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AGIS Plus Text (Informit) (Database)

AGIS is published by Informit in partnership with the Attorney-General’s Information Service Australia. It is a collection of over 140 indexed law and law related journals, including full-text articles. AGIS includes articles from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. It is a useful tool for legal research and includes publications such as Commercial Law Quarterly, Law in Context, and Victorian Bar News.

Annotated Franchising Code of Conduct (Giles) (3rd edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook) (Judicial Officer)

Author: Stephen Giles
Table of Contents: Introduction to the Annotated Franchising Code of Conduct - Annotated Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes - Franchising) Regulations 2024 - Case Summaries.

Annotated National Credit Code (Beatty) (7th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook) (Legal Practitioner)

Author: Andrea Beatty
Table of Contents: National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 - National Credit Code - National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010.

Assaf's winding up in insolvency (Assaf) (3rd edition, 2021) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Farid Assaf
Table of Contents: Introduction - Establishing Insolvency - Substantive Requirements for a Statutory Demand - Formal Requirements for a Statutory Demand - Setting Aside a Statutory Demand - Events Following a Section 459G Application: Orders, Costs and Appeals - Application by a Creditor to Wind Up a Company in Insolvency - Restraining and Resisting a Winding-up Application in Insolvency - Cross border aspects of winding up in insolvency.

Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Holcombe) (6th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Alex Holcombe, Dennis Pearce
Table of Contents: Establishment and Objective Of Tribunal - Membership and Organisation - Jurisdiction of Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Notification of Review Rights and Reasons for Decision - Applicants for Review - Initiation of Review - Parties to Review Applications - Procedure at Hearing: General Procedural Issues - Procedure at Hearing: Evidentiary Matters - Procedure at Hearing: Pre-Hearing and Special Procedures - Procedure at Hearing: Form of Hearings - Procedure at Hearing: Information Before AAT - Procedure at Hearing: Hearing Before Tribunal - Stay of Decision - Powers of AAT On Review: Actions Prior To Hearing - Powers After Hearing - Decisions of Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Costs - Appeals from AAT Decisions - Miscellaneous Matters - Extracts from Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) - Extracts from Administrative Appeals Tribunal Regulation 2015 (Cth) - Extracts from Migration Act 1958 (Cth).

Australian Labour and Employment Law (Pittard) (2nd edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Marilyn Pittard, Bruce Moore
Table of Contents: Perspectives on workplace law and approaches to legal regulation - Legal sources of the employment relationship - Institutions: Role and impact on work arrangements - The work relationship - The content of the contract of employment: Express and implied terms - Employer and employee duties in the employment contract and conditions of work - Contract termination and common law remedies - Unfair and discriminatory dismissals: Statutory framework - The original “traditional” Australian industrial system - The national system of federal regulation: From conciliation and arbitration to contemporary enterprise bargaining - Minimum labour standards and protecting workers: Awards, legislation, and enforcement - Collective agreement making - Individual and flexible workplace arrangements in the collective context - The bargaining process and the statutory right to strike - Trade Unions, Collective Action and International Standards and Protecting Workplace Rights - Protection of workplace rights and freedom of association under federal law - Trade unions and the law - The right to strike and international standards: Concepts and challenges - Common law and statutory controls over industrial action.

Australian Medical Liability (Madden) (5th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Bill Madden, Janine McIlwraith, Benjamin Madden
Table of Contents: Framework of ‘Australian Medical Liability’ - Consent to Medical Treatment and Trespass to the Person - Duties Regarding Provision of Information - Duties Regarding Treatment - Duties to Non-Patients and Third Parties - Duties to Disclose Adverse Events - Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties - Breach of Duty in Information Cases - Breach of Duty in Treatment Cases - Case Examples - Public Authorities - Apologies - Good Samaritans - Intoxication - Contributory Negligence - Causation in Information Cases - Causation in Treatment Cases - Loss of a Chance - Wrongful Birth Claims - Intentional Acts with Intent to Cause Harm, Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct - Confidentiality, Medical Examinations and Pseudonyms in Litigation - Expert Evidence - Professional Conduct - Medical Liability and the Coroner - Voluntary Assisted Dying - Australian Statutory Schemes: VCS & NDIS.

