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 financial services regulation be simplified?

Join the ALRC to explore the initial findings of its current inquiry.

This 90 minute webinar will explore the ALRC’s preliminary findings on the regulatory framework for corporations and financial services in Australia.

WEBINAR: Comparative Perspectives on Financial Services Regulation

MONDAY 24 MAY 2021 at 5.00PM AEST 
3.00PM SGT | 7.00PM NZST | 8.00AM BST | 3.00PM HKT

Join a panel of international experts to compare approaches to the design of financial services regulation across different jurisdictions.

In line with the initial focus of the ALRC’s inquiry, this 90 minute webinar will include discussion of how key terms and concepts, such as financial products and services, are defined and delineated for the purposes of corporate and financial services regulation in different jurisdictions.

Judicial Impartiality Background Papers

Two new background papers for the review into judicial impartiality are now available for download.

Recusal and self-disqualification (JI2) focuses on the practical matter of how courts manage claims (and the potential for claims) by litigants that the judicial officer deciding their matter is, or might appear to be, biased.

The Federal Judiciary – the Inquiry in Context (JI3) provides an overview of the composition of the federal judiciary; the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth courts; the workload of those courts; and the frequency of complaints against judicial officers (noting that such complaints may not necessarily be in relation to an allegation of impartiality or bias). It also gives a preliminary analysis of information available in judgments over the past five years concerning applications for disqualification on bias grounds.

‘New look’ for ALRC consultation documents

Find out more about the new approach the ALRC has adopted for consultation documentation, encouraging greater engagement with a wider cross-section of academics, the legal profession, and the community.