Precedent

Free to members, our bi-monthly journal Precedent is essential reading for lawyers and other professionals keen to keep up to date with developments in legal policy and the law. Precedent is a 52-page, full-colour magazine packed with cutting edge articles and case notes. Alongside its strong focus on personal injury law, and tort law more generally, the journal covers civil liberties, administrative law, industrial, immigration and criminal law. Each edition balances practical and academic content. Consistently rated by members as the most valuable benefit of membership, the magazine also contains details on all Australian Lawyers Alliance events, conferences and policy and lobbying initiatives.

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Precedent Issue 91 Damages

Current issue 92 - May/June 2009 - with a focus on defamation and media law

FEATURES

  • Privacy reform and the media - Lyn Kemmis
  • Are juries necessary? The role of juries in defamation trials - David Rolph
  • Facebook vs a fair trial? Court reporting restrictions and the internet - Isolde Lueckenhausen
  • Suppression orders for accused persons: A recent development - Greg Barns
  • Reporting on terrorism cases: From open justice to closed courts - Lawrence McNamara
  • Away from the writ, towards the light - Fiona Robertson
  • When does the limitation period commence in personal injury actions? - James Plunkett
  • The right to protest - Benjamin Baxter
  • The ADRoIT principles: Lessons for plaintiff lawyers - Philip Argy

CASE NOTE

  • Defamation and the difficulties with burden of proof Macquarie Bank Ltd & Ors v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor [2009] ACTSC 9 - Erica Lai
  • Does the general test for defamation apply to business and professional reputation? Radio 2UE Sydney Pty ltd v Chesterton [2009] HCA 16 - Tilda Hum
  • Centrelink - preclusion period Morrison v Secretary, DEEWR (Centrelink) [2008] AATA 1017 - John Green

REGULARS

  • Editorial - Pauline Sadler
  • President's page: Skewed media priorities - lessons from the human rights consultation - Clara Davies
  • CEO's report: Member's choice - Eva Scheerlinck
  • Windmills of my mind: Rogue economist and plain-speaking judges - Andrew Stone
  • Costs column: Costs issues in defamation proceedings - Phillipa Alexander
  • Book review: The End of Innocence by Estelle Blackburn - Rob Guthrie
  • Events: NSW Branch Conference 2009 - Emma Mead
  • Victoria Branch Conference 2009 - Geraldine Collins

Precedent is now being produced in a more environmentally friendly manner.

We are now printing on 'Revive silk', a part-recycled Australian-made paper with an ISO 1401 Environmental Accreditation. The paper contains 35% locally sourced waste, which is made up of 15% post-consumer waste and 20% pre-consumer waste. It contains an additional 20% mill broke. It is chlorine free. 92% of the energy used to produce the stock is sourced from renewable hydro-electric and wind farm power.

We have dispensed with the petrochemical seal on the cover and no longer shrink-wrap copies of Precedent in order to deliver them to Australian Lawyers Alliance members and subscribers. We are now using part-recycled Australian-made envelopes.

The Australian Lawyers Alliance is taking steps across the board to reduce the environmental impact of its activities. By making Precedent more environmentally sustainable, we are taking a leading role in the legal publishing industry.