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Longley, Joanna --- "Areas of law under review" [1995] ALRCRefJl 19; (1995) 67 Australian Law Reform Commission Reform Journal 75


Publications of areas of law under review

compiled by Joanna Longley

A

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

see Deaths in Custody

Aborigines

QCJC
Report on an investigation into complaints against six Aboriginal and Island Land Councils, 1994

Administration of Justice

Qld Parl EARC
Review of the independence of the Attorney-General, 1993 (Report 21)

Administrative Law

see also Freedom of Information

ARC
Environmental decisions and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 1994 (Report 36)
Administrative review and funding programs: a case study of community services programs, 1994 (Report 37)
Government business enterprises and Commonwealth administrative law: report to the Minister for Justice, 1995 (Report 38)
Review of Commonwealth merits review tribunals: discussion paper, 1994 (DP) [The Council is now considering submissions and the report should be finalised in mid-1995]
Administrative review of government business enterprises, 1993 (DP)
Appeals from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to the Federal Court: discussion paper, 1995 (DP)
Administrative review and patents decisions: issues paper, 1994 [Preparation of the final report has been delayed pending the response to the inquiry into appeals from the AAT to the Federal Court]
Review of administrative decisions under the Corporations Law [WIH on this reference]

Qld Parl EARC
R
eport on review of closure of the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, 1994 (Report 23)
Report on review of appeals from administrative decisions, 1995 (Report 25)

Law Com
Administrative law: judicial review and statutory appeals, 1994 (Law Com 226)

California LRC
Administrative adjudication by state agencies, 1995

Advance Health Care Directives

NSLRC
L
iving wills in Nova Scotia: a discussion paper, 1994 (DP)

Adoption

see also Family Law

NSWLRC
Review of the
Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW), 1994 (DP 34) [WIH on report]

Aged Care

ALRC
The coming of age: new aged care legislation for the Commonwealth, 1995 (ALRC 72)
Aged care: nursing homes, hostels, community aged care packages and the domiciliary nursing care benefit, 1994 (ALRC DP 57)

TasLRC
Report on the operation of retirement villages and other types of older persons accommodation in Tasmania, 1994 (Report 72)

Alternative Dispute Resolution

see Dispute Resolution

Alcohol and Crime

see Criminal Law

Attorney-General

see Administration of Justice

B

Bail

SALC
Report on bail reform in South Africa, 1994 (Project 66)

Bankruptcy

see Insolvency

Blasphemy

NSWLRC
Blasphemy, 1994 (Report 74)

Broadcasting

Copyright Convergence Group
H
ighways to change: copyright in the new communications environment, 1994

C

Charities

TasLRC
C
haritable Collections [WIH to consider whether there is a need to introduce legislation in Tasmania to control the collection of money and goods for charitable purposes, and in particular whether any such legislation should require public disclosure by charities of the distribution of the proceeds from donations between administration and welfare programmes]

Child Abuse

HofR
Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Amendment Bill 1994, 1994

ACTCLRC
Mandatory reporting of child abuse, 1993 (CLRC 7)

Children and Young Persons

ALRC
C
hild care for kids, 1994 (ALRC 70 (Interim))

FLC
Involving and representing children in family law: discussion paper, 1995 (DP)

QLRC
Consent to medical treatment of young people, 1995 (QLRC WP 44)
Minor's civil law capacity, 1995 (Draft report WP 45)

WALRC
Report on consent to sterilisation of minors, 1994 (Project 77 Part II)

Citizenship

see Nationality

Class Actions

Scot Law Com
M
ulti-party actions: court proceedings and funding, 1994 (DP 98)
Multi-party actions: report by working party set up by the Scottish Law Commission, 1993

Commercial Leases

LRACNI
B
usiness tenancies, 1994 (Report 1)

Manitoba LRC
D
istress for rent in commercial tenancies, 1994 (Report 81)

Company Directors

VLRC
C
urbing the phoenix company: first report on the law relating to directors and managers of insolvent corporations, 1994 (First Report)
Curbing the phoenix company: second report on the law relating to directors and managers of insolvent corporations - the law in overseas jurisdictions, 1995 (Second Report)

BCLRC

Consultation paper on conflict of interest: directors and societies, 1993 (CP 71)

Compensation

Law Com
P
ersonal injury compensation: how much is enough? A study of compensation experiences of victims of personal injury, 1994 (Law Com 225)

