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Attend : Forbes Tutorial "Art and the Law"

Thu Apr 06 2023

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

See details here.

Improve your research skills

Thu Apr 06 2023

The Bar Library is offering personalised research skills sessions to members and their staff.

Whether you are looking to increase your knowledge generally in an area of legal research, would like to know how a particular resource works in more depth or are just a beginner looking to see what is available, the Bar Librarians can assist.

Sessions will work best for 1-3 people at a time. To arrange a time for your session, please contact library@nswbar.asn.au.

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Mar 31 2023

Buying goods from a private seller – does a buyer have any recourse under the Australian Consumer Law? by Teresa Torcasio and Caitlyn White of HWL Ebsworth

Case note : Visual impacts and the principle of intergenerational equity by Patrick Holland and Elizabeth Ryan of McCullough Robertson

Chisak v Presot : family provision claims and grandchildren by Terry McCabe, Stephanie Lowy and Jacob Goodwin of McCabes

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

Does the right to disconnect fit the bill? by Sally Moten and Lilli Borozan of Lander and Rogers

Federal Court reforms schemes of arrangement by Costas Condoleon, Kevin Ko, Colleen Platford, Alexandra Whitby and Mitch Frankland of Gilbert + Tobin

Law Report (ABC) for 28 March presented by Damien Carrick - Indigenous Voice : Justice Kenneth Hayne speaks to the Law Report

Silent history : Aboriginal suffrage in NSW with panellists Corey Smith and Adam Phelan from Parliament of New South Wales

The Voice : what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve? by Gabrielle Appleby and Eddie Synot on The Conversation

The Voice and the Executive by Elisa Arcioni and Andrew Edgar on Australian Public Law

When business in the "usual and ordinary course" collides with unprecedented times : the High Court weighs in on effect of Public Health Orders on contract for sale of hotel by Daniel Murray and William Wade of McCabes

News

Fri Mar 31 2023

New judgments

Fri Mar 31 2023

Casey v DePuy International Ltd (Appeal from Independent Counsel) [2023] FCA 254 - scope of jurisdiction that can be conferred on the Federal Court by a settlement agreement

Chisak v Presot [2022] NSWCA 100 - succession, family provision, grandparents

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51 - rostering workers on public holidays

Darwall and Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2023] EWHC 35 (Ch) - wild camping on Dartmoor

Ihemeje v R [2023] NSWCCA 72 - "The regrettable fact in the present matter is that a person signed the indictment who was not authorised to do so. There is no statutory provision to overcome that irregularity. The conviction must be quashed."

Lusty (Examiner) v DER22 [2023] FCA 255 - consideration of principles relevant to fixing sentences for contempt

Tey v State of New South Wales; Altakrity v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWSC 266 - "To the extent that s 31 requires that not only Acts but also instruments be construed in accordance with its precept, it may itself need to be read down to comply with the Wotton principle"

Western Sydney University v Thiab [2023] NSWCA 57 - discrimination on the basis of political affiliations, views or beliefs

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Mar 24 2023

Boris Johnson and diversity, The Honourable​​ Justice H Dhanji, Allens Intersectionality Panel Event – Key Note Address

Cancel the meeting you've set to remove me! from Chamberlains

Class actions : recent trends and developments by Lucas Shipwayand Hernan Pintos-Lopez of Greenway Chambers

Constitutional values in the common law of obligations, Lord Sales, Cambridge Freshfields Annual Law Lecture

Context in law, a digression : neuroscience, text, context and purpose, The Honourable Justice G Lindsay​, Wills and Estates Intensive, UNSW Edge Seminar

2023 District Court Annual Conference Criminal law review, The Honourable​​ Acting Justice RA Hulme

Laundy v Dyco – 'carrying on a business' when the law changes suddenly by Richard Lilly, Mhairi Stewart and Louise Coci of Allens Linklaters

Law Report (ABC) for 21 March presented by Damien Carrick - SAS Veteran charged with war crimes: protestor prison sentence quashed: Botox alternative in High Court

Left hanging on an agreement with the council : damages for reliance loss by Guy Lewis and Morgan Graham of McCabes

Real Property List — an overview, The Hon​our​able Justice E Peden​​​​​, UNSW Property Law Intensive

Retrospective response : Pearson v Minister for Home Affairs by Sanmati Verma on Australian Public Law

Seven lessons from inside the UK Supreme Court, Lord Burrows, Neill Lecture 2023

New judgments

Fri Mar 24 2023

Davidson v The King [2023] HCATrans 31 - "the practical reality of sentencing in New South Wales today is that where long sentences are imposed, sentencing courts almost very rarely make findings of special circumstances, even in cases with offenders with very good prospects of rehabilitation" (Odgers SC)

Mohana v R [2023] NSWCCA 61 - "if… the appellate court has satisfied itself, on its own independent assessment, that the applicant was guilty it has necessarily made the relevant findings of fact, and rectified any deficiency in the trial judge's fact finding exercise."

