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The team of expert authors revising annotations to Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation has been bolstered with the addition of Jordan Smith, Barrister at Level 6, Selborne Wentworth Chambers in Sydney. His first revisions were published in August 2023.

A First Nations woman has been appointed to a Supreme Court. Justice Louise Taylor joins the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in August.

Victor Kline summarises an important decision recently reported in the FLRs: Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) v Lehrmann (No 6).

The latest six-monthly updates on ASIC enforcement and regulatory developments

John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti continue our popular review of recent High Court decisions

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Criminal Procedure 11.7 “Trial Procedure”; Criminal Procedure 11.8 “Appeals”; Criminal Sentencing 12.5 “Non-custodial Orders”; Criminal Sentencing 12.11 “Inter-jurisdictional Enforcement”; Finance, Banking and...

Forthcoming conference on Enduring Courts in Changing Times Conference 8-10 September 2023.

The Government has released its response to the Council of Financial Regulator's (CFR) advice on potential policy responses to de banking, supporting the majority of the proposals from the CFR’s joint report published in October 2022.

A number of users experienced issues accessing Westlaw today between 2pm and 3pm AEST. We have identified and resolved this issue and are working to put in measure to ensure it does not occur going forward. We apologise for the inconvenience to those effected.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Civil Procedure 5.3 “Discovery and Interrogatories”; Civil Procedure 5.8 “Equity Proceedings”; Criminal Law Principles 9.4 “Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters”; Criminal Procedure 11.3 “Bail”...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Bryant v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd (2023) 97 ALJR 86; [2023] HCA 2, under Pt 5.7B and sections 588FA, 588FE of the Corporations Act...

In the June online release of the Queensland Sentencing Manual, John Robertson, Chair of the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council and former District Court Judge, discusses key cases R v HCL [2023] QCA 68 and R v Stiller [2023] QCA 51 as well as the commencement of the Strengthening...