Updates & Alerts

Practical Law Australia In-house has published two new Toolkits, focusing on legal department operations and confidentiality.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd v Clarence City Council (2022) 96 ALJR 234; [2022] HCA 5, under sections 75 and 76 of the Constitution.

Practical Law Dispute Resolution has published a suite of new resources that will be of interest to litigators (law firm and in-house) practising in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. These resources provide comprehensive guidance on trial practice and...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1.5 “Criminal Justice Issues”; Administrative Law 2.2 “Delegated Legislation”; Criminal Offences 10.5 “Interference with Property”; Criminal Offences 10.12 “Terrorism...

Are you a business that uses recipient-created tax invoices (RCTIs)? Practical Law's new standard clause can easily be inserted into goods or services agreements to address the parties' obligations with respect to RCTIs.

Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 32 Pt 3

A toolkit full of Practical Law resources to help your organisation conduct effective and efficient privacy impact assessments.

ESG is a hot topic. To support the fight against climate change, forward thinking borrowers and lenders should consider including climate-aligned clauses in their finance documents.

Sam Ricketson covers highlights from the May release of the Law of Intellectual Property: Copyright, Design and Confidential Information service: the review of the chapter on Original Literary, Dramatic, Musical and Artistic Works and a discussion of IP Australia's Australian...

John Robertson, Chair of the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council and former District Court Judge, covers highlights from the May online release of the Queensland Sentencing Manual: the proper approach to s 159A(1) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld); discretionary serious...

The upcoming June Patent Law in Australia online service release covers discussions of the following cases: Commissioner of Patents (Cth) v Thaler [2022] FCAFC 62; H. Lundbeck A/S v Sandoz Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 4; Commissioner of Patents v Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd [2022] FCAFC 39 and...

Thirty years ago this coming Friday, 3 June 2022, a pivotal moment in Australian law occurred when the concept of “terra nullius” was overturned by the High Court in Mabo v Queensland (No 2).