The Library Bulletin

A judge's journey / John Dyson

Contractual penalties in Australia and the United Kingdom - history, theory and practice / Nicholas A Tiverios

Law's trials : the performance of legal institutions in the US 'War on Terror' / Richard L Abel

Minority shareholders : law, practice and procedure / Victor Joffe, David Drake, Giles Richardson, Daniel Lightman and Timothy Collingwood

The shapeshifting crown : locating the state in post-colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK / Cris Shore and David V Williams (eds)

Shareholders' agreements (7th ed) / Sean FitzGerald and Geraldine Caulfield

Sir Frederick Jordan : fire under the frost / Keith Mason

Fennell v The Queen [2019] HCA 37 - murder, circumstantial evidence

Vella v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2019] HCA 38 - Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016 (NSW), institutional integrity of State courts

The Department of Communities and Justice is reviewing the Graffiti Control Act 2008 (NSW), see details here.

Submissions are welcome. The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2019.

FWC endorses approach to dismiss injured employee by Mick Moy, Scarlet Reid, Cameron Dean and Tim Longwill of McCullough Robertson - considers Carley Jack v Sigma Healthcare T/A Sigma Healthcare [2019] FWC 6364

Law in Action (BBC) for 5 November presented by Joshua Rozenberg - Help for vulnerable witnesses

Law Report (ABC) for 5 November presented by Damien Carrick - Radio on the inside

Major changes to off-the-plan contracts set to take effect by Vanya Lozzi and Elly Ashley of Holding Redlich - examines amendments to NSW conveyancing legislation

Principle and pragmatism in public law - presented by Lady Hale at the Sir David Williams Lecture 2019, Cambridge

The ups and downs of aviation litigation : recent developments in Australian civil aviation law by Tom Brennan of 13 Wentworth - examines civil aviation law

State reports (Western Australia), Volume 97(4), November 2019 - in this issue : Corp v Town of Cambridge / D'Orsogna Ltd v Zhang / Hills v Commissioner of Police / Sanctus Nominees Pty Ltd v Valuer-General

Australian law journal, Volume 93(10), October 2019 - in this issue : Current issues Justice Francois Kunc (ed) The need for judicial bullying policies, A crisis for Legal Aid funding in NSW, Lawyer X - the first conviction overturned, An unusual move in South Australia, Vale Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD, The curated page Alexie Glass-Kantor / Conveynacing and property Robert Angyal SC and Brendan Edgeworth (eds) Caveat vendor : defects in title reconsidered Dr Christoper Rossiter, "The guardians at the gate" : e-conveyancing and the duties of solicitors and conveyancers Gary Newton and Khushaal Vyas / Family law Richard Ingleby (ed) Family law for the future - a response to the ALRC "radical" recommendation Richard Ingelby / Class actions Justice Michael B J Lee (ed) The AMP competing class actions : from five to one Ilana Gottlieb and Professor Michael Legg / Admiralty and maritime Dr Damien J Cremean (ed) Piracy, sabotage and terrorism Damien J Cremean / Recent cases Ruth C A Higgins SC Corporations - external administration - receivers and administrators - other controllers of property - priority debts - trusts - trustees - right of indemnity, whether trustee's right of indemnity confers beneficial interest in trust assets - whether such interest is property Brendan May and Douglas McDonald-Norman, Insurance - New Zealand - home insurance - whether right to replacement benefits can be assigned where insured has not incurred the cost of reinstatement so as to entitle the assignee to reinstate and recover the costs Rohan Havelock / Causation in Australian securities class actions : searching for an efficient but balanced approach Michael Duffy / Thinking machines and smiley faces Justice Stephen Estcourt AM and Karen Marr / The nature of recaption James O'Hara

Balance : official publication of the Law Society of the Northern Territory, Issue 4, October 2019 - in this issue : How's your workplace? Maria Savvas / Great expectations...? Marty Aust / October update Sarah Dowd / National profile of the profession Kellie Grainger / Protecting the environment through the law Environmental Defenders Office NT / Achieving justice for and addressing inequalities experienced by women : there's a long (or short) road ahead! Top End Women's Legal Service Inc / Don't rely upon legal professional privilege to recover hacked documents Hamish Baddeley / Innovation : exceeding your clients' expectations Deborah Vella / Sarah Jane Witham Leonique Swart / Graham Colin Paine William Forster Chambers / Take charge of your super investment options Andrew Proebstl / National Indigenous Legal Conference John Rawnsley / Family law judgments Robert Glade-Wright / High Court judgments Andrew Yuile / Federal Court judgments Dan Star QC

