Articles tagged as Australian Law
This selection of academic papers covers the legal system of Australia and contains, essays, dissertations and case summaries which may be of interest to Australian law students or those studying Australian laws from outside Australia.
Latest Law Papers tagged as Australian Law
Including law essays, dissertations, problem questions, case summaries, and law lectures, suitable for law students working towards their LLB / LLM qualifications or those studying for the new SQE.
Directors Duties to include Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Law
It is established that the role of directors and officers under the Corporations Act are to discharge their duties and power to act on behalf ......
Last modified: 25th Jun 2019
Directors Duties Towards Stakeholders
Business Law
It is established that the role of directors and officers under the Corporations Act is to discharge their duties and power to act in the best ......
Last modified: 24th Jun 2019
Appleton v Garrett - Case Summary
Case Summaries
The claimants were patients of the defendant dentist, who had carried out unnecessary treatment upon them. The defendant had deliberately......
Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
Calverley v Green - Case Summary
Case Summaries
Mr Calverley and Ms Green were in a de facto relationship, where they were not legally married but had lived together as if they were for 10 years....
Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
Cameron v Murdoch (1986)
Case Summaries
Proprietary estoppel can be enforced even though the interest is inchoate....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Radaich v Smith [1959]
Case Summaries
The parties entered in to an agreement which was executed as a deed. The agreement allowed Radaich to occupy......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Calverley v Green
Case Summaries
Mr Calverley and Ms Green were in a de facto relationship, where they were not legally married but had lived together......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Austin v Keele (1987)
Case Summaries
The parties, in this case, had a long business arrangement. The case was concerned with the dissolution of a......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was a naval officer who was injured when two navy ships, the HMAS Voyager and the HMAS Melbourne......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Wright v Gibbons
Case Summaries
Co-ownership of property and whether a deed transferring a joint tenancy to one of the other joint tenant severed the tenancy....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd
Case Summaries
The appellants entered into an agreement in June 1934 with the respondent mining company to mine gold ore in a certain area....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co Ltd
Case Summaries
he appellant brought an action against the respondent for damages for assault at common law....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Bahr v Nicolay (No. 2)
Case Summaries
The appellant agreed to sell their land to the first respondent, with an option to buy it back later. The first respondent later sold the land......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Scott v Pauly
Case Summaries
Before a mother died, she had made a will and she had also purchased some property. She had transferred this property......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Nelson v Walker (1910)
Case Summaries
The parties were owners of two contiguous allotments of land (allotments 13 and 12). In 1873, before the owners......
Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Darlington Futures v Delco - Summary
Case Summaries
The issue in this case was the validity of both the limitation and exclusion clauses, as well as the court’s approach to ambiguity in both types......
Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Fairclough v Swan Brewery Co Ltd
Case Summaries
The appellant bought a hotel from a vendor who held the hotel under a lease which was due to expire in June 1925. The property was mortgaged......
Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Employment Relations System in Australia
Employment Law
Australia evolved from a major white settler colony of the British Empire into industrial capitalist, self-governing federal state with ......
Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Legal and Non-legal Responses to Relationship Breakdowns
Family Law
When dealing with issues surrounding relationship breakdowns, both the law and non-legal responses aim to achieve the utmost justice to parties involved. ...
Last modified: 10th Jun 2019
Analysis of Australia's Constitution and Aboriginal Discrimination
Australian Law
Racial discrimination is thought to be outdated in the present time, however section 25 of the Constitution is still in place. ...
Last modified: 10th Jun 2019
Issues in Australian Administrative Law
Administrative Law
Administrative law in Australia is complex and might be confusing to the ordinary observer, but so are the government and the laws they seek to regulate. ...
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Remedy of Partial Rescission in Australian Law
Australian Law
There is still significant uncertainty around the precise operation of the remedy of partial rescission in Australian law. ...
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Problem Question: Australian Tax Law
Tax Law
Practically unearned receipt has no viewpoint of considering it as income and thus for tax implications....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Aboriginal Law in the Australian Criminal Justice System
Australian Law
Should Aboriginal law, in part or in whole, be applied to Indigenous people, in particular areas or in general, or to people living in traditional communities only?...
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Unlawful Association Laws for Children in Victoria: Analysis
Australian Law
In a recent attempt to combat youth offending, the Victorian Government has introduced the Justice Legislation Amendment....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
