Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Knowing receipt, knowing assistance, and Torrens land
Published 2022In Turner v O'Bryan-Turner, Wendy O'Bryan-Turner held a power of attorney in respect of her husband, John Turner, who had lost capacity. In purported exercise of that power, Wendy caused several parcels of land in John's ...Open AccessArticle -
Freedom of Speech and Defamation Law
Published 2022Defamation law seeks to strike a balance between the protection of reputation and freedom of speech. How that balance is struck may need to be varied and nuanced to take into account the different types of speech and the ...Open AccessArticle -
Sexual boundary violations by doctors - Context, regulatory consequences and preventive strategies
Published 2024While sexual boundary violations by doctors (SBVs) are viewed with utmost seriousness by disciplinary bodies and tribunals, complaints of SBVs in Australia continue to increase. In 2023, the Australian Health Practitioner ...Open AccessArticle -
Challenging pandemic law: From vaccine mandates to judicial review of vaccine approvals
Published 2024Over recent years, dozens of legal challenges have been instituted in response to government action during the COVID-19 pandemic. While public health orders have been challenged on several grounds, few cases have succeeded. ...Open AccessArticle -
How should we regulate heritable human genome editing in Australia?
Published 2022Heritable human genome editing is a form of modification of the human genome that will be inherited by progeny of the person whose DNA has been edited. Editing human genomes in ways that are heritable is currently prohibited ...Open AccessArticle