Australian Personal Property Securities Law (Duggan) (4th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: A. J. Duggan
Table of Contents: Requirements - Perfection - Registration - The Default Priority Rules - Purchase Money Security Interests - Accessions, Commingled Goods and Crops - Transfers of Collateral - Proceeds - Enforcement of Security Interests - Insolvency Law and the PPSA - Conflict of Laws - Transitional Matters - Aircraft Security Interests.

Balkin and Davis Law of Torts (Rolph) (6th edition, 2021) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: David Rolph, Jason Varuhas, Penelope Crossley, Michael Douglas
Table of Contents: General Observations - General Principles of the Law of Trespass - Trespass to the Person - Goods - Land - Defences- Duty of Care - Breach of Duty - Causation and Remoteness of Damage - Defences to Negligence - Compensation in Personal Injury Actions - Alternative Sources of Compensation for Personal Injuries - The Negligent Infliction of Purely Economic Loss - Nuisance - Animals - Violation of Interests Protected by Statute - Defamation: Introduction - Elements of Defamation - Defamation: Defences and Remedies - The Economic Torts in General - Intentional and Unjustifiable Interference with Trade or Business - Statutory Protection Against Unfair Business Practices - Injurious Falsehood, Passing Off and Deceit - Family Relations - Misuse of Process - Vicarious Liability - Remedies - Extinction of Remedies - Parties.

Banking Law in Australia (Didenko) (11th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Anton Didenko, Alan Tyree
Table of Contents: Australian Banking System - Regulation - Banker and Customer - Accounts - Bills of Exchange - Duties of the Banker - Duties of the Customer - Open Banking - Cheques - Payment and Payment Systems - Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies - Payment Under a Mistake - Consumer Protection - Lending: General Principles - Secured Lending: Real Property - Secured Lending: Personal Property - Secured Lending: Cape Town Convention - Lending: Guarantees - Banker's Lien and Freezing Orders - Documentary Credits.

Commercial Tenancy Law (Croft) (5th edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Clyde Croft, Adrian Bradbrook, Luke Virgona, Robert Hay
Table of Contents: Relationship of Landlord and Tenant - Kinds of Tenancy - Licences - Agreements for a Lease - Capacity to Make and Take Leases - Leases as Contracts - Covenants - Implied Covenants - Usual Covenants - Repairs - Rent - Trade Practices and Other Commonwealth Legislation - Breach of Contract - Renewal of Leases - Assignment and Subletting - Determination of Tenancies - Forfeiture - Condition of Forfeiture - Relief from Forfeiture - Notice to Quit - Re-entry by way of Self-Help - The Old Action of Ejection - Retail Tenancies Legislation: Victoria - Retail Tenancies Legislation: New South Wales - Retail Tenancies Legislation: Queensland - Retail Tenancies Legislation: Western Australia - Retail Tenancies Legislation: South Australia - Retail Tenancies Legislation: Australian Capital Territory.

Commonwealth Sentencing Database (Database)

This database contains sentencing information for Commonwealth offences. It includes primary sources such as judgments and legislation, and secondary research material such as sentencing statistics and commentary on sentencing principles. The data is current until the end of April 2019.

Confidentiality in litigation: undertakings, privilege and open justice (Dal Pont) (2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Gino Dal Pont
Table of Contents: Implied Undertakings: Object, Nature and Scope - Implied Undertakings: Duration - Implied Undertakings: Modification or Release - Express Undertakings - Consequences of Breach of Undertakings - Legal Professional Privilege - Medical Privilege - Clerical Privilege - Journalistic Privilege - Other Confidentiality - Informed Privileges - Incursions into Open Justice - Closed Court Orders - Suppression and Non-publication Orders at Common Law - Suppression and Non-publication Orders under Statute - Suppression and Non-publication Order Scenarios - Open Justice and Tribunals - Open Justice Arbitration.

