The Library Bulletin

Commonwealth criminal law (3rd ed) / Troy Anderson

Consumer protection law in Australia (4th ed) / Alex Bruce

Hammerschlag's Commercial Court handbook (2nd ed) / David Hammerschlag

Intellectual property in Australia (7th ed) / William van Caenegem, Judith Bannister, Charles Lawson, Adam Liberman and Andrew Stewart

Property law in New South Wales (5th ed) / Janice Gray, Neil Foster, Shaunnagh Dorsett, Heather Roberts and Darryn Jensen

Without prejudice privilege in Australia (2nd ed) / Ronald J. Desiatnik

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is consulting on reforming the Safeguard Mechanism to help industry reduce emissions in line with Australia's climate targets.

See details here.

Deadline for submissions is 20 September 2022.

Federal Court to travel to Tiwi Islands for on-Country evidence in legal challenge to Santos’ Barossa Gas Project, media release, Environmental Defenders Office

Federal integrity body could learn lessons from WA's corruption watchdog by Keane Bourke on ABC News

Pacific Island high courts are still dominated by foreign judges, but a constitutional crisis in Kiribati is exposing the risks by Annika Burgess and Dubravka Volodor on ABC News

Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd v Diego Franco [2022] FWCFB 156 - unfair dismissal, Deliveroo is not an employer

Westpac Banking Corporation v Forum Finance Pty Limited (Apprehended Bias Application) [2022] FCA 981 - "where there is some logic connexion between that matter and the feared departure from the required judicial decision-making process", judicial recusal

New Westlaw

Westlaw AU will be decommissioned by Thomson Reuters, in its place will be new Westlaw (Australia)

Thomson Reuters have provided us with a list of dates upon which they will be hosting training in the new database, specifically tailored for Barristers. Links for registration are below.

new Westlaw (Australia) for Barristers

This course shows you how to carry out key research tasks using Westlaw (Australia) to improve your work efficiency.

Duration : 30 min

Course Dates :

Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register

Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

Register for Australian Capital Television v Commonwealth : 30 Years of the Implied Freedom of Political Communication from University of Melbourne as part of the CCCS Global Public Law Seminar Series.

Time : Monday 12 September 2022, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

See details here.

Books, books, books podcast hosted by Nicole Abadee, from Sydney Law School - Episode 3 - Teela Reid, Sydney Law School’s first First Nations Lawyer in Residence

Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia to welcome the Honourable Justice Meagher

Compulsory acquisition laws and processes come under review in New South Wales by Peter Barakate of HWL Ebsworth

Data and judicial impartiality by Daniel Ghezelbash, Keyvan Dorostkar, Saul Wodak and Robert Ross on Australian Public Law

Deliveroo is not an employer : decision of Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission in Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd v Franco [2022] FWCFB 156 by Nick Maley of Holman Webb

Law Report (ABC) for 23 August presented by Damien Carrick - Government releases legal advice on Morrison's secret ministerial appointments

Long waves of constitutional principle in the common law, Lord Sales, Public Law Conference

The value of compassion in the law, Justice Jagot, Delivered to the Supreme Court Tipstaff and Researchers Conference, 19 August 2022

White Noise podcast hosted by Jaynaya Dwyer, from the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub, University of Melbourne - The ATSIC chronicles : reflections from the journey and lessons for the Voice

The recent JADE training sessions are now available for on-demand viewing, please see here.

Bar members are also invited to set up individual sessions with the JADE team here if they would like.

16th-century log of swan ownership goes up for auction by Harriet Sherwood on The Guardian

'Coercive control' gaining recognition, media release, Parliament of Victoria

Hidden gems : Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role by Jinhyun Cho on The Conversation

High Court finds Google is not a publisher in crucial win for search engine by Elizabeth Byrne on ABC News

The ALRC on judicial impartiality - and the momentum towards judicial appointments reform by Andrew Lynch on Australian Public Law

Borderlines podcast hosted by Katerina Linos - Intisar Rabb, Interpreting MetaCanons

COUNTERSIGN podcast hosted by Stewart Motha - EcoLaw featuring Margaret Davies

Data and judicial impartiality by Daniel Ghezelbash, Keyvan Dorostkar, Saul Wodak and Robert Ross on Australian Public Law

Indigenous Voice Co-design Process Final Report by Professors Tom Calma and Marcia Langton

Law Down Under podcast by Chris Patterson - E 18 Social enterprises, impact investing, and podcasting with Steven Moe

Law Report (ABC) for 16 August presented by Damien Carrick - High Court rejects activists' challenge to NSW surveillance laws, and women bring prison stories to the stage

The legalisation of voluntary assisted dying in New South Wales – an overview by Zara Officer and Perry Peralta of Holman Webb

Mutual borrowing and judicial dialogue between the apex courts of Australia and the United Kingdom by Justice Edelman with the Rt Hon. Lady Arden (pre-edited version, published version to be in LQR)

Nothing to fear and much to be gained from a federal judicial commission by Gabrielle Appleby on Australian Public Law

Statutory interpretation in the courts today, by Lord Burrows, Sir Christopher Staughton Memorial Lecture 2022

Taking judging and judges seriously : facts, framework and function in Australian constitutional law" by Justice Gordon AC, Monash University Lucinda Lecture delivered 2 August 2022. Pre-edited version.

Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it by Mathieu O'Neil and Michael Jensen on The Conversation

Twitter seeking 'specific performance' against Elon Musk for breach of contract – what does it all mean? by Toby Boys, Tom Goodwin, and James Phillips of Holding Redlich

Questions arising from the FCC and FCoA merge by Leah Reid of Greenway Chambers

When can a court's decision be ignored? by the Hon Justice Kristen Walker, 2022 Melbourne University Law Review Annual Lecture

The Wigs Podcast from Stephen Lawrence (Black Chambers), Emmanuel Kerkyasharian (Forbes Chambers), Felicity Graham (Black Chambers) and Jim Minns - S4 E4 : The new provision of the NSW Bail Act + HCA reaffirming the separation of the Executive and judiciary + DPP v Peckham : no prosecutor? no...

Without fear or favour : the ALRC's report on judicial impartiality by William Isdale and Sarah Fulton on Australian Public Law

Yesterday, today and tomorrow – a trend towards equality? by Chief Justice Kiefel AC at the Australian Women Lawyers Conference 2022

Register for Judicial Independence with speakers Judge José Matos and Justice Jacqueline Gleeson, hosted by Australian Academy of Law.

Time : Monday, 22 August 2022, 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm Location: Court No 1, Federal Court of Australia, Queens Square, Sydney and online

See details here.

Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29 - patents, electronic gaming machines

Athans v The Queen [2022] SASCA 71 - "at the risk of being seen as stuck in Dickensian times, I do not think this case, with the peculiarities of the Snapchat App, is the appropriate vehicle to redefine what amounts to a photograph and therefore a document, for the purpose of the common law"

Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27 - defamation, publication, Google is not a publisher

Massoud v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Massoud v Fox Sports Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCA 150 - defamation, offensive language

Nathanson v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor [2022] HCA 26 - administrative law, judicial review, jurisdictional error, "The legal rules concerning materiality... are not presently in a state of blinding lucidity"

R v Perrin [2022] NSWCCA 170 - construction of section 58 of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) : "existing sentence" is determined at the time the "new sentence" is being imposed, not at the time the "new sentence" commences

Tu'uta Katoa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2022] HCA 28 - immigration, visas, review of cancellation decision

New Westlaw

Westlaw AU will be decommissioned by Thomson Reuters, in its place will be new Westlaw (Australia)

Thomson Reuters have provided us with a list of dates upon which they will be hosting training in the new database, specifically tailored for Barristers. Links for registration are below.

new Westlaw (Australia) for Barristers

This course shows you how to carry out key research tasks using Westlaw (Australia) to improve your work efficiency.

Duration : 30 min

Course Dates :

Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register

Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

The NSW Government has released an exposure draft Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022 for comment, see here.

Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2022.

Crime and mental health law in New South Wales : a practical guide for lawyers and health care professionals (3rd ed) (supplement)

Environmental courts and tribunals : powers, integrity, and the search for legitimacy / Ceri Warnock

Handbook of ICC arbitration : commentary and materials (5th ed) / Thomas H. Webster and Michael W. Buhler

National climate change acts : the emergence, form, and nature of national framework climate legislation / edited by Thomas L. Muinzer (ed)

Royal commissions : law and practice / Chad Jacobi and Sarah Newman

Register for Reflections on the Legacy of Sir Gerard Brennan to Australian Public Law presented by The Honourable Stephen Gageler AC, Christopher Horan QC and Professor Kristen Rundle as part of the CCCS Global Public Law Seminar Series.

Time : Monday 15 August 2022, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

See details here.

A clean and healthy environment is a human right, U.N. resolution declares by Elizabeth Claire Alberts on Mongabay

The fix is in : how to restore public faith in government appointments by Justine Nolan on The Conversation

High Court throws out bid by animal rights activists to challenge 'ag-gag' laws preventing them from filming farm practices by Elizabeth Byrne on ABC News

How brain-monitoring tech advances could change the law from University of Sydney

Kiribati constitutional crisis deepens as it orders deportation of its Australian-born high court justice by Kieran Pender on The Guardian

Labelling 'fake art' isn't enough. Australia needs to recognise and protect First Nations cultural and intellectual property by Nicola St John and Emrhan Sultan on The Conversation

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide calls for end to claims backlog, shares 'dismay' at 'limited' government action by Adam Langenberg on ABC News

Sour grapes : Italy takes Slovenia to court over balsamic vinegar by Angela Giuffrida on The Guardian

The very human history of defamation from the Duke d'Orléans to Wagatha Christie by William Holmes on Legal Cheek

What makes a referendum successful? on Life Matters (Radio National) with Hilary Harper and Beverley Wang

Dansie v The Queen [2022] HCA 25 - criminal practice, murder

Farm Transparency International Ltd v New South Wales [2022] HCA 23 - constitutional law, implied freedom of communication about governmental or political matters

O'Dea v The State of Western Australia [2022] HCA 24 - criminal law, "acting in concert"

SB v R [2022] NSWCCA 164 - "It is unhelpful, as well as contrary to authority, to seek to diminish the gravity of a crime by reference to what it is not"

New Westlaw

Westlaw AU will be decommissioned by Thomson Reuters, in its place will be new Westlaw (Australia)

Thomson Reuters have provided us with a list of dates upon which they will be hosting training in the new database, specifically tailored for Barristers. Links for registration are below.

new Westlaw (Australia) for Barristers

This course shows you how to carry out key research tasks using Westlaw (Australia) to improve your work efficiency.

