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30.09.2020
The medieval law of debt and the interests served by the statutes merchant
Australian Bar Review Article published by ALRC Legal Officer Samuel Walpole.
Read more25.09.2020
Q&A with students at the University of Sydney
On 24 September 2020, ALRC Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton and Senior Legal Officer Sarah Fulton answered questions from students in a class on Law Reform, at the request of Professor Simon Rice OAM, the Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice at the University of Sydney Law School. The students had read a …
Read more23.09.2020
World in a Box: What Legal issues might yet need to be resolved and by what mechanism?
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented at the Australian Academy of Law “World in a Box” online seminar on 23 September 2020. Read World in a Box address >>
Read more14.09.2020
Corporate Crime: Directors’ and Officers’ Liability on the Map
Latest report from the Australian Law Reform Commission sets out the ways in which directors and senior executives can – and should – be held responsible when companies break the law.
In Chapter 9 of its Final Report on Corporate Criminal Responsibility, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) takes a deep dive into how directors and executives of Australian companies may be held personally liable for corporate misconduct.
11.09.2020
ALRC InBrief | September 2020
New Inquiries Announced
Corporate Criminal Responsibility – Final Report Released
Corporate Criminal Responsibility Podcast Series
Future of Law Reform Webinar Recordings
11.09.2020
ALRC Inquiries Announced
The Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Christian Porter MP, has issued terms of reference for two Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiries. The first Inquiry topic is judicial impartiality and the second is a review of the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation. Review of Judicial Impartiality The ALRC has been asked to …
Read more10.09.2020
Sentencing Corporations: Can the Punishment Fit the Crime?
ALRC report calls for greater creativity and flexibility in corporate sentencing.
Read more07.09.2020
Tightening the Screws on Corporate Crime and Human Rights
Latest ALRC report calls for a ‘failure to prevent’ offence for transnational crimes, and a holistic review of the business and human rights framework.
In Chapter 10 of its recent Final Report on Corporate Criminal Responsibility, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommended that the Government consider introducing a ‘failure to prevent’ type offence for certain extraterritorial offences, modelled on the failure to prevent foreign bribery offence that is currently before Parliament.
04.09.2020
The Attribution Game: Corporate Fault and Attribution of Criminal Responsibility
In its Final Report on Corporate Criminal Responsibility, the ALRC recommended that there be a single legislative method for attributing criminal responsibility to corporations.
Read more03.09.2020
Corporate Criminal Responsibility Podcast Series
In this podcast series you will hear from several members of the Australian Law Reform Commission team discussing key issues raised in the Corporate Criminal Responsibility Final Report.
Each of the short interviews will unpack the current landscape and the final recommendations made by the ALRC.