Complaints against Police

see Police

Conflict of Interests

BCLRC
C
onsultation paper on conflict of interest: directors and societies, 1993 (CP 71)

Constitutional Law

HofR
T
he third paragraph of Section 53 of the Constitution: exposure draft, 1995

Qld Parl EARC
C
onsolidation and review of the Queensland Constitution, 1994 (Report 24)

Vic Scrutiny
S
ection 85 of the Constitution Act 1975, 1995 (DP 1)

Western Australian Constitutional Committee
T
he report of the Western Australian Constitutional Committee, 1995

Contempt of Court

ILRC
C
ontempt of Court, 1994 (LRC 47)

Contracts

Tas LRC
R
eport on harsh and unconscionable contracts, 1994 (Report 71)

Manitoba LRC
P
re-contractual misstatements, 1994 (Report 82)
Privity of Contract, 1993 (Report 80)

Scot Law Com
C
ontract law: extrinsic evidence, supersession, and the actio quanti minoris, 1994 (Scot Law Com DP 97)

Conveyancing

NZLC
A
new Property Law Act, 1994 (Report 29)

Copyright

see also Designs, Intellectual Property

Attorney-Generals Department
P
roposed moral rights legislation for copyright creators: discussion paper, 1994

Copyright Convergence Group
Highways to change: copyright in the new communications environment, 1994

Coroners

Chris Richards
G
rave concerns - institutionalised death in Queensland: a review of the Coroners' Act 1958, 1994?

Corruption

ICAC
Contracting for services: the probity perspective, 1995 (A Corruption Prevention Project)
Investigation into the relationship between police and criminals: first report, 1994
Investigation into the relationship between police and criminals: second report, 1994
Report on investigation into Randwick City Council, 1995
Report on investigation into the RTA and property disposal, 1995

QCJC
R
eport on an investigation into complaints against six aboriginal and island land councils, 1994
Report on an inquiry conducted by the Honourable DG Stewart into allegations of official misconduct at the Basil Stafford Centre, 1995

Qld Parl CJC
Report into allegations made by Robert David Butler and Christopher Charles Adams regarding former Superintendent John William Huey and the Criminal Justice Commission, 1993 (Report 21)

Costs

ALRC
Litigation cost rules, 1995 (Draft Recommendations Paper 1) [WIH on the report, due at the end September 95]
Who should pay?: a review of the litigation costs rules, 1994 (ALRC IP 13)

NTLRC
R
eport on suitors' costs fund, 1994 (Report 16)

Courts

Victoria Law Foundation & Vic AGLRAC
Standards for court-connected mediation in Victoria, 1994

ALRI
C
ourt-connected family mediation programs in Canada, 1994 (RP 20)

SALC
Report on the jurisdictional lacuna in the Supreme Court Act, 59 of 1959, 1994 (Project 87)

California LRC
T
rial court unification: constitutional revision (SCA 3), 1994

Covenants

WALRC
D
iscussion paper on restrictive covenants, 1995 (Project 91) [Submissions are being received until 29 September]

Creditors and Debtors

TasLRC
D
ebt recovery and enforcement [RP has been prepared and initial consultation undertaken]

SALC
D
ebt collecting, 1993 (WP 50; Project 74)

California LRC
Debtor-Creditor relations: report and recommendations, 1994

Criminal Codes

see Criminal Law

Criminal Investigation

ICAC
I
nvestigation into the relationship between police and criminals: second report, 1994
Inquisitorial systems of criminal justice and the ICAC: a comparison, 1994
Investigation into the relationship between police and criminals: first report, 1994
Report on investigation into Randwick City Council, 1995
Report on investigation into the RTA and property disposal, 1995

QCJC
Report of an investigation into the arrest and death of Daniel Alfred Yock, 1994
Report on a review of police powers in Queensland: Volume V: Electronic surveillance and other investigative procedures, 1994
Implementation of reform within the Queensland Police Service: the response of the Queensland Police Service to the Fitzgerald Inquiry recommendations, 1994
Report on an investigation into complaints against six Aboriginal and Island Land Councils, 1994
Report on cannabis and the law in Queensland, 1994
Submission to the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee on its review of the Criminal Justice Commission's activities, 1994
Report on an inquiry conducted by the Honourable DG Stewart into allegations of official misconduct at the Basil Stafford Centre, 1995

