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Precedent is the ALA's bi-monthly member journal covering a wide range of issues in the spheres of access to justice, individual rights and personal injury.

In addition to the high-quality content, it's an excellent way to gain exposure and help inform ALA members on issues you are passionate about. To discuss writing for Precedent, please contact Tess Kerbell, ALA Editor and Production Manager.

If you would like to advertise to our readership, go here to learn more about advertising in Precedent.

We now offer one article from each issue free to the public as a taste of what Precedent has to offer. Select a public-access article below.

View the current issue (members only)

Archival editions and articles can be accessed without formatting on Austlii.

 

Public-access articles:
14/05/2026

Return of the paramount principle: Stewart v Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Kirsten Van Der Wal, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn and Joshua Liddle, Barrister, Carbolic Chambers.
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3/03/2026

A transformative framework: The Transport Accident Commission Protocols 20 years on

An interview with Geraldine Collins, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn
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23/10/2025

Negotiation: The dual game of trust and strategy in the lawyer’s craft

Damien van Brunschot, Mediator and Leadership Coach, Evolve Resolve
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19/08/2025

Why we need law reform to stop the misuse of NDAs

Dr Julie Macfarlane, Co-Founder, Can’t Buy My Silence, Professor Emerita of Law, University of Windsor, Member of the Order of Canada
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23/05/2025

Clouds gather again over the blue sky mine and Banjima Yurlu

John Gordon, Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers
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