Tuesday 29 November 2022

Australian Business Law Review, Vol 50, Part 4

ABLR Vol 50, Part 4 is out.

I am particularly excited to be bringing you Volume 50 which marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ABLR. The ABLR was first conceived and founded by Bob Baxt in 1972 with the first edition coming out in 1973. Bob remained the General Editor of the ABLR for the next 44 years, stepping down in 2018 due to ill health.

The fact that the ABLR is still going strong after 50 years is a testament to both Bob’s vision as to the need for a general business law journal presenting articles on a wide range of legal areas, as well as to his untiring work as the General Editor of the ABLR. It is a great privilege to have been able to continue Bob’s exceptional work as the General Editor of the ABLR.

This edition features five excellent contributions:

* Employees, Contractors and Hybrid Workers: Rethinking Legal Categories in the Sharing Economy’s Platform-User-Provider Model – Juan Diaz-Granados and Benedict Sheehy FAAL

* Determining Whether an Employment or Independent Contractor Relationship Exists and the Relevance of Contractual Performance to Its Interpretation – Anthony Gray

* Stability of Private Health Insurance in Australia: Analysis and Proposal of a Legislative Framework to Boost Participation – Marlou SmitsJosefa Henriquez , Adrian Melia and Francesco Paolucci

* Combating Price Gouging – Philip Clarke

* Regulation of Litigation Funding – Lessons from the European Parliament Draft Directive for Australia – Michael Legg

I would again like to encourage prospective authors to consider submitting their articles to the ABLR. One significant advantage of seeking to publish your article in the ABLR is our much quicker turnaround times compared to other leading legal journals. We aim to publish practical business law articles on topical issues in a timely manner, which means we have to operate on shorter time frames.




Friday 25 November 2022

Video Note - The Big Chill? - ACCC Digital platform services inquiry September 2022 interim report

Check out my recent video note entitled “The Big Chill?” which takes a detailed look at the ACCC's Digital platform services inquiry September 2022 interim report including a discussion of each of the competition and consumer law recommendations.

Are you tired of intending to read through detailed ACCC reports and never getting around to it or of reading brief and uninformative law firm summaries which rarely tell you what you need to know?  Choose the better option which is to listen or watch my 40 minute summary of the ACCC’s most recent report on digital platforms and how the ACCC intends to regulate digital platforms in Australia.

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Sunday 13 November 2022

Video Case Note - ASIC v AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd

Video case note which discussed Justice Moshinsky's penalty decision in ASIC v AMP Financial Planning Proprietary Limited [2022] FCA 1115 - fees for no service case.