Qld Parl CJC
Report into allegations made by Robert David Butler and Christopher Charles Adams regarding former Superintendent John William Huey and the Criminal Justice Commission, 1993 (Report 21)
A report of a review of the activities of the Criminal Justice Commission pursuant to s 118(1)(f) of the Criminal Justice Act 1989, 1995 (Report 26)

Criminal Law

Sen
Criminal Code Bill 1994 and Crimes Amendment Bill 1994, 1994

SCAG Model Criminal Code Officers Committee
Model Criminal Code: Chapter 3 - Theft, fraud and related offences: discussion paper - Part One, 1993

NSWLRC
P
eople with an intellectual disability and the criminal justice system: courts and sentencing issues, 1994 (DP 35) [WIH on report]
Barratry, maintenance and champerty, 1994 (DP 36)
Provocation, diminished responsibility and infanticide - WIH on report
Criminal procedure: police powers of detention and investigation after arrest: vulnerable persons - Work deferred pending decision by Government on implementation of LRC 66

TasLRC
M
odel Criminal Code - The Commissioner continues to monitor the work of the Model Criminal Code Officers Committee of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General

HKLRC
R
eport on codification: the preliminary offences of incitement, conspiracy and attempt, 1994 (Topic 26)

ILRC
N
on-fatal offences against the person, 1994 (LRC 45-1994)
Consultation paper on intoxication as a defence to a criminal offence, 1995 (CP)

NZLC
C
ommunity safety: mental health and criminal justice issues, 1994 (Report 30)

SALC
T
he declaration and detention of persons as State patients under the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977, and the discharge of such persons under the Mental Health Act, Act 18 of 1973, including the burden of proof with regard to the mental state of an accused or convicted person, 1994 (WP 55; Project 89)
Simplification of criminal procedure, 1994 (WP 49; Project 73)

Law Com
C
riminal law: legislating the Criminal Code: offences against the person and general principles, 1993 (Law Com 218)
Binding over, 1994 (Law Com 222)
Legislating the criminal code: intoxication and criminal liability, 1995 (Law Com 229)
Legislating the criminal code: the year and a day rule in homicide, 1995 (Law Com 230)
Consent and offences against the person, 1994 (CP 134)
Criminal law: involuntary manslaughter: an overview, 1994 (CP 135 )
Evidence in criminal proceedings: hearsay and related topics, 1995 (CP 138)

Crown Privilege

ALRI
T
he presumption of crown immunity, 1994 (Report 71)

Custody

see also Family Law

ALRC
F
or the sake of the kids: complex contact cases and the Family Court, 1995 (ALRC 73)
Parent child contact and the Family Court, 1994 (ALRC IP 14)

D

Damages

QLRC
De facto relationships: claims by surviving de facto partners under the Common Law Practice Act 1867 for damages for wrongful death, 1994 (Report 48)

BCLRC
Report on standardized assumption for calculating income tax gross-up and management fees in assessing damages, 1994 (LRC 133)
Report on taxation and the assessment of income-related damage awards, 1994 (LRC 134)

NZLC
Aspects of damages: the award of interest on money claims, 1994 (Report 28)

Law Com
S
tructured settlements and interim and provisional damages, 1994 (Law Com 224)

De Facto Relationships

QLRC
De facto relationships: claims by surviving de facto partners under the Common Law Practice Act 1867 for damages for wrongful death, 1994 (Report 48)

Ontario LRC
Report on the rights and responsibilities of cohabitants under the Family Law Act, 1993

Deaths in Custody

QCJC
Report of an investigation into the arrest and death of Daniel Alfred Yock, 1994

Chris Richards
Grave concerns - institutionalised death in Queensland: a review of the Coroners' Act 1958, 1994?

Debts

see Creditors and Debtors

Defamation

Delegated Legislation

see Legislation

Derivatives

CASAC
Law of derivatives: an international comparison, 1995

Designs

see also Intellectual Property

ALRC
D
esigns, 1994 (ALRC DP 58) [Work has been completed on the report which will be tabled during the Spring 1995 Parliamentary session]

Diminished Responsibility

Disabilities

see Persons with Disabilities

Discrimination

ALRC
E
quality before the law: women's access to the legal system, 1994 (ALRC 67)
Equality before the law: justice for women, 1994 (ALRC 69 Part I)
Equality before the law: women's equality, 1994 (ALRC 69 Part II)

Sen
Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Bill 1994, 1994
Racial Hatred Bill 1994, 1995

NSWLRC
R
eview of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 [WIH on DP. A report is due by the end of 1995]