Duration : 30 min

Course Dates :

Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register

Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

Access to anthropological evidence and documents created in Native Title litigation by Aaron Moss, University of Queensland Law Journal (forthcoming)

AI decision-making and the courts : a guide for judges, tribunal members and court administrators by Felicity Bell, Lyria Bennett Moses, Michael Legg, Jacob Silove and Monika Zalnieriute, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, 2022

Conversations with Sarah Kanowski - A life in the law, on the Glitter Strip

Does competition law need to be digitally disrupted? by Peter Waters of Gilbert + Tobin

Law Down Under podcast by Chris Patterson - Episode 17 - Corporate insolvency with Hon Paul Heath QC

Law Report (ABC) for 9 August presented by Damien Carrick - Life, death and the law

Litigating Barbie : trade mark infringement, parody and free speech by M. P. Ram Mohan and Aditya Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Working Paper (July 2022)

Private law, conscience and moral reasoning : the role of the judge by the Hon Justice Chris Maxwell AC and Professor Matthew Harding, Melbourne University Law Review, 46(1) (forthcoming)

Recent developments in competition law : cartel cases by Justice Wigney, speech given on 9 June 2022 at the book launch of Michael Gvozdenovic and Stephen Puttick (eds.), Current issues in competition law (The Federation Press, 2021)

Timely reminder – principles applicable to public interest determination under the GIPA Act by Patrick Holland, Kate Swain and Noah Berry of McCullough Robertson

Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) reform back on the agenda! by Teresa Torcasio, Zoe Vise and Erin Upson of HWL Ebsworth

The Library will be closed for one hour between 3 and 4pm on Tuesday August 16.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

JADE is a legal research system developed by barristers for barristers and starting next week their team will be running four training sessions a week to help Bar members make the most of their legal research with JADE. Sessions are available at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels and are run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Details and links to register for sessions are available here.

If you are unable to attend at these times, Bar members are invited to set up individual sessions with the JADE team here.

Awaiting assent

Casino Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Awaiting Assent, Thu 11 Aug 2022

National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Reservations) Bill 2022 - Awaiting Assent, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Ombudsman Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Awaiting Assent, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Transport Administration Amendment (Rail Trails) Bill 2022 - Awaiting Assent, Thu 11 Aug 2022

In progress

Climate Change (Emissions Targets) Bill 2021 (Sharpe) - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate interrupted, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5 clear days, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Crimes Amendment (Prohibition on Display of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, To be reported, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Assaults on Frontline Emergency and Health Workers) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5 clear days, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - in Legislative Council, To be reported, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill (No 2) 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5 clear days, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Industrial Relations Amendment (Dispute Orders) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Council, 2R, Tue 9 Aug 2022

Museums of History NSW Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, To be reported, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Prohibition for Convicted Persons) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Council, 2R Speech, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Road Transport Amendment (Prohibition of U-turns and 3-point Turns in School Zones) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, Interrupted mover's 2R Speech, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Roads Amendment (Tolling Transparency) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Council, 2R, Debate adjourned, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Scrap Metal Industry Amendment (Review) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5 clear days, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Water Management Amendment (Floodplain Harvesting Licences Compensation) Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Speech, Interrupted mover's 2R Speech, Thu 11 Aug 2022

Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Bill 2022 - in Legislative Assembly, 2R Debate, Debate adjourned 5 clear days, Wed 10 Aug 2022

Australia's climate change targets will become law. What happens now? by Adam Morton in The Guardian

Commonwealth drops attempt to challenge High Court ruling that Aboriginal Australians cannot be deported by Elizabeth Byrne on ABC News

Judges need better education and structures to improve impartiality : report by Gabrielle Appleby on The Conversation

1922 : after Ryan, the storm by Justice Keane AC, Selden Society Lecture, Supreme Court Queensland

Book launch : Dynamic and principled – the influence of Sir Anthony Mason by The Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler AC, in the presence of Sir Anthony and Professor William Gummow, from University of Sydney Law School and The Federation Press

Creating a constitutional Voice – the words that could change Australia by Anne Twomey on The Conversation

Law Report (ABC) for 2 August presented by Damian Carrick - Legal decisions and analytics

Making law through practice : examples from commercial law presented by Sir Ross Cranston, Selden Society lecture series podcast

The Mason Conversation 2022 – The Honourable Murray Gleeson AC

Political parties and the courts from Melbourne Law School, presented by Professor Anika Gauja and Professor Graeme Orr and chaired by Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng

There runs the quick perspective of the future : where to from here? by Justice Colvin, Robert French AC Oration