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New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on SDCV v Director-General of Security (2022) 96 ALJR 1002; [2022] HCA 32 under Chapter III of the Constitution.

Barristers from New Chambers latest new contributors to Robson’s Annotated Corporations Legislation

In the February online release of the Queensland Sentencing Manual, John Robertson, Chair of the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council and former District Court Judge, discussed the following cases: R v Pain [2022] QCA 233, R v Turner [2022] QCA 175 and R v WBT [2022] QCA 215.

The new edition of the Corporations Legislation 2023 is now available. Thomson Reuters has assembled a team of new contributors who have annotated numerous sections for the first time, reflecting how litigation has evolved in recent years.

The February Patent Law in Australia online service release covers discussions of the following notable cases: Pharmacia LLC v Juno Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (2022) 168 IPR 431; [2022] FCAFC 167, TCT Group Pty Ltd v Polaris IP Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1493, Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v...

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 33 Pt 2

ALJR editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti summarise judgments from the court’s December sittings.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on New Westlaw: Business Organisations 4.2 “Company Management”; Civil Procedure 5.11 “Private International Law”; Equity 15.2 “Fiduciaries”; Equity 15.3 “Contribution, Subrogation and Marshalling”; Finance, Banking and Securities...

A report into whether Victoria’s Supreme Court should continue to use the Scale of Costs in fixing party/party litigious costs has rejected the concept of retaining or revising it.

New legislation information and case annotations have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Tu'uta Katoa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] HCA 28, under section 477A of the Migration Act 1958.

Victor Kline looks at an important and novel decision recently reported in the authorised FCRs: Bazzi v Dutton

Victor Kline looks at an important and novel decision recently reported in the authorised FCRs: Commissioner of Patents v Thaler