The Library Bulletin

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017. Members in chambers during January are advised to borrow books before 23 December (no overdue notices will be issued until the library re-opens). The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

• Law Society Journal
• Counsel
• Hong Kong Lawyer
• The Criminal Law Review
• Quadrant

NSW Notifications Week Beginning 28 November 2016

NSW new or updated Bills

• Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016
• Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016
• Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016
• Rock Fishing Safety Bill 2016

NSW new or updated in force legislation

New As Made legislation

• Susan Kiefel appointed Australia's first female Chief Justice of the High Court From leaving school at age 15 to the High Court Chief Justice, Susan Kiefel will become the first female appointed to the highest judicial office in the land. [Source: ABC]

• Civil justice system set for reform The NSW Attorney-General has announced a proposal to reform the civil justice system, a move she predicts will take pressure off overcrowded courts.[Source: Lawyers Weekly]

• Parliament passes bill to scrap troubled VET loans, overhaul vocational education sector The Federal Government's overhaul of the scandal-ridden vocational education sector has passed Parliament in a bid to end one of the worst chapters in Australian education history. [Source: ABC]

• Gazette No 103 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3366-3367)
• Gazette No 102 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3360-3365)
• Gazette No 101 of 1 December 2016 (pages 3312-3359)
• Gazette No 100 of 30 November 2016 (pages 3306-3311)

• New South Wales Law Reports
• Session Cases
• Building Law Reports
• New Zealand Law Reports
• Medical Law Reports
• Fleet Street Reports

• Australian dispute resolution law and practice / Laurence Boulle and Rachael Field
• The trials of Justice Murphy / Stephen Walmsley
• Equity and administration / P G Turner (ed)
• Cowen & Zines's federal jurisdiction in Australia / Geoffrey Lindell
• NSW [New South Wales] criminal law 2016 / A M Blackmore and G S Hosking

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017 The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

The Australian Law Journal's latest issue includes:

• Procedural fairness: The age of legitimate expectation is over Naomi Sharp
• His or Her duty to keep a secret Julie Kinross and Peter Davis QC

High Court Reports

• Ainsworth v Albrecht

• ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham's removal either a bungle or pure political cowardice In becoming the first NSW Premier to remove a sitting head of the state's corruption watchdog, Mike Baird is guilty of either a spectacular bungle or an act of pure political cowardice. [Source: SMH]

• Activist grandfather feels legal wrath for doing what politicians have been doing for months The Government has turned its high level legal officers on a 66 year-old Sydney man for using the Medicare logo on a non-profit website.[Source: News.com.au]

• Australia’s politicians have promoted xenophobia: UN expert Special rapporteur on human rights of migrants calls for government to maintain section 18C of Racial Discrimination Act [Source: The Guardian]

• Firm launches first criminal robo-lawyer An Australian firm is about to unveil a free robot service for people who are unable to afford lawyers in criminal cases. [Source: Lawyers Weekly]

NSW Notifications Week Beginning 21 November 2016

New As Made legislation

• Ballina Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 25)
• Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 (Amendment No 23)
• Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 - Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Amendment (Forms) Regulation 2016
• Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Drug Exhibits) Act 2016 No 6 - Commencement Proclamation
• Electricity Generator Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2012 - Electricity Generator Assets (Authorised Transactions) Amendment (Dissolution of Delta Electricity) Proclamation 2016
• Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 12)
• Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 17)
• Legal Profession Uniform Law - Legal Profession Uniform Admission Amendment (Qualifications and Supervision) Rule 2016
• Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) - Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Barristers) Amendment (Designated Local Regulatory Authority) Rule 2016
• Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) - Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Amendment (Designated Local Regulatory Authority) Rule 2016
• Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) - Legal Profession Uniform General Amendment (External Examiners) Rule 2016
• Local Government Act 1993 - Local Government (General) Amendment (Transitional Auditors) Regulation 2016
• Orange Local Environmental Plan 2011 (Amendment No 10)
• State Authorities Non-contributory Superannuation Act 1987 - State Authorities Non-contributory Superannuation Amendment (TJS Services Group Pty Limited) Order 2016
• State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987 - State Authorities Superannuation Amendment (TJS Services Group Pty Limited) Order 2016
• Strathfield Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No 9)

• NSW new or updated in force legislation

NSW new or updated Bills

• Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016
  • Crown Land Management Bill 2016
  • Fisheries Management Amendment (Shark Management Trials) Bill 2016
  • Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016
  • Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2016
  • Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Amendment Bill 2016
  • Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Bill 2016
  • Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016
  • Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Bill 2016
  • Rock Fishing Safety Bill 2016

• Mann's annotated Insurance Contracts Act / Peter Mann and Candace Lewis
• International arbitration and forum selection agreements : drafting and enforcing / Gary B Born
• Accessories in private law / Joachim Dietrich and Pauline Ridge
• Civil procedure in Papua New Guinea / John A Griffin and Dominic Katter
• Hayes & Eburn criminal law and procedure in New South Wales / Michael Eburn, Roderick Howie, Paul Sattler and Marissa Hood

• NSW Law Reports
• Federal Court Reports
• State Reports (WA)
• Lloyd's Law Reports

• Law Society Journal
• The European Arbitration Review 2017 (A Global Arbitration Review Special Report)
• The Australian Law Review
• Judicial Officers Bulletin
• The Company Lawyer

The Australian Law Journal's latest issue includes:

• Lord Atkin: Principle and Progress PDT Applegarth
• "What's in a name" Justice Emilios Kyrou

High Court Reports

• Lyons v Queensland
• Prince Alfred College Inc v ADC

Maciej Szpunar, advocate general to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), who previously said that lending out e-books should be permitted, provided authors are fairly compensated in the same way as for physical books.

