Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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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 -
From Wardley to Purvis — How far has Australian anti-discrimination law come in 30 years?
Published 2008In this article the first Australian anti-discrimination law case is contrasted with the most recent direct discrimination case of the High Court of Australia in order to demonstrate that the progressive potential of ...Open AccessArticle -
Commercial landlords & uncollected goods
Published 2022This article explores the position of commercial landlords with unwanted possession of uncollected goods. Part I considers when this is likely to be of commercial significance, and identifies that a tenant’s failure to ...Open AccessArticle -
The corporate constitution as a statutory contract: Artifice or anachronism?
Published 2020A company’s constitution provides the legal foundation for the relationship between a company and its directors and members. That relationship is deemed by statute to have effect as a contract between the company and the ...Open AccessArticle -
Be careful what you wish for! Evaluating the ipso facto reforms
Published 2019A successful corporate rescue will usually require retaining at least some of the value of contracts for supplying goods and services to the company being restructured as well as contracts that that company has with its ...Open AccessArticle