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Significant developments have been announced recently impacting the regulation of banker and customer relationship and methods of preventing money-laundering and terrorism financing.

In the upcoming online release of the Queensland Sentencing Manual, incoming author Matt Jackson, Barrister and Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council Member, discusses key cases R v Liu [2024] QCA 58, R v ZC [2024] QCA 89, R v Brutton [2024] QSC 24 and R v Gordon [2024] QCA 16.

Outgoing Queensland Sentencing Manual author John Robertson hands reins over to Barrister and Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council Member Matt Jackson.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Equity 15.7 “Rescission”; Equity 15.8 “Injunctions”; Equity 15.10 “Tracing”; Equity 15.14 “Trustees”; Finance, Banking and Securities 18.10 “Consumer Finance”; Government 19.7 “Practice and Procedure”; Intellectual...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hurt v The King [2024] HCA 8; (2024) 98 ALJR 485, under section 16AAB of the Crimes Act 1914, sections 4.1, 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code...

The Queensland Government has announced a range of changes to property taxes as part of the FY25 budget.

Amending legislation aimed at giving effect to the Homes for Queenslanders initiative commenced on 6 June 2024, with more changes to come.

Starting from June 13th, filters will be relocated to a separate pane alongside with content types, eliminating the need for excessive scrolling.

Starting from June 13th, you can personalise your Westlaw homepage by selecting a default tab.

Westlaw Australia case search results will offer sorting by "Most Cited" and display citing references count starting June 13th, 2024.

History, Folders, Favourites, Custom Pages will be moved to a dedicated tab called "My Content".

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Bankruptcy 3.13 “Termination of Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.19 “Cross-border Bankruptcy”; Equity 15.6 “Specific Performance”; Equity 15.12 “Delivery Up, Cancellation and Rectification”; Family Law 17.13 “Property: General...