Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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You have to be stronger than razor wire: Legal issues relating to the detention of Refugees and asylum seekers
Published 2002This article explores the international legal principles that do or should determine state practice in detaining refugees and asylum seekers. The issues fall into two broad categories: the circumstances in which it is ...Article -
The changing landscape of corporate fundraising
Published 2019Corporate fundraising for both debt and equity securities is regulated under Ch 6D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). That chapter imposes a detailed regime of rules for issuing securities to the public that centre on ...Article -
Conceptual models of the PPSA security interest: Moving beyond the unitary/minimalist dichotomy
Published 2020This article explores the existing conceptual models of the "security interest" under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) – the "unitary model" and the "minimalist model". It reviews the elements of and rationales ...Article -
Interaction between statutory and general law duties concerning company director conflicts
Published 2013This article addresses some aspects of the interaction between statute and the general law duties governing directors' conflicts of interest. In order to understand that interaction fully, it is instructive first to recognise ...Article -
Corporate law lessons from the Banking Royal Commission
Published 2019The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry was handed to the Federal Government on 1 February 2019 and released on 4 February 2019. The Final ...Article