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• In the Sydney Law Review ... Proof requirements for breach of contract damages

  02-04-2026

  In the latest Sydney Law Review article, Michael Dimarco and David Winterton consider what a plaintiff must prove to recover substantial damages following a defendant's repudiatory breach of contract.

  See Michael Dimarco and David Winterton, ‘Future Performance and Proof in Contract Damages’ (2026) 48 Sydney Law Review 20340:1–31 <https://doi.org/10.30722/slr.20340>.

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• Sydney Law Review 2026 vol 48 - prosecutorial discretion in NSW, SA and Queensland

  31-03-2026

  The latest Sydney Law Review article draws on interviews with prosecutors, data on convictions and analysis of a sample of case files in NSW, SA and Queensland to examine approaches to prosecutorial discretion and usage of the charge of maintaining an ‘unlawful sexual relationship’ with a child or young person.

  Patrick Parkinson, Judith Cashmore, Rita Shackel, Nicholas Cowdery, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Martine Powell and Natalie Martschuk, ‘Prosecutorial Discretion in Cases of Persistent Child Sexual Abuse’ (2026) 48 Sydney Law Review 20797: 1–30 <https://doi.org/10.30722/slr.20797>.

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• Before the High Court - new Sydney Law Review commentary

  19-03-2026

  Read, print or download the latest commentary on cases soon to be heard by the High Court of Australia:

  Evidentiary Burdens and the Recovery of Social Security Debts: Chaplin v Secretary, Department of Social Services (Cth) by Christopher Rudge and Darren O’Donovan

  Is the Remedial Constructive Trust Fair Game? Farm Transparency International Ltd v The Game Meats Company of Australia Pty Ltd by Aryan Mohseni

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• Terry Carney AO on Australian social services scandals

  08-03-2026

  The Inaugural Carney Lecture is now available online (to read, print or download):

  'Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards Dystopia? Or Equity and Justice for the Vulnerable?' by Terry Carney AO

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• Sydney Law Review 2026 vol 48 - product liability & AI + book review of Civil Penalties in Australia

  25-02-2026

  Now available online (to read, print or download): 

  Article: Son Tan Nguyen on ‘The Applicability of Product Liability to Artificial Intelligence Systems’ 

  Book Review: Felix Archibald's review of 'Civil Penalties in Australia by Matthew Peckham, Cam Truong KC, Ian Latham and Amanda Storey’.

   

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• In the Sydney Law Review ... why Australian lawyers need to gain a better understanding of Roman law

  16-12-2025

  Now available online and to print or download: Professor Paul Babie's review essay on Roman Law Under the Southern Cross: Sidere Ius Civile Mutato by Arthur R Emmett AO KC.

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• Sydney Law Review - new online: High-Density housing and developer-negotiated body corporate contracts

  11-12-2025

  Professor Matthew Conaglen and Professor Cathy Sherry discuss contracts between bodies corporate and service providers in the context of NSW strata title legislation and current developer practices.

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• Sydney Law Review - new online: Engaging Industry in Co-Regulatory Rule-Making

  09-12-2025

  Dr Karen Lee analyses how industry associations engage their members and non-members when developing codes of practice.

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• Sydney Law Review - now online: An Evaluation of the Insolvency Practitioner Disciplinary Committees

  12-11-2025

  Dr Catherine Robinson discusses the framework governing the conduct of the insolvency practitioners and examines cases published by disciplinary committees in corporate insolvency and bankruptcy from the commencement of the regime on 1 March 2017 to 1 March 2025.

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• Sydney Law Review - now online: Whistleblower Protections in Sport

  06-11-2025

  In the Sydney Law Review's latest article, Kieran Pender examines Australia's sports integrity framework and the adequacy of whistleblower protections.

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• Rethinking Corporate Groups: Insights from Systems Intentionality

  16-09-2025

  Now online: 'Rethinking Corporate Groups: Insights from Systems Intentionality'

  In her latest article, Professor Elise Bant discusses insights for corporate group responsibility offered by a novel, holistic model of corporate responsibility entitled ‘Systems Intentionality’.