Law Institute journal, Volume 93(11), November 2019 - in this issue : Adapting to change Stuart Webb / Lawyers opt for freelance careers Karin Derkley / A regulatory leap forward Simon Smith / LIV offers one on one help Carolyn Ford / The burden of keeping secrets Carolyn Ford / How to stop wage theft Gabrielle Watson-Munro / Judge Karl Blake Stuart Webb / Lock, stock and barrel David P Lloyd, Murray McCutcheon and Robert Bradley / Crime doesn't pay Nicole Spicer and Venetia Stewart / Public functions and private bodies Kylie Evans and Nicholas Petrie / 'Efficiently, honestly and fairly' Laurence White / caveats and contracts of sale Philip Barton / High Court judgments Andrew Yuile / Federal Court judgments Dan Star QC / Family law judgments Robert Glade-Wright / Supreme court judgments Professor Greg Reinhardt / Take steps to avoid GST claims Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee / Former clients LIV Ethics Committee / Assertions of conflict Michael Dolan / Avoiding off the plan contracts Russell Cocks / Dispute resolution guidelines updated Paul Snow / Considering society's needs Anthony North QC / Do you need a coach? Prudence Henschke / Looking at Libra Hana Lee / Perfect portal Peter Moran / Enhancing ADR under the Civil Procedure Act Jessica Andreacchino / Great expectations Jan Christie / Human rights and national security Arthur Moses SC / Looking back to move forward Karin Derkley / Checking in on mental health Converge International / Lawman of Charlton Karin Derkley

LSJ, Issue 61, November 2019 - in this issue : More work for less pay : equitable briefing data yields surprising results Kate Allman / Six minutes with Jason Behrendt, Managing Director, Chalk and Behrendt / Why you should consider charities in your client's will / Vale Jane Mathews, first female judge in NSW / Former Australian Prime Minister takes a stand against bullying and sexual harassment / Head in the cloud? Most legal work is / A new era for education George Williams / At lunch with... Brendan Thomas Claire Chaffey / Where there's a will (there's a legal dispute) Amy Dale / 'Awful human mess' inside our family law system Kirrily Schwarz / Crying over billed milk Sam McKeith / Making a habit of creativity Angela Heise / Penning a new chapter Amy Dale / Healthy ways to improve your commute Angela Tufvesson / Want to build muscles? Read this first Ben Lucas / The case that changed me Anne O'Donoghue / The latest developments in Law Society advocacy and law reform Law Society Policy and Practice Department / Stepping through the stages of a corporate criminal prosecution Ian Bolster and Stephen Speirs / New protections for corporate whistleblowers Dan Pearce and Hannah Pelka-Caven / Workplace surveillance and improperly obtained evidence Jack de Flamingh and James Connolly / Building and construction industry gets a new look security of payment regime Andrew Bailey / The limits of the privilege against self-incrimination John Fleming / What McDonald's can teach us about franchisor liability Glenn Fredericks / Reduce risk and stress by systematically managing critical dates Jen McMillan / ACCC gains momentum in its push for higher consumer law penalties Michael Milnes / Common law claims under the Motor Accident Injuries Act Belinda Cassidy / Beware the lonesome lodger : dealing with guests who outstay their welcome Richard McCullagh / Why your initial choice of entity is so important Jim Main / The latest from the High Court Andrew Yuile / The latest from the Federal Court Dan Star QC / Family law Robert Glade-Wright / Criminal law Thomas Spohr / Elder law and succession Darryl Browne

Sydney law review, Volume 41(3), September 2019 - in this issue : Bloody unfair : inequality related to menstruation - considering the role of discrimination law Beth Goldblatt and Linda Steele / Income management and intersectionality : analysing compulsory income management through the lenses of critical race theory and disability studies ("Discrit') Shelley Bielefeld and Fleur Beaupert / Why the bigamy offence should be repealed Theodore Bennett / A reasonably reasonable apprehension of bias : CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Matthew Groves / Caps on electoral expenditure by third party campaigners : Unions NSW v New South Wales Laura Ismay

Clarke v Nursing and Midwifery Council New South Wales [2019] FCA 1782 - discrimination

Director of Public Prosecutions [DPP] v Herrmann, Codey [2019] VSC 694 - murder, Bugmy considerations, severe personality disorder

