General Practice

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs v Park (2024) 305 FCR 317; [2024] FCAFC 136 under s 66 of the Migration Act...

Gerard Nash, John Leung and Sandra Karabidian provided new and updated commentary in Orders 26-40, 57–63A, 64–85 and Supreme Court (Miscellaneous Civil Proceedings) Rules 2018.

In this update, Lawrie Groom incorporates new material and updates existing commentary in Local Government Act 1993 relating to power of councils to finance litigation, role of councillors, body politic, relevant statutory time limit, and status of a statutory charge.

A controversial new topic has been introduced to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). The Rules have been updated to regulate the use of generative artificial intelligence in the courts.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Pearson v Commonwealth [2024] HCA 46; (2024) 99 ALJR 110, under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958.

Two recent changes impacting on the availability of injunctions are likely to have significant impact for practitioners.

In this update for Victorian Courts, renowned Victorian barrister and distinguished academic, Gerard Nash provides new and updated commentary that covers: Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006, Commercial Arbitration Act 2011, Evidence Act 2008, Magistrates' Court Act...

Chief Justice Mortimer of the Federal Court has announced a trial of a new practice for listing and determining duty (urgent) applications

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd (2024) 98 ALJR 880; [2024] HCA 24, under Pt VIA of the Competition and Consumer...

A commencement date of 1 August 2025 has been set for the Property Law Act 2023 allowing a period of close to 12 months for education of the legal profession and real estate agents for mandatory seller disclosure. To assist in education the Property Law Regulation 2024, the amendments...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on ASF17 v Commonwealth (2024) 98 ALJR 782; [2024] HCA 19, under sections 189, 196 and 198 of the Migration Act 1958.

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...