Content updates

Community objections to the controversial expansion of Darling Downs coal mine spawned the longest hearing in Queensland Land Court history, costing millions. But that was just the beginning.

A brief overview of the updated Criminal Court statistics, released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, showing the characteristics of NSW Criminal Court finalisations over five years to June 2020.

Recent cases in the High Court of Australia (and what’s coming up).

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 95 Pt 1; Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 2; Journal of Law and Medicine update: Vol 28 Pt 1; Public Law Review update: Vol 31 Pt 4

Chinese companies are experiencing difficulties in securing Australian Securities Exchange listing. Why this is happening, is considered in the latest issue of the Company and Securities Law Journal.

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 48 Pt 5; Australian Tax Review update: Vol 49 Pt 3

Criminal Law Journal update: Vol 44 Pt 5; Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 31 Pt 3; Journal of Judicial Administration update: Vol 30 Pt 2

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 94 Pt 12; Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 31 Pt 2; Australian Journal of Administrative Law update: Vol 27 Pt 4; Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: Vol 28 Pt 4; Building and Construction Law Journal update...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Criminal Procedure 11.2 “Investigation by Independent Agencies”; Family Law 17.2 “Professional Ethics”; Finance, Banking and Securities 18.9 “Securities”; Health and Guardianship 20.9 “Guardianship and Administration...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.10 “Investigations”; Civil Procedure 5.9 “Appeals”; Communications 6.2 “Criminal Defamation”; Communications 6.7 “Radiocommunications”; Criminal Procedure 11.11 “Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime”...

Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal update: Vol 30 Pt 4; Company and Securities Law Journal update: Vol 38 Pt 1; Insolvency Law Journal update: Vol 28 Pt 3; Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 9 Pt 2

The High Court ruled today that a British subject who arrived in Australia in 1948 can be considered an alien within the meaning of s 51(xix) of the Constitution. Justice Nettle delivered the judgment in Chetcuti v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 42.