The Library Bulletin

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt by Katy Barnett on Opinions on High (High Court Blog) - considers Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt [2019] HCA 18

Crime Statistics Australia - government website covering statistics and information on homicide, illicit drug use and deaths in custody

Law in Action (BBC) for 18 June presented by Joshua Rozenberg - Julian Assange : what next?

Law Pod UK Ep 83 : Scope of duty and causation : Chester v Afshar revisited - part 2 - Dominic Ruck Keene dicusses the effects of Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41, causation and medical negligence

Law Report (ABC) for 18 June presented by Damien Carrick - High Court rules payment scheme a valid way to provide credit to Indigenous people and Should you go to jail if you help a university student cheat?

Lord Kitchin at UKIPO - WIPO Conference - keynote speech on artificial intelligence

Native Title compensation – when can't you pay? by Marshall McKenna, Lauren Shave and Arabella Tole of Gilbert + Tobin - considers Thaluntha Pty Ltd v Citic Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd [2019] WASC 196 (the first decision of its type by a superior court) where the court held that "a compensation agreement made under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) with a native title claim group who, subsequent to their entry into the contract, had their claim dismissed is not enforceable, and was frustrated from the point at which the claim was dismissed"

The real possibility of a conflict of interest between an insurer and its insured will justify joinder under s 79 MACA by Andrew Gorman of McCabe Curwood - considers the Insurance Australia Limited v Dent [2019] NSWCA 134 and s 79 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW)

Wills and estates : capacity and technology by Michael Bennett of 13 Wnetworth Selborne - considers estate administration