Morton v Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (No 2) [2019] FCA 1754 - "where applicant alleges adverse action taken against her because of sex or sexual orientation"

Payne v Long [2019] FCA 1765 - "where applicant alleged that the respondents' refusal to enrol him into a tertiary course constituted racial discrimination in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)"

Riley v State of New South Wales (Department of Education) [2019] NSWCATAD 223 - anti-discrimination, discrimination against contract workers

TPT Patrol Pty Limited as trustee for Amies Superannuation Fund v Myer Holdings Limited [2019] FCA 1747 - class action, market-based causation theory

Commonwealth law reports, Volume 264(1), October 2019 - in this issue : Acharya v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Ghimire v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Kalbasi v Westner Australia / Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz / Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd / Shrestha v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

District Court law reports (NSW), Volume 29(1), October 2019 - in this issue : Brooker v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd / Cao v Horan / Chapman v Dickinson / Mansfield v Townend (No 2) / Neskovic v Beydoun / Parizian v Seven Network Ltd / R v Cameron (a pseudonym) / R v Lewis (No 2) / R v Williams / RPS Freightways Pty Ltd v Singh (No 2) / Rushton v Fehoko

South Australian state reports, Volume 133(1), October 2019 - in this issue : O'Callaghan v Police / Onody v Return to Work Corporation (SA) / R v Honeyman / R v Medalian / R v Tipping / Return to Work Corporation (SA) v Renfrey / Rickard v Testel Australia Pty Ltd

Google sued by the ACCC over alleged misuse of personal data by Stephen Letts on ABC News

Public servants should be punished for failing to report misconduct, legal experts say by Christopher Knaus on The Guardian

Assessing the future : the challenge of running competition cases by Justice Middleton at the 17th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop, 'Competition law : the penicillin of public policy?' - examines running competition law cases

The intersection of companies and trusts by Chief Justice Allsop AO at the Harold Ford Memorial Lecture, Melbourne - examines the intersection of companies and trusts

Law in Action (BBC) for 29 October presented by Joshua Rozenberg - Legal lessons from Brexit

Law Report (ABC) for 29 October presented by Damien Carrick - Australia's biggest class action over PFAS land contamination

You've got nothing to lose : Myer, Babcock & Brown, continuous disclosure obligations and securities litigation by Moira Saville, Alexander Morris and David Kennelly of King and Wood Mallesons - examines continuous disclosure and the decisions in TPT Patrol Pty Limited as trustee for Amies Superannuation Fund v Myer Holdings Limited [2019] FCA 1747 and Masters v Lombe (liquidator): In the Matter of Babcock & Brown Limited (In Liq) [2019] FCA 1720

Public law, Issue 4, October 2019 - in this issue : Dissonant referendum design and turmoil in representation Jacob Eisler / Data retention : serious crime or a serious problem? Matthew White / Dysfunctional accountability in complaint systems : the effects of complaints on public service employees Chris Gill, Maria Sapouna, Carolyn Hirst and Jane Williams / Justifying a (Welsh) legal jurisdiction Tom Hannant / Rights and remedies at risk : implications of the Brexit process on the future of rights in the UK Joelle Grogan / The "new administrative law" of Wales Sarah Nason / The private-public divide and horizontality in the English rental sector Sarah Nield and Emma Laurie / Referendums in the UK and plebiscites in Australia : when to seek the views of the people? Adam Webster

Blackstone's criminal practice 2020 / David Ormerod and David Perry (eds)

The coherence of statutory interpretation / Jeffrey Barnes (ed)

Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union v Railtrain Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1740 - industrial law, accessorial liability

Darestani v R [2019] NSWCCA 248 - whether plastic pistols were imitation firearms

Hancock v Rinehart [2019] NSWSC 1451 - equity, trusts and trustees

AFP to examine its handling of sensitive investigations after media raids by Katharine Murphy on The Guardian

Australian tribunal overwhelmed with migrant, refugee requests on SBS News

Two judges are trading places in the hopes of learning from other states' mistakes by Josh Robertson on ABC News

The New South Wales Law Reform Commission has released draft proposals on Consent in relation to sexual offences.

Feedback on the proposals is welcome, please see here.

The closing date for feedback is 18 November 2019.

