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New Westlaw

Fri Jul 22 2022
New Westlaw

On 31 July 2022 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 : Thursday 14 July 3.00pm AEST Register Tuesday 9 August 2.30pm AEST Register Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Jul 22 2022

Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs : existential citizenship and metaphorical allegiance by Helen Irving on Australian Public Law

Can you hear me? Remote participation in the Commonwealth Parliament by Stephanie Gill on FlagPost

Has the time come for biometrics-specific legislation? by Peter Waters of Gilbert + Tobin

Law Down Under Podcast presented by Chris Patterson - International cultural heritage law with Lucas Lixinski

Law Report (ABC) for 19 July presented by Damian Carrick - Queensland bans 'claim farming'; Should media coverage affect sentencing decisions?

Life peers' life stories from UK Parliament

Practice in the Corporations List and recent case law, Honourable Justice A Black​, Commercial Law Association Seminar

Smart homes? What about intellectual properties? by Luke Dale and Annabel Bramley of HWL Ebsworth

New judgments

Fri Jul 15 2022

Morford v Cattelan, Docket No 121 cv-20039 (S.D. Fla. Jan 04, 2021) - artist who taped a banana to a wall may infringe the copyright of a prior artist who taped a banana and and orange to a wall

R v Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCCA 152 - "Crown appeals should be rare, and the purpose of s 5D of the Criminal Appeal Act is not the mere correction of error"

Thillagaratnam v Doan [2022] WASC 185 - recission of strata unit purchase allowed because the bizarre conduct of the neighbour was not disclosed to purchaser by vendors

New Westlaw

Fri Jul 15 2022
New Westlaw

On 31 July 2022 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 : Thursday 14 July 3.00pm AEST Register Tuesday 9 August 2.30pm AEST Register Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Jul 15 2022

30 years since Mabo, Eddie Synot with panellists Hannah Duncan, Uncle Charles Passi and Professor Henry Reynolds, from State Library of Queensland

Being a judge : judicial technique, independence and labels, Chief Justice Allsop, Sir Harry Gibbs Memorial Oration, Sydney

Citizenship deprivation as banishment : the High Court of Australia in Alexander's case by Rayner Thwaites on Global Citizenship Observatory

Law Report (ABC) for 12 July presented by Damian Carrick - Vanuatu's push for international court action on climate change

Practice in the Corporations List and recent case law by Justice Ashley Black, Commercial Law Association Seminar

Do principals need to act in good faith when exercising its "absolute direction" to extend the date for practical completion? by Paul Graham, Tara Nelson and Thomas Appleby of HWL Ebsworth

Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions by Lorelle Holland and Maree Toombs on The Conversation

Welcome Ceremony for the Hon. Justice Nicholas Chen, Supreme Court of New South Wales

What it means to identify as Indigenous in Australia, and how this might have contributed to the increase in the census by Julie Andrews and Francis Markham on The Conversation

The Wigs Podcast from Stephen Lawrence (Black Chambers), Emmanuel Kerkyasharian (Forbes Chambers), Felicity Graham (Black Chambers) and Jim Minns - S4 E3: Overturning Constitutionally Protected Access to Abortion in the United States

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Jul 08 2022

2022 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture, delivered by Justice Peter Hamill, University of Sydney Law School

Between uncontrolled jungle and lacklustre patch : how to cultivate a tech ecosystem from Gilbert + Tobin

Cell culture foods : considering the legal issues by Odette Gourley, Alison Jones, Kate Donald and Grace Griffiths of Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court to welcome the Honourable Justice Raper, held on 10 June 2022

Compensation for Native Title, remarks by the Hon Justice Andrew Greenwood on the launching of Dr William Isdale's book

Expert Witness Institute Online Conference 2022, Lord Hamblen, Keynote Speech

Law in Action presented by Joshua Rozenberg - What does a barrister sound like?

Law in Action for 5 July presented by Joshua Rozenberg - Prison education

Law Report (ABC) for 5 July presented by Damian Carrick - Victoria's Nazi swastika law prompts call for national ban

A serious harm threshold for Australian defamation law by David Rolph, (2022) 51 Australian Bar Review 185-210

Welcome Ceremony for the Hon. Justice Dina Yehia, Supreme Court of New South Wales

What does the US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs tell us about the virtues of Australia's approach to protecting fundamental rights? by Theunis Roux on Australian Public Law

What makes a good judge?, Lady Rose, Barnard’s Inn talk

When an accused goes into evidence, the Honourable A S Bell, Keynote Address to the Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Conference

New judgments

Fri Jul 08 2022

Foundas v Arambatzis (No. 5) [2022] NSWCA 113 - "This court does not have power to reopen the earlier appeal and set aside the orders of 24 March 2020. The former power of a Chancery judge to set aside an enrolled decree on the ground of the discovery of new evidence did not survive the appeal provisions introduced by the Equity Act 1880 (NSW)"

Harrington-Smith on behalf of the Darlot Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2022] FCA 764 - native title, WA's northern goldfields

New Aim Pty ltd v Leung [2022] FCA 722 - "failure to disclose authorship of the report-disclosure of material information relevant to the independence of the expert whether opinions expressed are independent"

News

Fri Jul 08 2022

New Westlaw

Fri Jul 08 2022
New Westlaw

On 31 July 2022 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 : Thursday 14 July 3.00pm AEST Register Tuesday 9 August 2.30pm AEST Register Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register

Library closure

Fri Jul 08 2022

Due to the Bar Librarians' participation in NSW Bar Association NAIDOC Week activities the Bar Library will be closed on Monday 11 July from 10am-11am. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Jul 01 2022

Australian contract law : a recent case study – Sui v Jiang [2021] NSWCA 285 by Anthony Willis, Patrick Collins of Maddocks

Is climate change justiciable? Politics and policy in Minister for the Environment v Sharma by Zoe Bush on Australian Public Law

The DBP Act's statutory duty of care under the microscope by Matt Bradbury, Evan Economo, Alex Power and Celia Luki of McCullough Robertson

From here to there, essay on judgment by Kate Rossmanith in Sydney review of books

Launch of the Centre for Law and Social Justice, sppech by the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC

Law Report (ABC) for 28 June presented by Damian Carrick - Attorney General Mark Dreyfus speaks to the Law Report

Reimagining age equality at work by Alysia Blackham, Anne Hewitt and Jack Lam in Pursuit

New Westlaw

Fri Jul 01 2022
New Westlaw

On 31 July 2022 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 : Thursday 14 July 3.00pm AEST Register Tuesday 9 August 2.30pm AEST Register Wednesday 24 August 12.30pm AEST Register Monday 5 September 3.00pm AEST Register Wednesday 21 September 11.00am AEST Register