The European Union's highest court was asked to rule on a case brought by the association of Dutch public libraries—Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken (VOB)—against Stichting Leenrecht, an authors' rights collecting foundation. VOB argued that the rules should be the same for digital lending as for traditional books, and the District Court in The Hague asked the CJEU to clarify whether that view was consistent with a 2006 EU copyright directive on rentals and lending.

Continue Reading {source: Arts Technica UK]

Articles in the latest issue:

• Anti-Semitism, hate speech and Pt IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act Ronald Sackville AO QC
• Liquidator remuneration, creditor dividends and the public interest: recent NSW Supreme Court decisions and the continuing need for reform A Keith Thompson
• Should lower court judges bind magistrates and tribunals? Oliver Jones

High Court Reports:

• Deal v Father Pius Kodakkathanath
• Jakaj v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)
• Maritime Union of Australia v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
• Miller v The Queen
• Murphy v Electoral Commissioner
• NH v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)
• Presley v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)
• R v Baden-CLay
• Smith v The Queen
• Sio v The Queen
• Stakaj v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)
• Zefi v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)

• Former Minister slams ICAC as Government passes overhaul ICAC overhaul passes ICAC overhaul passes NSW Parliament; Mike Gallacher savages 'discredited' watchdog [Source: ABC]
• Australia dubbed 'fossil of the day' after lobbying for coal mine at climate talks Australia has used a summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lobby the US energy minister in support of the development of one of the world’s largest coalmines. The move, by the Australian environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, at the Marrekech meeting, won Australia the “fossil of the day” award, announced daily by the Climate Action Network to the countries that perform the worst at UN climate talks.[Source: The Guardian]
• Conwoman who pretended to be barrister, Wonderbra model, heiress and cancer victim jailed for five years A “ruthless” conwoman who pretended to be a barrister, a Wonderbra model, a wealthy heiress, a dying cancer victim and even Heston Blumenthal’s “design guru” has been jailed for an “extraordinary” catalogue of frauds. [Source: Telegraph (UK)]

• Trump may be impeached, says law professor Even though Donald Trump is yet to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America, there’s already talk of impeaching him. [Source: Australiasian Lawyer]

• Stamina trousers and Aeroplane jelly: 200 years of Australian advertising – in pictures - Need a short break? Take a look at some of the best Australian advertisements from the last 200 years [Source: The Guardian]

• Gazette No 93 of 15 November 2016 (pages 3173-3174)
• Gazette No 92 of 11 November 2016 (pages 2962-3172)
• Gazette No 91 of 8 November 2016 (pages 2959-2960)

• Insolvent trading and fraudulent trading in Australia : regulation and context / John Gooley and Mitchell Gooley
• Equity and administration / P G Turner (ed)
• Goode on commercial law / Ewan McKendrick
• Aldridge : powers of attorney / Trevor M Aldridge, Geoffrey A Shindler and Susan E Sherry
• Hayes & Eburn criminal law and procedure in New South Wales / Michael Eburn, Roderick Howie, Paul Sattler and Marissa Hood

The library will be closed from 12pm Friday 23 December 2016 to Friday 20 January 2017 and on Thursday 26 January 2017 The library will be open from 9am to 5pm between Monday 23 January 2017 and Friday 27 January 2017 Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 31 January 2017

NSW Notifications for the Week Beginning 14 November 2016

NSW New or updated Bills in Parliament

• Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016
• Climate Change Bill 2016
• Crown Land Management Bill 2016
• Fisheries Management Amendment (Shark Management Trials) Bill 2016
• Greyhound Racing (Repeal of Ban) Bill 2016
• Human Tissue Amendment (Trafficking in Human Organs) Bill 2016
• Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016
• Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Amendment Bill 2016
• Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Bill 2016
• Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016
• Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Bill 2016
• Rock Fishing Safety Bill 2016

New As Made legislation

• Ashfield Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 3) (2016-670)
• Bathurst Regional Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 7) (2016-671)
• Fines Amendment (Electronic Penalty Notices) Act 2016 No 39 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-663)
• Forestry Act 2012 - Forestry Amendment (Delegation) Regulation 2016 (2016-664)
• Greater Sydney Commission Act 2015 - Greater Sydney Commission (Planning Panels) Order 2016 (2016-665) - Greater Sydney Commission Act 2015 - Greater Sydney Commission Regulation 2016 (2016-666)
• Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48 - Commencement Proclamation (2016-674)
• Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 (Amendment No 20) (2016-672)
• Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 17) (2016-673)
• Road Transport Act 2013 - Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Mobile Phones—P2 Licences) Regulation 2016 (2016-667)
• Roads Act 1993 - Roads Amendment (Authorised Officers) Regulation 2016 (2016-668)
• Workers Compensation Act 1987 - Workers Compensation Amendment (Death Benefits) Regulation 2016 (2016-669)

NSW new or updated in force legislation

• The Weekly Law Reports (ICLR)
• State Reports (WA)
• Lloyd's Law Reports
• Tasmanian Reports
• Wills & Trusts Law Reports

• Law Institute Journal
• Criminal Law Review
• The Australian Law Review
• Company Law Newsletter
• The Economist

• Gazette No 91 of 8 November 2016 (pages 2959-2960)
• Gazette No 90 of 4 November 2016 (pages 2954-2958)
• Gazette No 89 of 4 November 2016 (pages 2952-2953)
• Gazette No 88 of 4 November 2016 (pages 2910-2951)