Describes the current stage of implementation of the new model Work Health and Safety Act...

A review of a recent monograph dealing with the way the common law protects property...

This article considers the question of whether it is possible for company officers, who may...

This note considers the decision of the NSWCA in John Holland Pty Ltd v Industrial...

The tort action for Breach of Statutory Duty provides an intersection between the goals of...

Explores civil liability arising from the Buncefield refinery explosion.

The decision in Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales; Kirk Group Holdings...

Case note on a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal dealing with civil...

A recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal means that some independent contractors in...

Reviews the decision of the NSW Industrial Court affirming the conviction of mining companies and...

A suggested approach to improving workplace safety in the corporate context is to address the...

The High Court of Australia addresses the issue of psychiatric injury in the workplace, and...

The Federal Government’s Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) released its Report on Personal Liability...

New legislation in NSW concerning liability of neighbours for damage caused by trees abolishes the...

Case note. Two recent decisions of the High Court dealing with the liability of local...

The tort action for breach of statutory duty has been used for many years in...

Considers the personal criminal liability of company officers for manslaughter when there is a fatality...

The High Court of Australia has again considered the question of possible vicarious liability for...

Section 26 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) (like similar provisions in...

Peter Handford's Note ("Psychiatric Injury: Duty to Employees' Children" (2003) 11 Tort L Rev 127)...

Discusses some cases where "over-zealous" protection of the "Olympics" brand may have been contrary to...

Workplace Health and Safety Law in Australia provides an introduction to the law of workplace...

Laws prohibiting religious vilification (or religious ‘hate speech’) are controversial and often criticised. On the...

The chapter analyses the elements of the civil action for breach of statutory duty as...

This paper (a slightly updated version of one I produced a few years ago) considers...

Discusses the recent controversy over whether a Christian Law School in Canada should be allowed...

A brief overview of the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights on...

Updates to NSW Workers Compensation law.

One of the problems we face in reading the Work Health and Safety Act 2011...

Discusses the decision of the English Court of Appeal in Bull & Bull v Hall...

Will church volunteers face jail under tough new OHS laws? Has this nefarious legislation stripped...

Discusses the decision of the US Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School...

This is one of a series of updates I will be issuing to provide notes...

Discusses and critiques a recent US court decision upholding the banning of a church meeting...

This paper argues that is not "discriminatory" to oppose the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

This paper explores the meaning of Jesus' "glorification" in John's gospel and suggests that some...

Two further UK cases, Eweida and MacFarlane, reveal dismissal of Christians for exercise of freedom...

This decision of the Full Bench of the High Court has cast into some doubt...

For many years it has been acknowledged that the possibility of personal criminal liability of...

Two recent UK cases deal with the question of how the freedom of religion right...

For many years the common law of defamation, and statutory amendments to it, have protected...

This paper discusses aspects of the Australian law of marriage from a Biblical perspective. It...

Recent case law since 2005 on personal criminal liability of company officers for workplace safety...

This paper suggests that evangelicals need to make sure that the resurrection of Jesus, as...

The tort action for Breach of Statutory Duty seems to provide the perfect intersection between...

Both the major “common law” systems of private law allow breach of a criminal statute...

The duties of directors and other company officers under s 27 of the model Work...

For many years the tort of “breach of statutory duty” (“BSD”) has operated at the...

Recognition of “human rights” often involves the need to balance one set of rights against...

Recognition of “human rights” often involves the need to balance one set of rights against...

This paper considers the question of whether it is possible for company officers, who are...

The tort action for Breach of Statutory Duty provides an intersection between the goals of...

The biggest change in the OHS legal environment in Australia in over 25 years is...

This paper considers whether the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth would be...

It has been recognised for some time that a key strategy in changing corporate behaviour...

This paper explores the connections between the principles that judges use to interpret statutes, and...

Door poster for the Newcastle Christian Staff Group 2013.

Invitation to the Book Launch on 22 Nov 2012

This is an English translation of the judgment of Cannon J in the Supreme Court...