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18.06.2021

Webinar: The Devilish Detail of Financial Services Laws

Tuesday 20 July 2021 at 12.00 – 1.00PM AEST The Australian Law Reform Commission, in partnership with Melbourne Law School, is excited to launch the Company and Securities Law Journal Special Issue: Financial Services Laws – Understanding the Devil in the Detail. Registrations now closed This webinar will explore financial services laws in Australia through

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14.06.2021

Webinar – Judicial Impartiality Q&A: Exploring Viewpoints

Monday 19 July 2021 at 1.00PM – 2.30PM AEST Join us as we explore different perspectives on proposals and questions raised in the Judicial Impartiality Consultation Paper. In this webinar, we will discuss views from the bench, the profession, academia, and the community on proposals made and questions raised by the ALRC’s Judicial Impartiality Consultation

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27.05.2021

International Perspectives on Financial Services Regulation Examined

On Monday 24 May 2021 the Australian Law Reform Commission hosted a webinar featuring a panel of international experts who compared approaches to the design of financial services regulation across different jurisdictions. Over 450 people registered to participate in the informed and productive discussion. Wolters Kluwer CCH Learning facilitated the live streaming which included questions

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25.05.2021

ALRC Scrutinises the Complexity of the Australian Financial Services Regulatory Ecosystem

On Monday 17 May 2021 the Australian Law Reform Commission hosted a webinar exploring the initial findings of the Financial Services Legislation Inquiry. Over 370 people viewed the live stream, with hundreds more registered to receive the recording. Wolters Kluwer CCH Learning facilitated the live streaming, enabling an insightful, nationwide conversation with questions taken from

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12.05.2021

Legislative morass and the rule of law: a warning, and some possible solutions

Australian Public Law Blog Article by William Isdale and Christopher Ash

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30.04.2021

Judicial Impartiality eNews | Consultation Paper Released

Judicial Impartiality eNews 30 April 2021 Consultation Paper Released Today the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Consultation Paper for the review of Judicial Impartiality. The ALRC now invites submission in response to 25 questions and proposals in relation to judicial impartiality and the law on bias. As part of the Inquiry process, broad community consultation is sought.

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30.04.2021

Judicial Impartiality Consultation Paper Released

Today the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) released a Consultation Paper for the review of Judicial Impartiality, and is calling for submissions on its questions and reform proposals. In Australia, judicial independence and impartiality are seen as fundamental to the common law system of adversarial trial, to the exercise of judicial power under the Australian

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16.04.2021

Indigenous incarceration: ALRC recommendations endorsed

The New South Wales Select Committee on the high level of First Nations People in custody and oversight and review of deaths in custody (the ‘Committee’) has called on the NSW Government to take urgent action to address the disproportionate rates of incarceration of First Nations people in New South Wales. As the Chief Justice

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14.04.2021

ALRC InBrief | Invitation: Financial Services Legislation Webinars

Invitation: Financial Services Legislation Webinars These free, interactive webinars presented in partnership with Wolters Kluwer CCH Learning are part of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s current inquiry into the potential simplification of corporate and financial services regulation in Australia. WEBINAR: The Regulatory Ecosystem for Financial Services in Australia MONDAY 17 MAY 2021 at 1.00PM AEST Can Australian

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13.04.2021

Invitation: Financial Services Legislation Webinars

Financial Services Legislation Webinars 17 & 24 May 2021 These free, interactive webinars presented in partnership with Wolters Kluwer CCH Learning are part of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s current inquiry into the potential simplification of corporate and financial services regulation in Australia. Webinar: The Regulatory Ecosystem for Financial Services in Australia MONDAY 17 MAY 2021

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