Sanghavi / Older People's Rights Service : a specialist elder abuse service in WA Fran Ottolini / Intestacy law reform in Western Australia John Hockley / The case of the bootleg beer John McKechnie QC / Family...

Human rights and judicial review in Australia and Canada : the newest despotism? / Janina Boughey

Federal Court reports, Volume 256(2), October 2018 - in this issue : Kaur v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / LFDB v SM / Sklavos v Australasian College of Dermatologists / Slopen Main Pty Ltd v Hope / Saburoni v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Criminal Legislation Amendment (Consorting and Restricted Premises) Act 2018 - assented to 5 October, not yet in force

Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Consumer Guarantee Directions) Act 2018 - 11 October 2018 proclaimed as the day on which Schedule 2 commences, published on legislation website 10 October...

Australia to repeal the IP exemption in competition legislation by Kim O'Connell and Peta Stevenson of King & Wood Mallesons - the intellectual property exemption in section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) may soon be repealed and as a result commercial arrangements concerning IP rights will be treated in the same way as any other commercial arrangement

Casual chaos by Wesley Rogers and James True of Marque Lawyers - examines changes to the rules around casual employment...

Adoption of Alice [2018] NSWSC 1483 - adoption, application to dispense with the consent of the birth father, whether an order for adoption is "the clearly preferable course in the best interests of the child"

Ancient Order of Foresters in Victoria Friendly Society Limited v Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Limited & Anor [2018] HCA 43 - equity, "knowing assistance in breach of fiduciary duty"...

Australian law journal, Volume 92(8), August 2018 - in this issue : Current issues Ruth C A Higgins (ed) - Let them eat cake, Bulling in the workplace and the courts, Judicial independence in Europe, Laws targeting the incitement of violence, ALRC report on class actions and third-party funding, Statutory review of the Defamation Act, From Queensland to the House of Lords / Conveyancing and real property Robert Angyal and Brendan Edgeworth (eds) E-conveyancing : legal underpinning and some practical aspects Peter Rosier / Technology and the law Lyria Bennett Moses and Anna Collyer / Admiralty and maritime : AMSA's power to detain vessels : AMSA's liability Dr Damien J Cremean / Around...

Australian Capital Territory law reports, Volume 13(1), September 2018 - in this issue : Agresti v The Queen / Cervo v Kingsley's Pty Ltd / Public Prosecutions (ACT), Director of v Booth

Commonwealth law reports, Volume 261(2), October 2018 - in this issue : Ainsworth v Albrecht / Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd / Knight v Victoria / Prior v Mole...

Australian elder law : accommodation, agency and remedies / Richard (R F) McCullagh

Constitutional recognition - first peoples and the settler state / Dylan Lino

Recently the library has received many queries regarding the assignment or transfer of proceedings in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, under Parts 14 and 14A of the Supreme Court Rules, as at 2 February 1998. We have various materials in relation to the assignment or transfer of proceedings in the Commercial Division including practice notes, commentaries and versions of Parts 14 and 14A of the Supreme Court Rules as at 2 February 1998. Please contact the library if you are interested in copies of this material or if you have any further queries.

El-Kassir v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 232 - disability discrimination

El Khouri v Attorney-General [2018] FCA 1488 - "urgent application seeking, relevantly, to restrain the respondent from taking further action in relation to the extradition of the applicant"...

Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Amendment Act 2018 - assented to 27 September, some provisions in force

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-trial Disclosure) Act 2018 - assented to 27 September, not yet in force

RSL NSW Act 2018 - assented to 27 September, not yet in force...

The Australia Institute's National Integrity Committee have launched their implementation plan for a National Integrity Commission, see information here, and the National Integrity Commission Implementation Plan.

Treasury have released a draft Commonwealth Registers Bill 2018 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2018. The Bills address the introduction of a new registry system and the requirements for a director identification number. The deadline for responses is 26 October 2018. See details here.

The interim report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (Hayne Royal Commission) has been released, see the report here.

A development from the English Court of Appeal regarding legal professional privilege in internal investigations by Rachel Nicolson, Christopher Kerrigan, Charlette Bunn and Amelia van der Rijt of Allens - examines Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 and its consequences for Australian corporates conducting cross-border investigations into potential criminal misconduct and the development of legal professional privilege generally...