Control of Government Action: text, cases and commentary (Creyke) (7th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Robin Creyke, Matthew Groves, John McMillan, Mark Smyth
Table of Contents: Administrative Law - History, Accountability and Other Theories - Constitutional Considerations - Foundation Concepts of Judicial Review - Merits Review and Tribunals - Other Methods of Administrative Law Review - Rule-Making and Control of Subordinate Legislation - Standing - Judicial Review: Framework and Jurisdiction - Unauthorised Decision Making - Procedural Fairness - Statutory Purpose and Relevant Considerations - Executive Policies, Directions and Representations - Law, Fact and Evidence -Unreasonableness, Irrationality and Proportionality - Jurisdictional error -Executive Power and Decision-Making - Consequences of Unlawful Decision-Making - Judicial Review Remedies Access to Information - Privacy - Obtaining Reasons for Government Decisions.

Covell and Lupton Principles of Remedies (Covell) (8th edition, 2022) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Wayne Covell, Keith Lupton, Louise Parsons
Table of Contents: Introduction - Damages in tort - Damages in contract - Restitution - Rescission - Account of profits - Specific performance - Injunctions - Freezing orders - Search orders - Equitable compensation and damages - Constructive trusts - Rectification - Declarations - Delivery up - Remedies under the Contracts Review Act - Remedies under the Competition and Consumer Act.

Cybercrime: legislation, cases and commentary (Urbas) (3rd edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Gregor Urbas
Table of Contents: Introduction - What is Cybercrime? - Unauthorised Access, Modification and Impairment - Unauthorised Access - Unauthorised Modification - Unauthorised Impairment - Online Financial and Property Crimes - Online Fraud and Forgery - Identity Crimes and Card Skimming - Online Copyright Crimes - Online Child Exploitation and Other Privacy Crimes - Child Abuse Material - Online Child Grooming - Cyberstalking, Online Harassment and Voyeurism - Investigation, Prosecution and Judicial Issues - Investigating Cybercrime - Prosecuting and Defending Cybercrime Cases - Sentencing Cyber Criminals.

Defamation Law in Australia (George) (4th edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Patrick George
Table of Contents: Introduction - History of Defamation Law in England - History of Defamation Law in Australia - Reputation - Freedom of Speech - The Cause of Action for Defamation - Publication - Identification - Meaning - Defamation - Particular Defamatory Meanings - Capacity to Sue: Plaintiffs - Capacity to be Sued: Defendants - Privacy - Other Causes of Action - Alternative Solutions - Role of Judge and Jury - The Defences - Truth - Contextual Truth - Absolute Privilege - The Privileged Occasion - Malice - Statements to The World At Large - Statutory Defences of Qualified Privilege - Protected Reports - Fair Comment - Honest Opinion - Innocent Dissemination - Circumstances of Publication - Damages at Common Law - General Damages - Award of Damages - Increasing Damages: Aggravation - Exemplary Damages - Reducing Damages: Mitigation - Special Damages - Other Aspects of Damages - Injunctions and Alternative Remedies - Non-Monetary Remedies - Costs - Evidence/Transitional - Reform - Criminal Law - Defamation Act 2005 - Damages Table - Federal Court Practice Note.

Delegated Legislation in Australia (Pearce) (6th edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Dennis Pearce, Stephen Argument
Table of Contents: Overview: Making, Publication and Commencement - Parliamentary Review - Scrutiny Principles: ‘In Accordance With the Statute’ - Scrutiny Principles: ‘Trespass Unduly on Personal Rights and Liberties’ - Scrutiny Principles: ‘Does Not Unduly Make the Rights and Liberties of Citizens Dependent Upon Administrative Decisions which are Not Subject To Review On Their Merits’ - Scrutiny Principles: ‘Does Not Contain Matter More Appropriate For Parliamentary Enactment’ - Other Scrutiny Principles - Bills Scrutiny - Human Rights Scrutiny - Making, Publication, Commencement and Parliamentary Review: Concluding Comments - Judicial Review Of Delegated Legislation: General - Effect of Non-Compliance With Formal Requirements - Empowering Provisions: General - Empowering Provisions: ‘Regulate’; ‘Prohibit’ - Empowering Provisions: Penalties and Forfeitures - Empowering Provisions: Licences and Fees - Inclusion Of Discretions In Delegated Legislation - Inconsistency - Improper Purpose - Unreasonableness: Proportionality - Uncertainty - Subdelegation of Delegated Legislative Power - Incorporation of Material By Reference - Effect of Repeal: Empowering Provision; Regulations - Procedure For Judicial Review of Delegated Legislation - Proof of Delegated Legislation - Ousting of Judicial Review - Severance - Interpretation of Delegated Legislation - Retrospective Operation of Delegated Legislation - Judicial Review: Conclusion.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM 5-TR, DSM 5 and DSM I - IV

