The Library Bulletin

Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v CWY20 [2021] FCAFC 195 - immigration, "national interest"

Campbell v Advantage Insurance Company Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1698 - "whether a claimant can rely on his own drunkenness, and consequential lack of insight, either to avoid a finding of contributory negligence or to reduce the apportionment of responsibility for his...

Coalition's voter ID bill could be challenged in court over voter suppression, expert warns by Paul Karp on The Guardian

Explainer : what is the 'good faith' defence thwarted by the High Court in Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial? by Thalia Anthony on The Conversation

Annual Expert Witness Survey Report 2021 by Bond Solon and The Times

A global community of courts? Modelling the use of persuasive authority as a complex network by D Hoadley, M Bartolo, R Chesterman, A Faus, W Hernandez, B Kultys, A P Moore, E Nemsic, N Roche, J Shangguan, B Steer, K Tylinski1 and N West in Frontiers in physics - investigates "use of foreign persuasive authority in common law countries by analyzing the network of citations to case law in a corpus of over 1.5 million...

In progress

Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Vilification) Bill 2021 - In Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate interrupted, Thu 11 Nov 2021

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2021 - In Legislative Council, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5...

Register for Financial Barriers to Accessing Constitutional Justice.

Time : Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5.00 – 6.15pm AEDT

See details here.

Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v CWY20 [2021] FCAFC 195 - migration

Australian Leather Pty. Ltd., et al., Petitioners v Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Supreme Court of the United States No. 21-513, Brief amicus curiae of Government of the Commonwealth of Australia filed, 5 November 2021 - "It is well recognized that Australians have developed their own slang and phraseology", "English-speaking tourists are often advised to learn some of the unique Australian phrases and terms before...

As restrictions are beginning to ease, we are pleased to advise that the Bar Library is offering a 'Click, Collect and Return' service for textbook loans.

We hope that this service will enable us to fulfil your requests for hard copy textbooks without significantly increasing health risks to library users and staff. The Click, Collect and Return Service will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Here's a 'How to' guide...

Bills assented to

Better Regulation Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2021 No 23 — assented to 01 November 2021

Coastal Management Amendment Act 2021 No 27 — assented to 01 November 2021...

British waitress wins High Court discrimination battle over Australia's 'backpacker tax' by Elizabeth Byrne and Kath Sullivan on ABC News

The haunted jurisprudence of 'ghost law' by William Holmes on Legal Cheek

How a medieval English law affects the US gun control debate by Bernd Debusmann Jr on BBC News

AI and automated decision-making : are you just another number? by Justice Melissa Perry, presented to the Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Law & Justice and the NSW Chapter, Australian Institute of Administrative Law event 'Kerr’s Vision Splendid for Administrative Law: Still Fit for Purpose? – Online Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerr Report' on 21 October 2021

Be careful what you caveat by Andrew Lacey of McCabes - considers caveats...

Register for Freedom of Expression in the United Kingdom and Australia considered comparatively from Australian Academy of Law.

Time : Tuesday 7 December, 6.00pm AEDST

See details here.

Register for 21st Century Legal Practice - International and Domestic from the Law Council of Australia, featuring the Hon. Tom Bathurst AC FRSN and Ms Mary Walker OAM.

Time : Tuesday 9 Nov 2021, 5 ‐ 6pm...

Register for The Crossbench : Power, Procedure and Passion from Parliament of New South Wales.

Time : Monday 22 November, 5.30 – 6.30pm

See details here.

Addy v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] HCA 34 - income tax

Hamilton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] HCA 33 - criminal practice

Partington v Rossiter [2021] EWCA Civ 1564 - considers whether the expression, "my UK assets", in a will include the testator's assets in Jersey...

As restrictions are beginning to ease, we are pleased to advise that the Bar Library is offering a 'Click, Collect and Return' service for textbook loans.

We hope that this service will enable us to fulfil your requests for hard copy textbooks without significantly increasing health risks to library users and staff. The Click, Collect and Return Service will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Here's a 'How to' guide...

As outlined in In Brief, the Bar Library is offering a Click, Collect and Return service for textbook loans. It will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11am and 1pm. Please see the how to guide here.

The library is an important service for many members, and we do our best to make this the best service it can be. In my discussions with members the speed and quality of the research service in particular has been highlighted to me as extremely valuable, and the librarians...

As outlined in In Brief, the Bar Library is offering a Click, Collect and Return service for textbook loans. It will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11am and 1pm. Please see the how to guide here.

The library is an important service for many members, and we do our best to make this the best service it can be. In my discussions with members the speed and quality of the research service in particular has been highlighted to me as extremely valuable, and the librarians...

As restrictions are beginning to ease, we are pleased to advise that the Bar Library is offering a 'Click, Collect and Return' service for textbook loans.

We hope that this service will enable us to fulfil your requests for hard copy textbooks without significantly increasing health risks to library users and staff. The Click, Collect and Return Service will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Here's a 'How to' guide...

Register for State Legislative Power and the Constitution. Chair : The Hon Justice Angus Stewart, Federal Court of Australia, Speakers : Stephen Free SC, NSW Bar and Professor Rosalind Dixon, UNSW Law

Time : Monday, 15 November 2021, 5.30 - 6.30 PM AEDT...

Human dignity in the time of John Hubert Plunkett presented by Justice Jacqueline Gleeson, Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, 10th Annual JH Plunkett Lecture

Law Report (ABC) for 26 October presented by Damian Carrick - Assange extradition appeal, WikiLeaks and journalism...

Dutch appeals court awards Crimean artefacts to Ukrainian state on RTE

Fearful of losing their homelands, islands are taking Australia to court over climate by Ben Doherty on The Guardian

Government introduces Bill requiring voters to show ID to vote by Antony Green on Antony Green's Election Blog...

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v O'Halloran [2021] FCAFC 185 - "A party who invokes the privilege against self-exposure to civil penalties is not required to plead a defence"

Have your say on the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and Other Measures) Bill 2021 (Cth), exposure draft.

Submissions are invited on the Online Privacy Bill and consultation Regulation Impact Statement by 6 December 2021.

See details here.

Staffing The library is currently down to 2 staff, so we ask for your patience and understanding during this time as we may not be able to provide things as quickly as we might normally do.

As restrictions are beginning to ease, we are pleased to advise that from 26 October 2021 the Bar Library will be offering a 'Click, Collect and Return' service for textbook loans. We know that you have been missing the textbooks in particular and we appreciate your patience and...

High Court confirms media outlets are liable for defamatory Facebook comments by Norman Lucas and Brigitte Challis of Maddocks - considers Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27

The High Court of Australia and civil liberties from Melbourne Law School presented by Professor Jason Varuhas, Professor Michelle Foster, Tim Goodwin and Professor Cheryl Saunders...