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Criminal Law Noticeboard May 2021 - commencement of Mental Health and Cognitive Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW)

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The Mental Heath and Cognitive Provisions Act 2020, commenced on 27 March 2021 and replaces the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990. Criminal Law NSW author, Greg Hosking SC, discusses the new Act and the changes and similarities to the previous Act regarding the mental...

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Creating a document alert in Practical Law (1:31 min)

This video shows how keep up to date with changes to documents by creating a document alert.

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High Court Highlights

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Since our last roundup, the newly-constituted High Court of Australia has delivered 13 substantial judgments ranging in subject matter from constitutional law through border closures, class action procedure and migration law to the law of conspiracy (both criminal and civil).  John...

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Search Results Page Enhancement

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The Westlaw search results page has been enhanced to show all content types by default. This has removed the need to click on Show More to see all content types.

The option to set a specific content type as your default has also been added.

To set your default content type:

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Law Report Landing Page Enhancement

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Law Report landing pages have been enhanced to provide easier access to content and additional capabilities that allow you to target specific documents from the law report series.

Previously when browsing to a Law Reports landing page on Westlaw, the 10 most recent documents were...

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