This teaching paper by Dominique Hogan-Doran SC was first presented as part of the University of New South Wales Master of Laws program, Regulation, Litigation & Enforcement.
New York Financial Integrity Summit
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC reports on this month's Thomson Reuters 2016 Financial and Risk Summit in New York City: see Financial Integrity: a global view (on LinkedIn Pulse).
Serious Corporate Crime & Deferred Prosecution Agreements
A new enforcement tool to deal with serious corporate crimes (ie fraud, bribery, and money-laundering) could soon be introduced into Australian corporate criminal law. Dominique Hogan-Doran SC reports.
High Court reinstates agreed penalty submissions in civil matters
Michael Rennie reports on today's High Court decision upholding the appeal from the Full Federal Court that applied the prohibition on sentencing submissions in criminal matters in Barbaro v R (2014) 253 CLR 58 to civil penalty regimes: see Commonwealth of Australia v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2015] HCA 46.
Superannuation (Law): The Future Is Now
Tasmanian Supreme Court rules against DPP’s bid to impose $3,000,000 pecuniary penalty order against ex-Director of Gunns.
Administrative Law: Role of Decision Maker as Contradictor in Judicial Review
Michael Rennie's paper on The Hardiman Principle: The role of Decision Maker as Contradictor in Judicial Review, delivered to the NSW State Legal Conference on 27 March 2015, is now online available for download.
Statutory warfare: when retail lease and liquor licensing laws collide
How can a relationship that comes into existence only by force of one statute be regarded as illegal by reference to another? Robert Angyal SC's recent paper, "Statutory Warfare? What happens when retain lease legislation collides with liquor licensing laws", published in (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 11 is now available online.
Insights: Public Interest Immunity Claims in Practice
Michael Rennie has prepared a detailed paper discussing PII claims drawing on his experience acting for numerous government agencies. Here follows a useful overview.