In progress

Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 23 October 2019

Central Coast Drinking Water Catchments Protection Bill 2019 (Boyd) - in Legislative Council, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 24 October 2019

Child Protection (Nicole's Law) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 24 October 2019

Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading, debate adjourned, 24 October 2019

Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, 23 October 2019

Digital Restart Fund Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 22 October 2019

Electoral Funding Amendment (Cash Donations) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting minister's second reading speech, 23 October 2019

Electoral Funding Amendment (Local Government Expenditure Caps) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting minister's second reading speech, 22 October 2019

Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Territorial Limits) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 24 October 2019

Fines Amendment Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting consideration of Legislative Council amendments, 23 October 2019

Food Amendment (Seafood Country of Origin Labelling) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, second reading debate, debate interrupted, 24 October 2019

Gambling Legislation Amendment (Online and Other Betting) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting minister's second reading speech, 23 October 2019

Justice Legislation Amendment Bill (No 2) 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 23 October 2019

Liquor Amendment (Harm Reduction Areas) Bill 2019 (Roberts) - in Legislative Council, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 24 October 2019

Liquor Amendment (Intoxication) Bill 2019 (Roberts) - in Legislative Council, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 24 October 2019

Music Festivals Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, awaiting minister's second reading speech, 23 October 2019

Professional Engineers Registration Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 24 October 2019

Real Estate Services Council Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 24 October 2019

Right to Farm Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, consideration in Committee of the Whole, 23 October 2019

State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 22 October 2019

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No 2) 2019 - in Legislative Council, to be reported, 24 October 2019

Water Supply (Critical Needs) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, awaiting minister's second reading speech, 24 October 2019

Negatived

Plastic Shopping Bags (Prohibition on Supply by Retailers) Bill 2019 - second reading negatived on division in the Legislative Assembly, 24 October 2019

Notices of motion

Abortion Law Reform Repeal Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 22 October 2019

Liquor Amendment (Drinking Age) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 22 October 2019

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment (State Owned Corporations) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, notice of motion, 22 October 2019

Right to Farm (Farming Families Protection) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, notice of motion, 23 October 2019

Water Management Amendment (Water Rights Transparency) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, notice of motion, 22 October 2019

Workers Compensation Amendment (Protection of Injured Workers) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 23 October 2019

Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work by Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland on The Conversation - discusses what a media freedom Act might look like

To brie or not to brie : EU'S push for protections over food and spirit names in Australia by Luke Dale and Stephanie Leong of HWL Ebsworth - examines proposals by the European Union for the protection of a list of EU Geographical Indications, including certain types of cheese, ham, olive oils and alcohol

Disclosure is not enough by Mathew Kaley of McCabe Curwood - examines financial services disclosure

Is privity of contract here to stay? by Justin McDonnell, Shane Ogden and Joe Koe of King and Wood Mallesons - considers Clarence City Council v Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCA 1568

Law Report (ABC) for 22 October presented by Damien Carrick - Adolescents who turn homes into war zones

Lawyerist Episode 244, Tech savvier lawyers with Adriana Linares - examines some technological changes that can make work easier

Federal court reports, Volume 264(3), October 2019 - in this issue : DMI16 v Federal Circuit Court of Australia / Energy Australia Yallourn Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metal, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union / Ethicon Sarl v Gill / GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No 2) Ltd v Generic Partners Pty Ltd / Homart Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd v Careline Australia Pty Ltd / Kronen v Commercial Motor Industries Pty Ltd / Pleash v Tucker

Federal court reports, Volume 264(4), October 2019 - in this issue : Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation / AYF16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / BZC17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Hooton v Minister for Home Affairs / WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene

State reports (Western Australia), Volume 97(3), October 2019 - in this issue : Burns v North Metropolitan Health Service / Hodsdon v Local Government Standards Panel / Redfearn v Mener Group Pty Ltd / Steele v Clough Projects Pty Ltd

The anti-suit injunction / Thomas Raphael

Blockchain and the legal profession / Alex Davies (ed)

Corporate and trust structures : legal and illegal dimensions / David Chaikin and Gordon Hook (eds)

Court number one : the Old Bailey trials that defined modern Britain / Thomas Grant

Double insurance and contribution / Nisha Mohamed

Hammerschlag’s Commercial Court handbook / David Hammerschlag

Law of international business in Australasia / Vivienne Bath and Gabriël Moens

Can you make AI fairer than a judge? by Karen Hao and Jonathan Stray from MIT technology review - considers predictive algorithms

De facto partners and the law of intestacy – it’s all about the facts by Andrew Lacey of McCabe Curwood - considers Estate of the late Shirley Joan Violet Gardner; Bernengo v Leaney [2019] NSWSC 1324

The interface between contract and equity - presented by Lord Sales, Justice of the Supreme Court of The United Kingdom at the Lehane Memorial Lecture, Sydney, 28 August 2019

Law Report (ABC) for 15 October presented by Damien Carrick - Does video surveillance of psychiatric compo claimants tell us anything?

