Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Irreconcilable differences? Interlocutory injunctions for defamation and privacy
Published 2012Interlocutory injunctions to restrain the publication of defamatory matter are rarely granted, as the High Court of Australia recently reaffirmed in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill. This is one of the few ...Open AccessArticle -
No worries? Employers' duty of care for negligently inflicted stress
Published 2005In Koehler v Cerebos (Aust) Ltd, the High Court of Australia found that an employer did not owe a duty of care in negligence to an employee not to inflict a stress-related psychiatric injury on her. In reaching this ...Open AccessArticle -
A serious harm threshold for Australian defamation law
Published 2022The recent reforms to the national, uniform defamation laws introduced a new element to the plaintiff’s cause of action: serious harm to reputation. At the same time, the statutory defence of triviality was abolished. The ...Open AccessArticle -
The Future of Criminal Law
Published 2024-08-26Welcome to the future of criminal law. But what does the future of the criminal law look like? Given the fracturing that has occurred across the criminal law field – from orthodox offences and defences to novel constructions ...Open AccessConference paper -
A time to value: Proposal for a national paid maternity leave scheme
Published 2003The Sex Discrimination Unit of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) issued "A Time to Value: Proposals for a National Paid Maternity Leave Scheme" in December 2002 - the report put forward a comprehensive ...Open AccessArticle