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Gateway to Common Law
Study common law at one of the oldest universities in the Southern Hemisphere. 13 – 20 January 2019 This intensive one-week program is specifically designed for advanced undergraduate students who would like to study common law system from a comparative perspective. Taught by experienced academic staff from Adelaide Law School, Australia’s second oldest law school […]
Law reforms propose clearer access to surrogacy
Reforms proposed to South Australian surrogacy laws recommend an updated and improved non-commercial system of domestic surrogacy to protect the interests of all parties, especially those of the surrogate child. A legislative framework – review of Part 2B of the Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA) In a report delivered today to the Attorney-General, the South […]
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Reform to “gay panic defence” has wider legal implications
The use of provocation as an excuse in murder should have no place in SA criminal law, according to a report published by the South Australian Law Reform Institute. In the second of two reports, the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute, based at the University of Adelaide Law School, is recommending that the State […]
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One-Year Bankruptcy Discharge
The Federal Government has gone ahead with an earlier suggestion of the Productivity Commission to make the usual time for automatic discharge from bankruptcy one year. The default period of bankruptcy will thus move from three years to one year if passed as expected by Federal Parliament Bankruptcy Amendment (Enterprise Incentives) Bill 2017, introduced […]
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Adelaide Law School collaborates with the Tax Institute – ‘How to tell people what you know’
On Wednesday 16th August, the Law School together with the Tax Institute held an event on the topic ‘How to tell people what you know’. Two speakers from the Adelaide Law School Professor Chris Symes, Dr Beth Nosworthy and partner, Matthew Andruchowycz from DMAW Lawyers provided useful advice in relation to how to develop good […]
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Is Australia’s Superannuation Law Equitable? A look back and then forward
This article takes a historical examination of superannuation law and its reform and observes the resulting complexity. Australian Governments over the years have adopted or ignored recommendations from various inquiries addressing superannuation reform and this article finds the major drivers of reform have included efficiency (including by structural change, regulation and cost reduction), flexibility, member […]
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The Diverted Profits Tax – An explanation of its form and effect
In the 2016-17 Federal Budget, the Government announced that it would introduce a diverted profits tax (DPT). The DPT will come into effect on 1 July this year and will imposes a 40% tax on company profits it deems to have been diverted offshore. The DPT intends to ensure that the tax paid by significant […]
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Schemes of Arrangement and Classes- Boart Longyear- A class act to follow?
NSW Court of Appeal, Schemes of Arrangement and Classes- the Boart Longyear case [2017] NSWCA 116 (26 May 2017)
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ROCIT co-hosts successful EU/Australia Business Rescue symposium
On Thursday 16th March at the National Wine Centre, ROCIT, in conjunction with support from the University of Adelaide’s EU Centre for Global Affairs, hosted a symposium on Business Rescue in Australia and the EU. The morning was devoted to presentations from Professor Gerard McCormack of Leeds University, and Professor Michael Veder of Radboud University, […]
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Symposium-Business Rescue Law Reform in Australia and EU-16 March, Adelaide
ROCIT, in conjunction with the University’s EU Centre for Global Affairs, is hosting a one-day symposium at the National Wine Centre on Thursday 16th March 2017, preceding INSOL Sydney, bringing together local, interstate and international speakers to discuss and compare the current initiatives for reform of our rescue laws both here and in the EU. […]
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