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 97 Duty of Care

Current issue 97 - Mar/Apr 2010 - with a focus on Duty of Care

FEATURES

  • From Brodie to Dederer: Elements of negligence - Dr Keith Rewell SC
  • Public authorities' duty of care - Kenneth Warner
  • Medical practitioners' duty to rescue - Anna Walsh and Greg Walsh
  • Duty of care owed by health professionals to non-patients - Ben Zipser
  • Where does the dust settle? Asbestos disease cases in multi-tort jurisdictions - Daniel Easton, Tim Hammond and Joanne Wade
  • Duty of care towards children on the roads - Alice Lam
  • Cigarettes and cheeseburgers: Is fast food litigation the next big thing? - Jnana Gumbert
  • The legal case against financial planners - Gregory Curtin
  • Leighton: Contractual delegation trumps statutory obligation - Richard Douglas SC

CASE NOTE

  • Injuries must be sustained 'during' a collision: Zotti v AAMI [2009] NSWCA 3232 - Andrew Morrison SC
  • Tracked vehicle not a motor vehicle: Doumit v Jabbs Excavations Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 360 - Andrew Morrison SC
  • Industrial court subject to judicial review: Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission; Kirk Group Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Childs) [2010] HCA 1 (3 February 2010) - Gavin Rebetzke
  • 'But for' causation: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak; Adeels Palace v Bou Najem [2009] HCA 48; (2009) 84 ALJR 19 - Dallas Morgan and Kasarne Robinson
  • No duty of care owed by hotel operators: CAL No. 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board; CAL No. 14 Pty Ltd v Scott [2009] HCA 47 (10 November 2009) - Anna Walsh and Greg Walsh

REGULARS

  • Editorial - Ben Zipser
  • President's page: The ALA's duty of care - Mark Blumer
  • State director's report: Protecting the vulnerable in NT - Clifton Baker
  • Costs column: Costs and intentional torts - Phillipa Alexander
  • Windmills of my mind: An eggstreme reaction to ras malai - Andrew Stone

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.

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