Content updates

We get a lot of questions from customers around our case law set, such as how frequently are cases updated, and why do some cases get a digest note. Australian Case Law manager Genevieve Lancaster answers some of your most burning questions.

The preliminary pages for the Commonwealth Law Reports are now available online.

Acting NSW Magistrate and author Beverley Schurr covers highlights from the April online release of Criminal Procedure (NSW).

High Court judgments clarify law on set-offs and on continuing business relationships between debtor and creditor

How does stamp duty affect property transactions involving contracts for sale of land, options to purchase land or leases? Find out more in Practical Law’s new practice note.

Recent decisions of the High Court of Australia, brought to you by our ALJR editors John Carroll and Colleen Tognetti

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Administrative Law 2.4 “Judicial Review of Administrative Action: Reviewable Decisions, Conduct and Powers and General Grounds”; Administrative Law 2.6 “Remedies in Judicial Review”; Communications 6.4 “Consumer...

The Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal (ADRJ) recently appointed new Editorial Board Members since the sad passing of Ruth Charlton, an important figure in dispute resolution and in the journal’s evolution.

Victor Kline looks at an important decision recently reported in the authorised FCRs: Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs v McQueen

Sam Ricketson covers highlights from the March release of the Law of Intellectual Property: Copyright, Design and Confidential Information service

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on SDCV v Director-General of Security (2022) 96 ALJR 1002; [2022] HCA 32 under Chapter III of the Constitution.

On 16 February 2023, the Australian Attorney-General's Department released the highly anticipated Privacy Act Review Report (PARR), the next step in the Australian Government's comprehensive review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act Review). The PARR makes 116 proposals for...