The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a classification of mental disorders with associated criteria designed to facilitate more reliable diagnoses of these disorders.

Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary (Lexis Advance)

A comprehensive, reference work with legal terms and definitions, presented in an Australian context. It includes several terms and definitions not commonly found in American or English legal dictionaries.

Equity and Trusts (Evans) (5th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Michael Evans, Joseph Power, Theresa Power
Table of Contents: The history of equity - The relationship between law and equity - The maxims of equity - Equitable rights, titles and interests - Equitable priorities - Introducing equitable assignments - Voluntary assignment of legal interests in equity - Voluntary assignment of equitable interests - Assignments of interests in property for value in equity - Assignments of future property - Fiduciary relationships - Fiduciary Duties - Confidential information - Undue infuence - Fraud in equity and unconscionable dealings - Mistake and misrepresentation in equity - Estoppel - Penalties and forfeiture - Subrogation - Contribution - Minor doctrines - The classification of trusts - Discretionary trusts and powers of appointment - Express trusts: overview of three certainties - Express trusts: problems applying the three certainties - Express trusts: constitution and formalities - Resulting trusts - The variation of trusts - Termination, setting aside and failure of trusts - Charitable trusts - Charitable trusts: enforcement, variation and lapse - The appointment, retirement and removal of trustees and the vesting of trust property - Duties of trustees - The powers of trustees - Controlling trustee powers - The rights of trustees - The liabilities of trustees - The rights of beneficiaries - The doctrine of tracing - Limitation of actions in equity and laches and acquiscence - Set-off in equity - Minor defences - Injunctions generally - Interlocutory injunctions - Specific performance - Monetary awards in equity - Miscellaneous equitable remedies - Declarations - Constructive trusts - Third parties as constructive trustees.

Family Law and Bankruptcy (Fary) (2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Peter Fary
Table of Contents: Introduction - State of law prior to 2005 amendments - Critical amendments to the Bankruptcy Act and Family Law Act - Jurisdiction and transfer - Consequences of bankruptcy - Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act - Property settlement proceedings: general - Property settlement proceedings: alteration of property interests - Property settlement proceedings: setting aside or varying property adjustment orders - Spousal maintenance - Financial agreements - Transactions to defeat claims under the Family Law Act - Child support - Additional matters arising under the Family Law Act and FCFCOA Family Law Rules.

Freedom of Information and privacy in Australia (Smark) (3rd edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Kieran Smark
Table of Contents: Overview, interrelationships and contexts - Key elements of the legislation - Access and amendment under FOI Laws - Access and amendment under Information Privacy and Public Records Laws - Exemption Provisions: introductory issues - Exemptions that protect third party interests - Access exemption provisions protecting the Internal processes and the business affairs of agencies - Access exemption provisions protecting governmental and public interests - Freedom of information oversight and review - Review under Information Privacy and Public Records Laws - Publication requirements - Overview and future directions - Summary of privacy principles outlined in this book - Summaries of legislation of other States and Territories - Useful resources.

HeinOnline (Database)

Contains over 1,400 law journal titles in full text including the American Bar Association journals. HeinOnline also includes Australian Law Reform Commission Reports, Canada Supreme Court Reports, English Reports (1220-1867), US primary materials, world famous trials dating back to the early 1700s, legal classics (texts from the 18th & 19th centuries), United Nations Law Collection, and foreign and international law resources.

