Commentary

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.8 “Effects of Bankruptcy”; Environment and Natural Resources 14.6 “Environmental Harm: Pollution Control and Hazardous Substances”; Intellectual Property 23.1 “Copyright” Chs 1–3, 12–13; Professional...

The upcoming March Patent Law in Australia online service release covers discussions of the following cases: Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202; Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 224...

Commonwealth acquires Aboriginal flag copyright from creator Harold Thomas, resolving legal stoush

The latest Patent Law in Australia online service release covers the phasing out of the innovation patent system; clarification of the meaning of the “product” of a method; the meaning of “first regulatory approval date” in connection with extension of the term of a standard patent...

Thomson Reuters is pleased to welcome Ben Sewell, Principal, Sewell & Kettle Lawyers as a contributor to the National Building Service.

The May update of Commercial Damages is now live, with subscribers gaining access to new, updated and reviewed commentary on key legal practise areas in which awards of damages are contested.

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.

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.

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...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Communications 6.8 “Broadcasting”; Contract: General Principles 7.1 “Formation”; Contract: General Principles 7.3 “Parties”; Criminal Offences 10.1 “Homicide”; Criminal Offences 10.8 “Companies and Securities...

The following Subtitle is now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Transport 34.2 "Aviation"

Insight into sections 20, 46, 55, 58, 65, 76, 79, 84, 87, 97, 110, 117, 120, 137, 138, 141, 165B and the Dictionary of the Uniform Evidence Acts.