R v Musa (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 247 - voluntariness as part of the actus reas rather than mens rea

Tyrone Smithers v Capitol Chilled Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd [2023] ACTMC 5 - corporations, good character

New books

Fri Mar 24 2023

Interesting articles, speeches and podcasts

Fri Mar 17 2023

Double Jeopardy podcast with Ken MacDonald and Tim Owen - Episode 25 : Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the law

Double Jeopardy podcast with Ken MacDonald and Tim Owen - Episode 24 : Karon Monaghan KC - Sex, lies and women's rights

Income taxation : an institution in decay – still by Professor Graeme Cooper, The Ross Parsons Tax Lecture

Law in Action for 7 March 2023 presented by Joshua Rozenberg - Justice for Ukraine

Law Pod UK presented by Lucy McCann - The environmental minimum with Dr Stefan Theil

Law Report (ABC) for 14 March presented by Damien Carrick - High Court overturns marijuana house murder convictions; tax help for prisoners

Noam Chomsky explains the difference between ChatGPT and "True Intelligence" by Thom Dunn on BoingBoing

The oft-forgotten "Harman" undertaking : a case note on NSW Mobile Fleet Services Pty Limited v Max Mobile & Detailing Pty Limited [2023] NSWSC 140 by Zara Officer of Holman Webb

Proposal to ban non-compete clauses in Australia : restraining the restraints? by Aaron Goonrey and Luke Scandrett of Lander & Rogers

Regulatory action for greenwashing is upon us by Susan Goodman of Gadens

Reputation and consumer confusion in trade mark infringement proceedings: the High Court weighs in by Dean Gerakiteys and Dunja Poljak of Clayton Utz

Unlawful failure to remove extends lawful detention : a critique of the decision in AJL20 by Stephen McDonald SC on Australian Public Law

What's for de-cert : can a contractor 'de-certify' payments to its subcontractors? by Andrew Hales, Maciej Getta and Sean Cooley of Minter Ellison

News

Fri Mar 17 2023

New judgments

Fri Mar 17 2023

Barnett v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2023] HCA 7 - international child abduction

Director of Public Prosecutions v Tiller [2023] NSWSC 187 - "It should be noted that it is entirely regrettable that the second respondent delivered his reasons using the emotive language and personalised examples that he did. It would appear that this matter resonated with the second respondent in an inappropriately emotional way and in a manner which appeared to cause him to stray from his judicial task of calmly assessing the evidence, making findings, making a judicial decision, and providing reasons in accordance with the dictates of his office and the rule of law."

Rathner, in the matter of Citius Property Pty Ltd (Administrator Appointed) [2023] FCA 26 - ipso facto stay provisions contained in s 451E(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

RnD Funding Pty Limited v Roncane Pty Limited [2023] FCAFC 28 - equity, tracing, whether antecedent breach of fiduciary duty required before a right to trace arises

Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 8 - intellectual property, trade marks

Ultimate Vision Inventions Pty Ltd v Innovation and Science Australia [2023] FCAFC 23 - "Tribunal decision largely replicated respondent’s submissions without attribution – requirement in merits review to consider application afresh"

News

Fri Mar 10 2023

New judgments

Fri Mar 10 2023

Cole v Rigby & Ors [2023] NTSC 20 - "appellant's contention was that the Australian Constitution, the laws of the Commonwealth and the laws of the Northern Territory have no application to him as a 'sovereign tribal man'"

Hollingsworth v State of NSW [2023] NSWDC 46 - recording of forensic psychiatrist assessment

Laundy Hotels (Quarry) Pty Limited v Dyco Hotels Pty Limited [2023] HCA 6 - contract construction

McCabe v Riechelmann [2023] NSWDC 44 - "whether throwing a glass of wine over a person constitutes a battery"

Mitchell v The King; Rigney v The King; Carver v The King; Tenhoopen v The King [2023] HCA 5 - murder

R v Carberry (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 176 - "lamppost there because it's there"

Roberts v Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 5 - statutory duty of care under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW)

Warburton v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary [2023] EWCA Civ 209 - is it an abuse of process to raise but not bring an argument in proceedings which then settle and then raise and pursue the argument in new proceedings?