Privacy in 2019 : a growing demand for individuals accessing their personal data by Lyn Nicholson and Georgia Milne of Holding Redlich - considers the increase in requests

Robodebt – the rise of class actions based on automated decision-making? by Asha Keaney, Nikhil Shah and Melissa Fai of Gilbert + Tobin - considers class action in relation to robodebt

Speaking the right social media language by Justice Rares at the Council of Australian Tribunals National Conference

To stay or not to stay? by Russell Thirgood, Erika Williams and Jemma Keys of McCullough Robertson - considers Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.A.R.L v Kingdom of Spain [2019] FCA 1220

Vale restitution? The High Court clarifies remedies available to construction contractors following termination for repudiation by Nick Rudge, Julian Berenholtz and Michal Mag of Allens Linklaters - considers Peter Mann & Anor v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32

Crossbenchers push to raise age of criminal responsibility in Australia from SBS News

David Eastman awarded $7m for 19 years of wrongful imprisonment from The Guardian

French couple can keep tilde in son's name after court battle from The Guardian

High Court Chief Justice recounts divergence of common law by Emma Ryan of Lawyers Weekly

Make-up techniques a potential weapon against unwanted facial recognition surveillance by Malcolm Sutton of ABC News

NSW coroner to recommend pill testing be introduced at music festivals by Liv Casben of ABC News

School principal defamation case prompts questions about pig snorting and 'binge eating' by Elise Kinsella of ABC News

AIAL forum, Issue 96, September 2019 - in this issue : Contemporary challenges in merits review : the AAT in a changing Australia The Hon Justice David Thomas / Recent developments Katherine Cook / The three forms of executive power and the consequences for administrative law review David Patrick Hertzberg / Dealing with self-represented parties Graeme Neate / Adventures on the administrative decision-making continuum : reframing the role of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Matthew Paterson / Defining the boundaries of non-statutory executive power in Australia : a migration law perspective Laura Butler

Alternative law journal, Volume 44(3), 2019 - in this issue : A hoax of blokes : election 2019 Graeme Orr / Reforming proceeds of crime legislation : political reality or pipedream? Natalie Skead, Tamara Tulich, Sarah Murray and Hilde Tubex / Sharing elements of effective practice to address earlier signs of family violence Liz Curran / Religions should be required to be transparent in their use of exemptions in anti-discrimination law Renae Baker / Consent, custom and international law in South Africa : what Australian lawmakers could learn Stephen Young / Un-translatable? Interpreting customary laws in a western courtroom Luke Hannath / Trump, Twitter and the first amendment Jemimah Roberts / As easy as riding a bike? How mandatory bicycle helmet laws may harm those who can least afford it Carlo Dellora / Corporate social responsibility, human rights and law firms Claudia Carr / Internship courses for all? Supporting students undertaking unpaid university-run legal internships Laura Grenfell and Cornelia Koch / Clinical programs, social justice and transformation through student learning Lindsey Stevenson-Graf / Straight man's burden Joanna Joy / Reconciling rights-based discourse with Pacific culture and way-of-life : re-defining our understanding of 'rights' Gina Zheng / Mandatory bicycle helmet laws and the disabled Robert Corr / Girlie shoots the messenger

Civil justice quarterly, Volume 38(4), 2019 - in this issue : Defining strategic litigation Michael Ramsden and Kris Gledhill / Comparing the efficiency and quality of civil justice in Scandinavia : the role of structural differences and definitions of quality Anna Nylund / Finding the holy grail of commercial mediation research : an empirical study of insurance mediation users in New Zealand Dr Grant Morris / Exploring voice as a justice factor in mediation Lola Akin Ojelabi / Australian Law Reform Commission Class Action and Litigation Funding Report : empowering courts, monitoring funders, supporting contingency fees for class action lawyers and proposing reviews of shareholder class actions and collective redress Michael Legg / Law Commission of Ontario Report : Class Actions : objectives, experiences and reforms Suzanne Chiodo / A fresh look at familiar problems : proposals for reform of the UK immigration and asylum system Alan Desmond

