Content updates

Rule of Law - Current issues May ALJ

Alternative Dispute Resolution of Costs Disputes is the latest chapter to be updated in Quick on Costs. It will assist the reader in the distinction between the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in a substantive litigious dispute and in costs disputes.

The latest issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes a number of highly topical articles on COVID-19 including Ian Freckelton AO QC's insightful editorial entitled "COVID-19 as a Disruptor and a Catalyst for Change."

Dr Ian Freckelton AO QC and Professor Anne Twomey AO appointed Officers of the Order of Australia

A new Chapter on Costs and Ethics authored by Roger Quick deals with three crucial ethical topics important to the practice of the law in Australia.

Latest update now available.

The Damages title in FirstPoint has been recently reissued.

Over 1000 additional cases reported in the South Australian State Reports are now available on Westlaw

A major update to the Damages topic within the Key Number System has been published.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Contract: General Principles 7.8 “Discharge”; Criminal Sentencing 12.8 “Post-custodial Orders”; Dispute Resolution 13.3 “Expert Determination”; Dispute Resolution 13.5 “Mini-trial”; Family Law 17.5 “Domestic Violence...

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 4; Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 3; Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 28 Pt 2; Local Government Law Journal update: Vol 23 Pt 3

On Friday, 26 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery Act) 2021 (FW Economic Recovery Act) received Royal Assent.