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22.10.2020
The Future of Law Reform in Australia
The Law Society of Tasmania Law Letter Article by ALRC Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton
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Closing The Gap on Business and Human Rights
Human Rights Pulse Article by ALRC Legal Officer Tess Van Geelen
Read more01.10.2020
The Global Anticorruption Blog: Guest Post
Australia Considers New Approaches to Corporate Criminal Liability
Today’s guest post is from Matt Corrigan and Samuel Walpole, respectively General Counsel and Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC).
30.09.2020
The medieval law of debt and the interests served by the statutes merchant
Australian Bar Review Article published by ALRC Legal Officer Samuel Walpole.
Read more25.09.2020
Q&A with students at the University of Sydney
On 24 September 2020, ALRC Principal Legal Officer Micheil Paton and Senior Legal Officer Sarah Fulton answered questions from students in a class on Law Reform, at the request of Professor Simon Rice OAM, the Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice at the University of Sydney Law School. The students had read a …
Read more23.09.2020
World in a Box: What Legal issues might yet need to be resolved and by what mechanism?
Justice SC Derrington, President of the ALRC, presented at the Australian Academy of Law “World in a Box” online seminar on 23 September 2020. Read World in a Box address >>
Read more14.09.2020
Corporate Crime: Directors’ and Officers’ Liability on the Map
Latest report from the Australian Law Reform Commission sets out the ways in which directors and senior executives can – and should – be held responsible when companies break the law.
In Chapter 9 of its Final Report on Corporate Criminal Responsibility, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) takes a deep dive into how directors and executives of Australian companies may be held personally liable for corporate misconduct.
11.09.2020
ALRC InBrief | September 2020
New Inquiries Announced
Corporate Criminal Responsibility – Final Report Released
Corporate Criminal Responsibility Podcast Series
Future of Law Reform Webinar Recordings
11.09.2020
ALRC Inquiries Announced
The Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Christian Porter MP, has issued terms of reference for two Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiries. The first Inquiry topic is judicial impartiality and the second is a review of the legislative framework for corporations and financial services regulation. Review of Judicial Impartiality The ALRC has been asked to …
Read more10.09.2020
Sentencing Corporations: Can the Punishment Fit the Crime?
ALRC report calls for greater creativity and flexibility in corporate sentencing.
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