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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Better balance needed in State’s equal opportunity laws
Helping to protect students, patients and employees from unfair treatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity is at the heart of a range of reforms proposed for South Australia’s equal opportunity laws. In the latest report from the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the University of Adelaide, the Institute has […]
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The Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform
You are invited to join the Adelaide Law School for a free public lecture about ‘The Economic Assessment of International Commercial Law Reform’ to be presented by Ms Jenifer Varzaly. Date: Wednesday 17 August 2016 Time: 1pm-2pm Where: Ligertwood 5.04/5.05, the University of Adelaide North Terrace campus RSVP by emailing paul.babie@adelaide.edu.au The Economic Assessment of […]
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Images of Justice Featured Artist – Mike Bowers Biography
Mike Bowers is a photographer, a regular commentator on ABC Radio and host of Talking Pictures on Insiders which airs on ABC 1 and ABC News 24 on Sunday mornings. Mike spent 20 years in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery working for a number of publications including The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Age, The […]
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Legality of Unpaid Internships
Professor Andrew Stewart has published an article on the Legality of Unpaid Internships in The Conversation.
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Legality of Unpaid Internships
Professor Andrew Stewart has published an article on the Legality of Unpaid Internships in The Conversation.
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The ROCIT Research Unit Congratulates Professor Chris Symes on His Promotion to Full Professor
The ROCIT research unit congratulates Professor Chris Symes on his recent promotion to full Professor. This is a prestigious achievement and Professorships are only given to those academics that have a history of dedication, hard work and commitment to teaching and research. Professor Symes’ main academic interest is insolvency law. In this area, he has […]
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ROCIT Featured in the Law Society of South Australia Bulletin
The following article was featured in the most recent edition of the Law Society of South Australia’s Bulletin which is the Law Society’s flagship journal: Adelaide Law School Research Unit Targets the Regulation of Corporations, Insolvency and Taxation The Law School at the University of Adelaide has recently established its ROCIT research unit, which brings […]
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Director Penalty Notices – Promoting a Culture of Good Corporate Governance and of Successful Corporate Rescue Post Insolvency
The director penalty regime under Division 269 to Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) empowers the Commissioner to take action against an insolvent company’s directors to recover outstanding tax debts of a company. The director penalty regime was introduced as a substitute for the Commissioner’s tax priority in a corporate insolvency and […]
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Submission to Australian Consumer Law Review
Earlier this year David Wright, Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Law School, made a submission to Treasury’s Australian Consumer Law Review. David’s submission focused on enforcement of consumer protection laws, both in terms of public and private enforcement. At the moment enforcement is almost exclusively undertaken by the ACCC, a public body. Although there is […]
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Professor Symes appointed editor of leading Australian law journal
Professor Christopher Symes, a director of ROCIT, has been appointed as an editor of the Australian Journal of Corporate Law (AJCL), effective immediately. Christopher will co-edit the Journal with a senior corporate law and M & A practitioner Tony Damian, a Sydney partner of Herbert Smith Freehills. Christopher is looking forward to working with Tony […]
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