  The article considers three leading cases arising from the Commonwealth Government’s troubled VET FEE-HELP funding scheme, including the High Court of Australia's 2024 decision in Productivity Partners Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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• Before the High Court: Taylor v Killer Queen LLC

  20-08-2025

  Read Robert Burrell and Michael Handler's discussion on Reputation, Confusion and Discretion in Australian Trade Mark Law

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• New article in the Sydney Law Review

  01-07-2025

  Read Benjamin Hayward's advance article on The Interpretation of UNCITRAL Law in Australian Courts

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• Now available: 2025 George Winterton Memorial Lecture by Chief Justice Stephen Gageler AC

  13-06-2025

  The Evolution of the Australian Electoral System as a Constitutional Process.

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• New article in the Sydney Law Review

  30-03-2025

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of David Moignard Ferrell’s article '“We Are One, But We Are Many”: Conceptions of Australia’s Sovereign People and the Proposed Voice to Parliament'.

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• A New Australian Constitutionalism? Constitutional Purposes, Proportionality and Process Theory

  28-02-2025

  Sydney Law Review announces the publication of an essay by Rosalind Dixon based on her 2024 George Winterton Memorial Lecture.

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  14-02-2025

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Scott Stephenson’s article, 'Constitutional Shoehorning'.

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  16-01-2025

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Alison Gerard and Annette Gainsford's article, 'Dispossession Cycles and Resistance: Historical Continuums in the Deportation of First Nations Peoples'.

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  05-12-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Catherine Zhou and William Ruan's article, 'Unearthing Language Rights Protections in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)'.

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  19-11-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Laura Grenfell, Anne Carter and Anna Olijnyk's article, 'Scrutinising the Scrutiny Process in the Courts'.

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• New review essay in Sydney Law Review

  07-11-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Harry Hobbs' review essay, 'Protecting Sacred Sites'.

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• New review essay in Sydney Law Review

  06-11-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Rowan Nicholson's review essay, 'An Indigenous Right to Be Heard on the International Stage?'

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• New BTHC column in Sydney Law Review

  29-10-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Emerson Hynard and Ilana Slobedman's 'Before the High Court' column, Intermediate Appellate Courts and the Doctrine of Precedent: Lendlease Corporation Ltd v Pallas.

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• New issue of the Sydney Law Review

  24-10-2024

  We are pleased to announce the publication of vol 46 no 2. 

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  27-09-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Tobias Barkley and Xia Li's article An Empirical Study of the Distribution of Superannuation Death Benefits

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  26-09-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of John Lidbetter's article Timing of Constitutional Facts

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• New article in Sydney Law Review

  24-09-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Evgenia Bourova, Ian Ramsay and Paul Ali's article Unmet Need for Building, Home Contents and Comprehensive Car Insurance among Uninsured Australians: Survey Findings and Options for Reform

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• New BTHC column in Sydney Law Review

  24-09-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Aryan Mohseni's 'Before the High Court' column, Trustees’ Indemnities and Fiduciary Duties: The High Court Appeal in Naaman v Jaken Properties Australia Pty Ltd

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• New case note in Sydney Law Review

  18-08-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Matthew Graeme John Wilcox's case note Sims v Commonwealth: The Ultimate Foundation of Australian Law and the Recovery of Ultra Vires Payments by the Commonwealth Executive

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• Two new BTHC columns in Sydney Law Review

  05-08-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of two 'Before the High Court' columns on the forthcoming appeal in Commonwealth v Yunupingu: Ashleigh Barnes, Stare Decisis and Constitutional Guarantees and Lael K Weis and Rosalind Dixon, Rethinking “On Just Terms”

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• New book review in Sydney Law Review

  03-08-2024

  We are pleased to announce the advance release of Alysia Blackham's review of Interpreting Discrimination Law Creatively by Alice Taylor

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• New BTHC column in Sydney Law Review

  03-08-2024

  We are pleased to announce the release of Emily Hammond's 'Before the High Court' column, Finality and Certainty in the Integrated National System of Chapter III Courts: Judge Vasta v Stradford

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