Horsley and Lang's meetings: procedure, law and practice (Lang) (8th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: David Lang, Mervyn Horsley
Table of Contents: The nature of meetings - The secretary - The agenda - Notice of meetings - Quorum - The Chair - Conduct of meetings - Defamation - Points of order - Motions and amendments - Resolutions and recessions - Procedural motions - Adjournment - Voting - Polls - Proxies - Elections and ballots - Minutes - Committees - Companies: introduction - Companies: General meetings - Companies: Directors' meetings - Companies: Creditors' meetings - Companies: Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules - Summary of the formal motions designed to bring a meeting to an end - Summary of the formal motions designed to bring a meeting to an adjournment.

Hutley’s Australian Wills Precedents (Neal) (11th edition, 2025) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Francis Hutley, Craig Birtles, Richard Neal & Caroline Sims
Table of Contents: General considerations - Estate planning; Validity of will, requirements for; Capacity; concealment of will; Order to produce will - Drafting a will using these precedents; taking instructions and structuring a will - Commencement and testimonium; Wills for assets in foreign countries - Revocation clauses - Directions as to disposal and use of the body; Enduring power of attorney; Appointment of enduring guardian; Directions as to undue prolongation of life - Deaths simultaneous or near-simultaneous; Presumption of death; Order of deaths clauses; Intermediate income - Children; Adopted, surrogate and ex-nuptial children; Guardianship - Will made in contemplation of marriage; The effect of divorce - Provision for spouse or partner - Appointment of executors - Payment of executors: gifts in lieu of payment; Gifts to be independent of acting as executor or trustee - Executor's right to buy trust property - Solicitors to be employed executors - Family provision; Financial agreements: Prenuptial, nuptial and postnuptial - Taxes and duties - Releases - Life insurance policies and superannuation - Gift of whole estate to executors on trust - Pecuniary legacies - Personal property - Shares and other interests in respect of a limited company; Appointment of directors - Real property - Specific gift of property subject to mortgage or charge; Locke King's Act - Annuities and protective trusts - Trusts - Life interests, including occupation of matrimonial home, substitutionary provisions, apportionment and powers of appointment - Residuary gifts and gifts of the whole estate - Gifts to charities and incorporated or unincorporated bodies - Powers or executors and trustees - Codicils - Attestation - Backing sheet - Contracts as to dispositions by will; Mutual wills.

Institutional Abuse of Children : Legal Remedies and Redress in Australia (Madden, Cockburn and Madden) (2nd edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Bill Madden, Tina Cockburn, Benjamin Madden
Table of Contents: An introduction and the Royal Commission - Liability of perpetrators and the standard of proof - Direct liability of organisations - Vicarious liability - Non-delegable duty - Damages and the civil liability framework - Limitation laws - Delay and prejudice: applications to stay proceedings - Revisiting earlier settlements and judgments - Statutory reforms - Challenges - The National Redress Scheme.

Lawyers Practice Manual Victoria (Westlaw Australia)

The Law Library of Victoria is pleased to provide access for Registered Users to the Lawyers Practice Manual on Westlaw Australia. This publication is a narrative guide to the practice and procedure of law in Victoria. The manual’s overall aim is to assist practitioners to achieve better and faster outcomes in dealing with a variety of legal issues.

Machines in our image: the need for human rights in the age of AI (Santow) (2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Edward Santow, Daniel Neilor
Table of Contents: AI: the good, the bad and the unknown - Crazy correlations: what can we learn from a dead salmon? - Entering the world of data - Waking up zombies and baking in bigotry: addressing algorithmic bias - Faces in the crowd - Getting to know you: privacy in the age of AI - Manipulation of the nation: social media and the threat to liberal democracy - Generative AI - Patterns to causes - Government in the age of AI - In the loop and at the wheel.

Mediation skills and techniques (Boulle) (3rd edition, 2019) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Laurence Boulle, Nadja Alexander
This title deals systematically with all aspects of mediation procedure, explains key features of the mediator's role, and provides practical examples and case studies to illustrate points.

Native Title in Australia (Bartlett) (5th edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Richard Bartlett
Table of Contents: Background - Nature of Native Title - Extinguishment and validation - Future dealings - Right to negotiate, agreements and settlements, and compensation - Fiduciary obligations - Resource developments and traditional pursuits - Institutions and jurisdiction - Reflections on Native Title.

Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford)

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

Powers of Attorney (Dal Pont) (4th edition, 2026) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Gino Dal Pont
Table of Contents: Conceptualising powers of attorney - Powers of attorney distinguished from other legal relationships - Capacity of principal and attorney - Creating a power of attorney - Authority of attorney - Construction of attorney's authority - Scope of attorney's authority under statute - Relations between principal and attorney - Relations with third parties - External supervision of attorneys - Termination of attorneyship - When termination takes effect.

Practical Guidance : Social Justice (Lexis Advance)

A how-to resource for legal practitioners on social justice issues such as establishing and managing a charity, running a federal discrimination law matter, prosecuting human trafficking cases and applying for humanitarian immigration into Australia.

Rule of Law Impact Tracker (LexisNexis)

The Rule of Law Impact Tracker is an interactive tool that quantifies the relationships between the rule of law and economic and social indicators.

Sackville and Neave Australian Property Law (Godwin) (12th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Andrew Godwin, Leon Terrill, Pamela O'Connor, John Page, William Rimmer
Table of Contents: The concept of property - Possession and Title - The fragmentation of proprietary interests in land - The acquisition of property rights and equitable property - The Torrens System: statutory Title to land - The Torrens System: unregistered interests - Co-ownership - The alienability of proprietary interests - Leases - Planning land use by private agreement: freehold covenants - Easements and profits à prendre - Security over real and personal property.

Statutory Interpretation in Australia (Pearce) (10th edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Dennis Pearce, Stephen Gageler
Table of Contents: Introduction - Approaches to the interpretation of legislation - Extrinsic aids to interpretation - Intrinsic or grammatical aids to interpretation - Legal assumptions: principle of legality - Interpretation Acts and sections - Interpretation of repealing Acts, amending Acts and Acts incorporating other legislation - Interpretation of consolidating, reprinted and codifying Acts - Interpretation of remedial, penal and fiscal provisions - Retrospective operation of legislation - Obligatory and discretionary provisions - Drafting conventions and expressions.

The Law of Misleading or Deceptive Conduct (Lockhart) (6th edition, 2023) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Colin Lockhart
Table of Contents: The prohibitions identified, exempt persons and territorial scope - ‘Conduct in trade or commerce’ - ‘Misleading or deceptive’: general issues - Express statements - Non-Disclosure - Implying commercial association - Remedies for misleading or deceptive conduct: general issues - Persons liable for the consequences of misleading or deceptive conduct - Preventative, corrective and declaratory orders - Loss or damage 'by' or 'because of' misleading or deceptive conduct: causation - Compensatory orders - Limitation periods.

The Laws of Australia (Westlaw Australia)

The Laws of Australia encyclopaedia (TLA) is a complete library of legal principles covering over 330 topics and every Australian jurisdiction. It will quickly acquaint you with unfamiliar areas of law.

Transacting with Trusts and Trustees (D'Angelo) (2020) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Author: Nuncio D’Angelo
Table of Contents: The trust as a transacting entity - What concerns trustees when they transact - Trustee limitation of liability clauses - Directors of trustees: duties and liabilities - Risks when transacting with trustees - Pre-transaction due diligence - Contractual protections - Legal opinions - Post-transaction events - Trusts and insolvency - Trustee limitation of liability clause - Trust checklist - Contractual protections - Legal opinions.

Unreported Judgments (Westlaw Australia)

This service gives you access to the latest unreported judgments from around Australia, including the High Court, Federal Court, State Supreme Courts and other selected jurisdictions.

vLex and Vincent AI

vLex is a UK citator (with limited cases from other countries). It includes Vincent AI, a legal research assistant. Vincent offers document management features like analysis, drafting, creating timelines, comparison and summaries, plus a UK legal research tool. Access Vincent AI via the AI in the Law Research Guide.

Workplace Health and Safety Law in Australia (Foster) (3rd edition, 2024) (Lexis Advance) (eBook)

Authors: Neil Foster, Jacqueline Meredith
Table of Contents: Introduction to the Australian legal system - Workplace safety and civil law - Workplace safety and criminal law - Workplace safety and the general law.

Last Updated: 29 October 2026