Commonwealth law bulletin, Volume 44(3), September 2018 - in this issue : Time to waive LPP on government legal advice in the UK Gavin Murphy / The doctrine of substantial performance : comparisons between English and Malaysian law Sri Bala Murugan Gogulanathan / Design standards for laws to ensure effective democracy Roy Lee / The English common law criminal defence and excuse of necessity : a critical comparison of the customary law and commonplace Gary I Lilienthal / Resolving the cultural right-animal right conflict in India : analyzing Article 29(1) through the paradigm of Jallikattu Dushyant Thakur / Legal strategy for resolving the socio-economic and environmental symptoms of the resource curse in Nigeria : the role of impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) Godswill Agbaitoro / Judicial approaches to combating 'revenge porn' : a multi-jurisdictional perspective Jason Haynes / The right of access to state-held information in Botswana : lessons from emerging international human rights jurisprudence Tachilisa Badala Balule and Baboki Jonathan Dambe / The Hague judgments project : assessing its plausible benefits for the development of the Indian private international law Saloni Khanderia / Connecting the dots : relevance of sustainable development principles in addressing environmental protection issues in Nigeria's oil industry E U Onyeabor, Onyedikachi Josiah Alozie, Joycelin Okubuiro, Anthony Ifeanyi Onuigbo and Nadubuisi Augustine Nwafor / Constitutional literacy in Africa : challenges and prospects Charles Manga Fombad

Conveyancer and property lawyer, Volume 83(3), 2019 - in this issue : Dishonest strangers Martin Dixon / Tied up in knotweed Russell Hewitson / Resolving the status of bare trust Robert Flannigan / Mortgage possession at a crossroads : which way should we turn? Dr Lisa Whitehouse / The traditional concept hits the bunker : easements after Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd Gavin McLeod / Lu Xing Juan v Estate of Hui Shui See : promissory estoppel where the family home is owned by a company Michael Lower / Golf and the law Alec Samuels / Don't dismiss the relevance of subjective intentions to adverse possesion : Malik v Malik Robin Hickey / The Earl's daughter - lessons from the Inheritance Act : Wellesley v Earl Cowley Richard Hedlund / Fencing easements, their true character and how they arise : Churston Golf Club Ltd v Haddock Andrew Cash

Criminal law review, Issue 10, 2019 - in this issue : The Sentencing (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Bill Nicola Padfield / Autobiographical memory misconceptions and the police investigative response to rape complaints Louise Taylor and Lucy Justice / A credible solution? Non-defendant's bad character and section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Diane Birch / Can fugitives argue "culpable delay" by the authorities in extradition proceedings? Howard Riddle / Cases and comments : Committal for sentence - McNamara (James) v Public Prosecution Service (NI), Homicide - R v Hussain (Imran), Indictment - R v Dillion (Geoffrey), Proceeds of crime - R v S, Public entry to courtroom - R (on the application of Ewing) v Isleworth Crown Court, Sentencing - R v Akbar (Chaudry Muhammad), R v Chin-Charles (Aron Stefan) ; R v Cullen (Anthony), Slavery - R v Nguyen (T H) ; R v Nguyen (V H) ; R v Tran, Trial - R v Chauhan (Manjoi) ; R v Croft (Terence)

Judicial review, Volume 14(2), October 2019 - in this issue : Jury directions : the struggle for simplicity and clarity The Honourable Virginia Bell AC / Who judges the judges, and how should they be judged? The Honourable T F Bathurst AC / Extended joint criminal enterprise - "top-down" or "bottom-up" legal reasoning? The Honourable Justice Weinberg AO / Judicial review and the Land and Environment Court Professor Margaret Allars / The role of holistic approaches in reducing the rate of recidivism for young offenders Associate Professor Jioji Ravulo

Law quarterly review, Volume 135, October 2019 - in this issue : Equity in business Lord Briggs of Westbourne / "O Lord make me pure - but not yet" : granting time for the amendment of unlawful legislation Jonathan Morgan / Labour law and the labour market : employment status reconsidered Zoe Adams / Common law protection for injury to a person's reproductive autonomy Stephen Todd / The search for common intention : the status of an executed, express declaration of trust post-Stack and Jones Chris Bevan

