Updates & Alerts

The Senate Select Committee will inquire into, and report on, opportunities and impacts for Australia arising out of the uptake of AI technologies in Australia.

Many councils are using drones for investigative and compliance purposes whilst exercising their statutory power of entry.

Practical Law Corporate has published Checklist, Examples of shareholder-requisitioned environmental, social and governance resolutions affecting ASX 200 entities in 2023 to its Company Law module.

The legal function can play a significant role in assisting a business to grow and be successful by helping it deploy AI safely and effectively.

Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, Practice note, Creative Commons licensing.

Find out which cases Matthew Goode has selected for reporting in the criminal reports.

Companies should act now to ensure they have adequate procedures in place to avoid potential liability under new foreign bribery laws before the 8 September 2024 deadline.

The new chapter “Costs in Criminal Proceedings” in Quick on Costs by author Roger Quick seeks to explain the practices as to costs in criminal work, on which there is a dearth in professional and academic writing.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Criminal Law Principles 9.3 “Defences and Responsibility”; Criminal Offences 10.2 “Assault and Related Offences”; Criminal Procedure 11.9 “Legal Representation and Legal Aid”; Dispute Resolution 13.7 “Arbitration”...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Jones v Commonwealth [2023] HCA 34; (2023) 97 ALJR 936, under section 34 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.

The preliminary title pages for the Western Australian Reports are now available online.

The preliminary title pages for the Tasmanian Reports are now available online.