Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Companies have role to play in eliminating modern slavery

Karin Derkley 17 Oct 2019

Companies and their advisors need to remember that corporate and legal obligations under the Modern Slavery Act are aimed at preventing the exploitation of vulnerable people...

Corporate Social Responsibility Human Rights

Safe to listen to clients who raise voluntary assisted dying

Karin Derkley 09 Oct 2019

Lawyers can listen to clients when they raise voluntary assisted dying without fearing they may fall foul of the law prohibiting inducement...

Voluntary Assisted Dying

Religious Discrimination Bill will create a “set of swords”: LIV

Karin Derkley 08 Oct 2019

A national human rights charter would be a more effective way of safeguarding religious freedom than the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill, the LIV says...

Discrimination Human Rights Legislation

October LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 Oct 2019

Welcome to the October LIJ flipbook. You can turn pages electronically, magnify type and click through to editorial content, LIV goods and services and upcoming events and advertising...

Court on camera

Law Institute Journal 01 Oct 2019

Pictures from the Golden Gavel 2019, Sir Zelman Cowen Centenary Oration, LIV Children and Young People Issues Committee and more...

Going global: Cross cultural practice takes off

Karin Derkley 01 Oct 2019

Australian lawyers are getting the chance to broaden their skills and indulge their wanderlust in far-flung postings.

Legal Biography

Speaking up for justice

Karin Derkley 01 Oct 2019

Speech pathologists are increasingly working with the justice system to help people with language disorders...

Education Young Persons

Opinion: Undone by off-duty behaviour

Anthony O’Donnell 01 Oct 2019

Company codes represent a disturbing new frontier of control...

Opinions

LIV Contract of sale: Moving to transaction-based use

Mark Kurtze 01 Oct 2019

The LIV/REIV Contract of Sale of Land has been redesigned for full online delivery...

Conveyancing Real Property

LIV Contract of sale updated

David P Lloyd, Murray McCutcheon AM and Robert Bradley 01 Oct 2019

The 2019 edition of the LIV/REIV Contract of sale of land varies in many important respects from the Contract of Sale of Real Estate previously in use...

Conveyancing Real Property

General data protection regulation: GDPR one year on

Arvind Dixit and Lynton Brooks 01 Oct 2019

After a year of operation, it is timely to reflect on the impact of the general data protection regulation on Australian businesses and how it is shaping the direction of privacy regulation...

International commercial courts: Strength in diversity

Andrew Godwin 01 Oct 2019

The Singapore International Commercial Court and the China International Commercial Court have some unique features when compared with domestic courts...

International tax: A multi-layered system

Kelvin Yuen and Annabell Rehmer 01 Oct 2019

Reducing tax avoidance by multinational entities has led to the creation of a new multilateral tax instrument, creating an additional layer of complexity to the international tax system...

Telling client stories: Advocacy in a human rights framework

Sarah J Mercer 01 Oct 2019

The United Nations Convention oN the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and victoria's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities illustrate how human rights law can shape our approach to client advocacy...

Advocacy Justice

Human rights and the constitution: Can Australia learn from India?

Molina Asthana 01 Oct 2019

The evolution of constitutional law in India differs significantly from Australia – it includes a bill of rights...

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