The Library Bulletin

Attend : A conversation about government, Parliament and the Voice from Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies with panellists Dr Monique Ryan, Terry Moran AC, Rosemary Laing and Catherine Liddle.

Time : Tue, 2 May 2023 5:30 PM AEST...

Katy Perry loses out in Federal Court spat with Australian fashion designer by Millie Roberts and Jamie McKinnell on ABC

Migration review warns against Australia becoming nation of 'permanently temporary' residents by Michelle Grattan on The Conversation

The most significant defence review in 40 years positions Australia for complex threats in a changing region by Adam Lockyer on The...

Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v TM [2023] NSWCA 75 - statutory interpretation, NSW's child protection offender registration scheme : subject to specified exemptions, anyone who has been sentenced in respect of a registrable offence is a registrable person

Pardini v Unilever United States, Inc., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 21-16806, 04-18-2023 - "whether the product "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray" is a butter or a spray.", "The proposition that, absent some Canaan miracle, a bottle of flavored oil containing...

Westlaw Australia for Barristers Duration : 30 min

Course dates :

Thursday 11th May 4pm AEST - register...

Abandoned rights of way – key lessons from Castle v Achdjian by Bede Haines of Holding Redlich

Balancing impartiality and free speech : an empirical study of on the ground experiences of Australian public servants, Sarah Sorial and Shireen Morris, (2022) 43(2) Adelaide Law Review 885...

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Ashton Raggatt McDougall Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 351 - cartel conduct, architecture

Barney v R [2023] NSWCCA 85 - difference between reliability and credibility

R v Johns (a pseudonym) (No 2) [2023] ACTSC 83 - sentencing remarks, Witness J...

Australia holds the line on priorities between successive trustees by Cameron Cheetham, Andrew Edington and Tom Fullerton of Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Bird v DP, vicarious liability and the impact for volunteer organisations by Andrew Gray of HWL Ebsworth...

The curious case of ChatGPT and the fictitious legal notes by Tom Hunt on Stuff

Family of Michael Schumacher plan legal action over AI interview on ABC

Legal experts criticise suggestions Indigenous voice will have veto power in parliament by Caitlin Cassidy and Tory Shepherd in The Guardian...

Westlaw Australia for Barristers Duration : 30 min

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Thursday 11th May 4pm AEST - register...

Attend : GSPL Reading Group Series - Dr Paolo Sandro discussing his book The making of constitutional democracy : from creation to application of law (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Time : Wed, 31 May 2023 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST...

Attend : GSPL Reading Group Series - Professor Ruth Rubio-Marin discussing her book Global gender constitutionalism and women's citizenship (CUP, 2022)

Time : Wed, 10 May 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST...

Attend : Environmental constitutionalism : a masterclass with A/Prof Ron Levy, presented by Australian National University.

Time : Monday May 2, 2023 06:00 PM AEST

Place : Online...

Attend : The Case for a Republic with Megan Davis, Craig Foster, Nyadol Nyuon and George Williams, presented by the UNSW Centre for Ideas and the Australian Human Rights Institute.

Time : Mon, 8 May 2023 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM AEST...

Australia : Is latent defects insurance a 'game changer' for the construction industry? by Alex Hartmann and Leigh Duthie of Baker and McKenzie

Change of relationship status : legal issues to consider on the Succession planning for blended families presented by Janene Bon and Claire Hawke-Gundill...

Consumer advocates reject media calls to preserve exemptions to Australian privacy law by Paul Karp on The Guardian

Constitutional expert gives legal tick to Indigenous voice in parliamentary submission by Josh Butler in The Guardian

Explainer : High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016 by Mary Anne Kenny on The Conversation...

Davis v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 10 - constitutional law

Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. [2023] HCA 11 - public international law

Productivity Partners Pty Ltd (trading as Captain Cook College) v ACCC [2023] FCAFC 54 - system of unconscionable conduct...

Westlaw Australia for Barristers Duration : 30 min

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Thursday 11th May 4pm AEST - register...

Ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court of Australia Full Court to welcome the Honourable Justice Jackman, 23 March 2023

Court of Appeal considers the limitation period for personal injury actions by Peter Bennett of Holman Webb

Default Rules in the common law : substantive Rules and precedent, Lord Sales, Presentation at International Workshop on Default Rules in...

'I speak for the animals' : the Ugandan judge who strikes fear into poachers by John Agaba on the Guardian

Judge finds Texas library's book bans unconstitutional, orders books returned by Andrew Albanese in Publishers Weekly

What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people? by Harry Hobbs, Heidi Norman and Matthew Walsh on The Conversation

Armstrong v Assatryan & Ors [2023] VCC 7 - chocolate, defamation

Fay Evans v John Lewis PLC & Anor [2023] EWHC 766 (IPEC) - "The dragon is a creature of myth, dating back to ancient times and found in cultures across the world."...

Westlaw Australia for Barristers Duration : 30 min

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Thursday 11th May 4pm AEST - register...

Attend : Michael McHugh's casebook : enduring issues in defamation law, Selden Society and AAL lecture

Time : Apr 27, 2023 05:30 PM

Place : Online...

Attend : Forbes Tutorial by Dr Peter Edwell and the Hon Keith Mason AC KC, Art and the law : the Archibald prize case of 1944 and beyond.

Time : Tuesday 18 April 2023 5:13 PM - 6:20 PM (UTC+10)

Place : New South Wales Supreme Court, Court 13A Queens Square or online...

Australian insolvency law (5th ed) / Christopher F. Symes, David Brown and Sulette Lombard

Australian public health law : contemporary issues and challenges / Belinda Bennet and Ian Freckelton (eds.)

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