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The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.10 “Investigations”; Civil Procedure 5.9 “Appeals”; Communications 6.2 “Criminal Defamation”; Communications 6.7 “Radiocommunications”; Criminal Procedure 11.11 “Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime”...

The High Court ruled today that a British subject who arrived in Australia in 1948 can be considered an alien within the meaning of s 51(xix) of the Constitution. Justice Nettle delivered the judgment in Chetcuti v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 42.

Insight into sections 13, 18, 44, 46, 55, 59, 65, 66, 90, 97, 101, 125, 128A, 131, 164 and the Dictionary of the Uniform Evidence Acts with particular reference to competence and the lack of capacity, compellability in relation to spousal communications, evidence of a representation...

Judicial Commentary on Migration Act Legislative or Administrative Improvement

These days, hearings by telephone or video link may be essential to the administration of justice, according to WA’s Court of Appeal decision in JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd v CH2M Hill Companies Ltd.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Business Organisations 4.3 “Company Finance”; Business Organisations 4.7 “Company Winding Up”; Contract: General Principles 7.7 “Defences”; Environment and Natural Resources 14.11 “Fisheries”

Ensuring there is honesty in financial services and that companies adequately respond to climate change, are topics featuring large in the current issue of the Company and Securities Law Journal.

“Wage theft” – what it is, its extent, and the practical issues practitioners should consider in pursuing recovery of wages – examined in the latest issue of Workplace Review, Vol 10 No 1.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.6 “Civil Justice Issues”; Communications 6.3 “Injurious Falsehood”; Family Law 17.11 “Child Support”; Professional Liability 27.3 “Legal Practitioners”; Revenue Law 31...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.2 “Bankruptcy Administration"; Civil Procedure 5.2 “Pleadings and Amendment”; Family Law 17.4 “Divorce”; Family Law 17.19 “Family Court Orders”; Revenue Law 31.15 “Stamp Duties”; Transport 34.3 “Shipping...

Insight into sections 13, 18, 78, 81, 97, 101, 110, 125, 128A and 137 of the Uniform Evidence Acts with particular reference to competence and the lack of capacity, the right to object to being compelled to give evidence, the exception with regards to lay opinions, the exceptions to...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.7 “International Law”; Family Law 17.3 “Marriage and Nullity”; Family Law 17.6 “Status of Children and Parental Rights and Responsibilities”; Family Law 17.12...