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27.07.2022

Expert Insights from Financial Services Legislation Advisory Committee Mark Steward

What insights can the ALRC draw from the UK perspective to simplify financial services legislation? Dr Andrew Godwin, ALRC Special Counsel, speaks with Mr Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK to discuss the complex landscape of financial services regulation. Mark, a member of the

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20.07.2022

Financial Services Legislation | ENews July 2022

WEBINAR RECORDING NOW ONLINE What we’ve heard and where to next   Delve into the praise and critique of the ALRC’s proposals and questions raised in Interim Report A of the Financial Services Legislation Inquiry in this recorded webinar held on Friday 17 June 2022. Watch the recording to understand what we’ve heard so far, and

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11.07.2022

RECORDING What we’ve heard and where to next

Delve into the praise and critique of the ALRC’s proposals and questions raised in Interim Report A of the Financial Services Legislation Inquiry in this recorded webinar held on Friday 17 June 2022. Watch the recording to understand what we’ve heard so far, and how this feedback will shape the ALRC’s approach to the simplification of financial services and corporations legislation.

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08.07.2022

Risk and Reform in Australian Financial Services Law

Australian Law Journal Article by Nicholas Simoes da Silva and Dr William Isdale.

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17.06.2022

Book Launch: ‘Compensation for Native Title’ by William Isdale

ALRC Senior Legal Officer Dr William Isdale will officially launch his Holt Prize winning book, Compensation for Native Title, at the Commonwealth Law Courts on 30 June 2022. Compensation for Native Title surveys the current state of the law and explores future directions. It provides the first extended analysis of this emerging body of law.

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14.06.2022

ALRC In Brief | June 2022

President and Commissioner awarded the Order of Australia The ALRC congratulates the Honourable Justices Sarah Derrington and John Middleton on their appointment to the Order of Australia, recognised in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. On behalf of the entire team at the ALRC, General Counsel, Mr Matt Corrigan warmly congratulates Justices Derrington and Middleton: “It

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14.06.2022

Financial Services Legislation | ENews June 2022

WEBINAR RECORDING NOW ONLINE What goes where? A comparative discussion of the legislative puzzle On Tuesday 24 May 2022, the Australian Law Reform Commission hosted a webinar featuring a panel of international experts to compare and discuss the approach of regulatory design in different jurisdictions. Panel: The Hon Justice Colvin, Part-time Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission and

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13.06.2022

ALRC President and Commissioner awarded the Order of Australia

The Australian Law Reform Commission congratulates the Honourable Justices Sarah Derrington and John Middleton on their appointment to the Order of Australia, recognised in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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13.06.2022

ALRC talks with practitioners at the 2022 Law Council of Australia’s Corporations Law Workshop

How to simplify the Corporations Act and financial services laws was the focus of the ALRC’s presentation to the  Law Council of Australia’s 2022 Corporations Law. The workshop was held in Katoomba, NSW on the 3-5 June 2022.

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10.06.2022

RECORDING What goes where? A comparative discussion of the legislative puzzle

On Tuesday 24 May 2022, the Australian Law Reform Commission hosted a webinar featuring a panel of international experts to compare and discuss the approach of regulatory design in different jurisdictions. In particular, the panel discussed the question of what should go in primary legislation and what should go in delegated legislation. The Hon Justice

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