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 86 Elder Law

Current issue 86 - May/June 2008 - with a focus on Elder Law

FEATURES

  • Managing death and the law - Cameron Stewart
  • Estate planning - it's more than just a will! - Andrew Simpson
  • Powers of attorney - Keith Bradley
  • Age discrimination: an overview of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 - Elizabeth Broderick
  • Elder abuse in aged care - Kim Forrester and Karen Williams
  • Accommodation bonds - are they protected? - Ben Hardwick and Rachel Fletcher
  • Age discrimination and workers' compensation - Robert Guthrie
  • Equitable relief to enforce family agreements - Tina Cockburn
  • Assessing mental capacity - Sue Field

CASE NOTE

  • Powers of attorney - recent case law: Ede v Ede [2006] QSC 378; Janson v Janson [2007] NSWSC 1344; Whitney v National Australia Bank Ltd [2007] QSC 397 - Catherine Cheek

REGULARS

  • Editorial - Tina Cockburn
  • President's page: Protecting rights - not politics - Ian Brown
  • CEO's report: Building relationships with the future - Eva Scheerlinck
  • Costs update: Proportionality of costs in Family Provision Act matters - Phillipa Alexander
  • Trial school: Tie your case together with a good theme - Gerard Mullins
  • Events: NSW State Conference 2008 - Danielle De Paoli

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.