The Library Bulletin

Institutional liability for historical child abuse in Australia / James Masur

Australia releases proposed mandatory guardrails for AI regulation by Philip Catania, Kit Lee and Amy Yu of Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Does merely "broad" reasoning amount to "inadequate" reasoning? by Raissa Galang of McCabes

Don't quote me... New South Wales Court of Appeal weighs in on use of direct speech in affidavit evidence by Ian Bloemendal and Nick Josey of Clayton Utz

Federal Court has bone to pick with Medtronic, awards largest ever penalty under Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) by Kelly Griffiths of Gadens

Largest greenwashing penalty so far of $12.9m imposed on Vanguard by Jeremy Jose, Illona Millar, Luke Barrett, Sarah Martin and Josephine le of Gilbert + Tobin

Law Report (ABC) for 8 October presented by Damien Carrick - When can tenants challenge evictions?

New rights for independent contractor in unfair arrangements by Michael Selinger and Julia Wyatt of Holding Redlich

Not a nuisance : NSW Court of Appeal overturns decision that Sydney Light Rail caused nuisance by Peter Briggs, Andrew Griffiths, Brigitte Rheinberger and Katherine London of Herbert Smith Freehills

The Supreme Court finds injury to skin is a non-threshold injury by Peter Hunt of McCabes

Proclamations commencing Acts

Government Sector Finance Amendment (Integrity Agencies) Act 2024 No 57 (2024-518) — published LW 9 October 2024

High Court ruling might mean corporate executives face 'lower bar' for prosecutions, and more of them by Daniel Ziffer on ABC News

HBSY Pty Ltd ACN 151 894 049 v Geoffrey Lewis & Anor [2024] HCA 35 - Federal Court of Australia, jurisdiction

R v Youseff (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1260 - evidence, iPhone health app data, admissibility of hearsay evidence

Wild v Meduri [2024] NSWCA 230 - succession, contested probate, testamentary capacity, lack of knowledge and approval

Several years ago the Bar Library purchased 250 branded USB flash drives which we have handed out to Members and Chambers staff without charge in the hope that they would be re-used or returned when no longer being used. These have now all gone. To avoid what would seem to be the unnecessary expense of purchasing another batch of flash drives we urge all Chambers to endeavour to return any drives currently not in use to the Bar Library.

Jimmy Carter at 100 : how his life outside the White House proves he's long been ahead of his time by Timothy Minchin and Christopher Simmonds on The Conversation

Where are the Chagos Islands, why is Britain giving up sovereignty and what happens to the Diego Garcia military base? by Jesmine Cheong on ABC News

First 'same job, same pay' decision sheds light on new provisions by Clare Kerley, Declan McAleese and Danielle Miles of Hall & Wilcox

How the cookie Crumbls by Nils Versemann of Macpherson Kelley

An inclusive interpretation : the Federal Court analyses gender identity discrimination by Ben Motro and Sophia Bianchini of Piper Alderman

Law Report (ABC) for 1 October presented by Damien Carrick - Corporations and free speech

The new Australian statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy - what does it currently look like? by Cameron Abbott, Christien Corns, Rob Pulham, Sam Rappensberg and Elise Vrijens of K&L Gates

NSW Court of Appeal overturns Supreme Court decision on Sydney Light Rail construction nuisance case by Colleen Palmkvist and Candice Day of Lander and Rogers

Truth, the courts and truth decay, Chief Justice Bell, 2024 Acton Lecture

The Wigs Podcast from Stephen Lawrence (Black Chambers), Emmanuel Kerkyasharian (Forbes Chambers), Felicity Graham (Black Chambers) and Jim Minns - The Knitting Nanas take on Anti-Protest Laws and Win

Bills assented to

Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2024 No 62 — assented to 30 September 2024

Environmental Trust Amendment Act 2024 No 68 — assented to 30 September 2024

Local Government Amendment (Rural and Remote Councils) Act 2024 No 63 — assented to 30 September 2024

Ports and Maritime Administration Amendment Act 2024 No 67 — assented to 30 September 2024

Regional Development Amendment Act 2024 No 64 — assented to 30 September 2024

Strata Managing Agents Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No 65 — assented to 30 September 2024

Universities Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No 66 — assented to 30 September 2024

Cridge v Studorp Limited [2024] NZCA 483 - negligence, duty of care, new duty, "It considered the duty of care should be formulated as follows: the manufacturer of a cladding product intended for use as a key component in the construction of a weathertight building owes a duty of care to an owner of the building to exercise reasonable care and skill in the design, manufacture and supply of the product so as to prevent loss from damage to the building caused by water ingress."

Advanced introduction to indigenous human rights / Dinah L. Shelton and Federico Guzman Duque

The legal recognition of animal sentience : principles, approaches and applications / Jane Kotzmann and M. B. Rogdriguez Ferrere (eds.)

Pleading precedents (7th ed.) / Edmund Finnane and Raphael Perla

Research handbook on property, law and theory / Chris Bevan (ed.)