LSJ, Issue 60, October 2019 - in this issue : Six minutes with Mary Digiglio, Managing Partner, Swaab Attorneys / Bench beckons for Sophia Beckett / Abortion decriminalised in NSW amid fierce debate Amy Dale / Making our targets sweat Gabrielle Upton MP / At lunch with Rosalind Croucher Kate Allman / Forgotten faces : the legal status of Australia's missing persons Kirrily Schwarz / The country lawyer at war James Unkles / Going Dutch Alice Ramsay / Stop negotiating nicely / Listen to your body Thea O'Connor / Doing it for the kids Amy Dale / Is BMI the best measure of health? Angela Tufvesson / Not born to run? Ben Lucas / The case that changed me - Larina Alick Amy Dale / The latest developments in Law Society advocacy and law reform Law Society Policy and Practice Department / Chorley abolished! High Court has final say Michelle Castle and Andrew Bailey / New Singapore Convention set to bring greater certainty to international mediation Anthony Lo Surdo SC / Three compliance considerations for staff recruitment Glenda Carry / A day in the life : Federal Court takes personal leave back to basics Jack de Flamingh and Allanah Hogan / New sentencing statistics now available on the Judicial Information Research System Mark Zaki / The CDPP's e-Brief referral Guidelines : modernising the conduct of federal prosecutions Ilan Lewis / Anti-competitive IP transactions under the spotlight Cynthia Cochrane and Catherine Bembrick / Financial services providers under pressure to act 'efficiently, honestly and fairly' Brendan May / Practical tips for dealing with testamentary capacity David Price / Minor injuries under the Motor Accident Injuries Act Belinda Cassidy / Change leadership for a dynamic profession Dr Justine Rogers and Dr Felicity Bell / Practical tips for conveyancing solicitors in a changing economy Rosemary Workman / The latest from the High Court Andrew Yuile / The latest from the Federal Court Dan Star QC / Family law Robert Glade-Wright / Criminal law Thomas Spohr / Elder law and succession Darryl Browne

Carlos Sawa v Fairfield City Council [2019] NSWDC 576 - negligence, "whether Council owed duty of care at recreation centre to respond to criminal conduct of third parties"

Commissioner of Taxation v Sharpcan Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 36 - taxation, gaming machines

Eastman v The Australian Capital Territory [2019] ACTSC 280 - claim for compensation after plaintiff was convicted and imprisoned for murder in 1995 and acquitted in 2018, judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $7,020,000

The Queen v A2 [2019] HCA 35 - genital mutilation

Acts proclaimed

Dams Safety Act 2015 No 26 - 1 November 2019 appointed as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of the Act commence

In progress

Electoral Funding Amendment (Cash Donations) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 16 October 2019

Electoral Funding Amendment (Local Government Expenditure Caps) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 calendar days, 16 October 2019

Fines Amendment Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading debate, debate adjourned, 16 October 2019

Food Amendment (Seafood Country of Origin Labelling) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 17 October 2019

Government Information (Public Access) Amendment (Electronic Applications) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 17 October 2019

Industrial Relations Amendment (Contracts of Carriage) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, second reading, debate adjourned, 17 October 2019

Music Festivals Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 16 October 2019

Plastic Shopping Bags (Prohibition on Supply by Retailers) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, second reading debate, debate interrupted, 17 October 2019

Right to Farm Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, to be reported, 16 October 2019

Road Transport Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, awaiting minister's second reading speech, debate adjourned, 17 October 2019

Road Transport Amendment (Mobile Phone Detection) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, to be reported, 15 October 2019

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No 2) 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 15 October 2019

Transport Administration Amendment (RMS Dissolution) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, consideration of Legislative Council amendments, 15 October 2019

Water Supply (Critical Needs) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, awaiting second reading debate, debate adjourned 5 clear days, 16 October 2019

Awaiting assent

Racing Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - awaiting assent, 16 October 2019

Notices of motion

Cannabis Industry Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

Crimes Amendment (Incitement or Promotion of Terrorism and Violence) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Decriminalisation) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Injecting Centre Repeal) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

Government Information (Public Access) Amendment (Electronic Applications) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Assembly, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

Summary Offences Amendment (Full-face Coverings Prohibition) Bill 2019 - in Legislative Council, notice of motion, 15 October 2019

New South Wales law reports, Volume 99(1), October 2019 - in this issue : Attorney General for New South Wales v Gatsby / Bayside Council v Karimbla Properties (No 3) Pty Ltd / Kempsey Shire Council v Five Star Medical Centre Pty Ltd / New South Wales, State of v Cuthbertson