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04.11.2020
ALRC InBrief | November 2020
The Future of Law Reform Update
Regulation expert joins the Financial Services Inquiry
Inquiry Process Evolves
Corporate Criminal Responsibility Articles
02.11.2020
Closing the Justice Gap: Implementing the ALRC’s Pathways to Justice Roadmap | Law Council of Australia Webinar
On 28 October 2020 the Law Council of Australia hosted an online webinar, “Closing the Justice Gap: Implementing the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice Roadmap”, which involved a panel discussion featuring eminent advocates and academics, Dr Hannah McGlade, Ms Cheryl Axleby, Dr Tracey McIntosh and Mr Tony McAvoy SC. Law Council President, Pauline …
Read more27.10.2020
Regulation expert joins the Financial Services Inquiry
The ALRC welcomes Associate Professor Andrew Godwin as Special Counsel for the Review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations and Financial Services Regulation.
Read more22.10.2020
The Future of Law Reform in Australia
The Law Society of Tasmania Law Letter Article by ALRC Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton
Read more19.10.2020
Closing The Gap on Business and Human Rights
Human Rights Pulse Article by ALRC Legal Officer Tess Van Geelen
Read more01.10.2020
The Global Anticorruption Blog: Guest Post
Australia Considers New Approaches to Corporate Criminal Liability
Today’s guest post is from Matt Corrigan and Samuel Walpole, respectively General Counsel and Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC).
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.