Updates & Alerts

In the most recent update to the Conveyancing Manual Queensland, author Professor Sharon Christensen includes the final amendments to the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008.

In this update for Magistrates Court Practice, Dr. Andrew Cannon provides new commentary in the chapters The Stages of An Action and New Developments.

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.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Civil Procedure 5.4 “Parties and Joinder”; Civil Procedure 5.9 “Appeals”; Family Law 17.12 “Maintenance in Marital and De Facto Relationships”; Family Law 17.14 “Alteration of Property Interests”; Family Law 17.19...

Significant updates to annotations following Court and Tribunal decisions on target market determinations for financial products and services to ensure that financial services providers have a customer-centric approach

Westlaw now has published decisions of the Fair Work Commission from 2013 and of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal from 1998.

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.

The preliminary title pages for the Australian Capital Territory Law Reports are now available online.

The preliminary title pages for the Australian Law Journal Reports are now available online.

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 35 Pt 2

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.