Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle Recent documents in Laurence Boulle en-us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:29:45 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/22 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/22 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:41 PST Extract:On 1 July 2001 the Australian Federal Magistrates Service (FMS) celebrated the first anniversary of its existence. The FMS is the first lower level Commonwealth court in the history of the federation and can be seen, in part, as a product of the 'access to justice' movement which emerged in the early 1990s in this country. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/21 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/21 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:40 PST Extract:There are increasingly close structural links between the courts and ADR procedures in Australia. This is resulting in the courts becoming more involved in the defining and redefining of ADR processes as 'satellite' litigation occurs around dispute resolution issues. This causes a deepening of the shadow of the law being cast over mediation, case appraisal and other alternatives to litigation. The long term implications of these trends remain to be seen. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/19 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/19 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:39 PST Extract:This is the second in an occasional series of articles dealing with the ways in which the courts are defining and redefining aspects of ADR processes. For the first article see (2001) ADR Bulletin 3(10). In National Australia Bank Ltd v Freeman [2000] QSC 295 (11 October 2000) the bank sued on a bill facility, seeking to recover over $1 million from Freeman, a Queensland farmer. The bank sought recovery of the pastoral land and stock which the defendant had provided as securities for the bill facility. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/20 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/20 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:39 PST Extract:As mediation practitioners, theorists and onlookers, we have our own personal stories of our invol vement in the mediation movement. Some of these are heroic dramas, others soap operas, and others more like fairytales. They provide themes of expectation and frustration, hope and disappointment, pathos and t riumph, deriving from our individual involvement in the mediation movement. They provide themes and lessons for others who might be interested in, or trapped into, hearing about them. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/18 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/18 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:38 PST Extract:This is the third in a series of articles dealing with the ways in which the courts are defining and redefining aspects of ADR processes. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/17 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/17 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:38 PST Extract:On 13 June at old Customs House, Brisbane, the Commonwealth Attorney General, Mr Daryl Williams QC, launched the NADRAC report A Framework for ADR Standards. The report is commented on by David Syme and David Bryson in this issue of the Bulletin. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/16 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/16 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:39:36 PDT Extract:We've heard about cyber-banking, cyberdating and cyber-sex ... and the latest use of the internet is in cyber mediation. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/15 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/15 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:39:36 PDT Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/13 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/13 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:39:35 PDT Extract:We can now see the fruits of the Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC's) long labours. The ALRC has just produced its Report No 89, Managing Justice -- a review of the federal civil justice system. This is the final report of the ALRC in its investigation of the adversarial system of litigation, following a reference from the Commonwealth Government in 1995 to consider 'the need for a simpler, cheaper and more accessible legal system'. Wide consultations and a number of discussion papers preceded the final report, which is likely to be a point of reference in the legal system for many years to come. Laurence Boulle http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/14 http://works.bepress.com/laurence_boulle/14 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:39:35 PDT Extract: Welcome to the first issue of The ADR Bulletin, a monthly newsletter dealing with the resolution of disputes. Laurence Boulle