Westlaw Australia

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Administrative Law 2.8 “Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries”; Civil Procedure 5.10 “Limitation of Actions”; Insurance and Income Security 22.1 “Insurance”

Thomson Reuters congratulates Sam Vandongen SC on his new judicial role.

In the wake of recent serious data breaches in Australia, the Federal government has introduced a bill amending the Privacy Act 1988, the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to increase penalties up to 50 million.

Sharon Christensen reviews developments in conveyancing law in Queensland during 2022 and looks ahead to what is on the horizon for 2023.

A new briefing paper by the Australasian Council of Law Reporting and Queensland barrister John McKenna KC.

Sam Ricketson covers highlights from the latest release of the Law of Intellectual Property: Copyright, Design and Confidential Information service: Review of chapter on Public Access to Protected Material: Free Use Exceptions completed; responsibility for copyright following the...

The October Patent Law in Australia online service release covers discussions of the following notable cases: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2022) 96 ALJR 837; [2022] HCA 29 and Re GloFish, LLC [2002] APO 52

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 33 Pt 1

It’s been a long time coming. The Government has finally introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 to strengthen Australia’s competition laws.

ALJR Editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti on the High Court highlights for September

ALJR Editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti on High Court highlights for August

The preliminary title pages for the latest volumes (283-289) of the authorised reports are available here.