Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Freedom of speech in Australian defamation law: Ridicule, satire and other challenges
Published 2001This article argues that freedom of speech has a shifting and uncertain status in Australian law. Part 2 argues this case at the level of media law generally, suggesting that this uncertain status reflects the present, ...Article -
Private Nuisance: An ill wind for wind energy projects?
Published 2011Wind energy will play an important role in the development of Australia's renewable energy sector. However, there have been a growing number of private and statutory nuisance cases brought in the United States and the ...Article -
Consumer data right, insurance contracts and how much choice there really is
Published 2023The Consumer Data Right ('CDR'), introduced in 2019 into the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), promised increased competition, innovation and consumer benefit from greater access to data and increased ease of data ...Article -
Evaluating the contractarian theory of the express trust
Published 2020This article critically examines the contractarian theory of trust law in order to ascertain: (1) its utility as a conceptual model of the express trust; and, (2) its analytical strengths and weaknesses as a comparative ...Article -
Fiduciary duties and voluntary undertakings
Published 2013Justice Edelman has argued, extra-judicially, that important aspects of fiduciary doctrine can only be understood by recognising fiduciary duties as express or implied duties in voluntary undertakings. This article offers ...Article