Vic Scrutiny

Review of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1984, 1993 (Interim Report)
Review of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1984, 1993 (Final Report)

Dispute Resolution

NTLRC
A
lternative dispute resolution [WIH on an examination of how ADR might be used in the NT. Four subcommittees examining aspects of ADR have been established. The subcommittees areexamining civil disputes, criminal disputes, family and other domestic disputes and Aboriginal disputes]

Victoria Law Foundation & Vic AGLRAC
Standards for court-connected mediation in Victoria, 1994

ALRI
C
ivil litigation: the judicial mini-trial, 1993 (Dispute Resolution - Special Series DP 1)
Court-connected family mediation programs in Canada, 1994 (RP 20)

Manitoba LRC
Arbitration, 1994 (Report 85)

Lord Chancellor's Department. Family Law Division
Looking to the future: mediation and the ground for divorce: a consultation paper, 1993 (Cm 2424)

Divorce

see Family Law

Domestic Violence

NSLRC
F
rom rhetoric to reality: ending domestic violence in Nova Scotia: final report, 1995

Drugs

QCJC
Report on cannabis and the law in Queensland, 1994

Drunkenness

see Criminal Law

E

Electoral Law

Qld Parl EARC
R
eport on review of closure of the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, 1994 (Report 23)
Report on public registration of political donations, public funding of election campaigns and related issues, 1993 (Report 20)

Enforcement of Judgments

WALRC
Discussion paper on enforcement of judgments in local courts, 1995 (Project 16 Part II) [WIH on report]

Entrapment

SALC
T
he application of the trapping system, 1994 (WP 52; Project 84)

Environmental Law

ARC
Environmental decisions and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 1994 (Report 36)

NSWLRC
Enforcement of environmental legislation [WIH on DP]

Environmental Protection

QCJC
Improper disposal of liquid waste in South East Queensland: Volume 1: Report regarding evidence received on mining issues, 1994

Equal Opportunity

see Discrimination

Euthanasia

SALC
E
uthanasia and the artificial preservation of life, 1994 (WP 53; Project 86)

Evidence

NZLC
E
vidence law: documentary evidence and judicial notice, 1994 (PP 22)
Evidence law: privilege, 1994 (PP 23)

F

Family Law

see also Adoption, Custody

ALRC
F
or the sake of the kids: complex contact cases and the Family Court, 1995 (ALRC 73)
Parent child contact and the Family Court, 1994 (ALRC IP 14)

FLC
I
nvolving and representing children in family law: discussion paper, 1995 (DP)

Sen
The Family Law Reform Bill 1994 and the Family Law Reform Bill (No 2) 1994, 1995
The Family Law Reform Bill 1994 and the Family Law Reform Bill (No 2) 1994: Second Report, 1995

ILRC
C
onsultation paper on family courts, 1994 (CP)

ALRI
E
ffect of divorce on wills, 1994 (Report 72)

NSLRC
E
nforcement of maintenance obligations: final report, 1992
The legal status of the child born outside of marriage in Nova Scotia: a discussion paper, 1993 (DP)
The legal status of the child born outside of marriage in Nova Scotia: final report, 1995

Ontario LRC
R
eport on the rights and responsibilities of cohabitants under the Family Law Act, 1993

Namibia LRDC
Aspects of family law: the abolition of marital power and equalisation of rights between spouses, 1994 (Report 1)

SALC
Report on the rights of a father in respect of his illegitimate child, 1994 (Project 79)
Report on Jewish divorces, 1994 (Project 76)

Lord Chancellor's Department. Family Law Division
Looking to the future: mediation and the ground for divorce: a consultation paper, 1993 (Cm 2424)

California LRC
1994 Family Code with official amendments, 1993 (Recommendation)

Federalism

Vic Scrutiny
Report: Australian Federalism Conference, 14 and 15 July 1994, 1994

Female Genital Mutilation

FLC
Female genital mutilation: discussion paper, 1994 (DP)
Female genital mutilation: a report to the Attorney-General, 1994

QLRC
Female genital mutilation, 1994 (Report 47)

Forfeiture

Scot Law Com
R
eport on Confiscation and Forfeiture, 1994 (Scot Law Com 147)

Foreign Jurisdiction

ILRC
Report on the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, 1995 (LRC 48-1995)

Fraud

SCAG Model Criminal Code Officers Committee
Model Criminal Code: Chapter 3 - Theft, fraud and related offences: discussion paper - Part One, 1993

Manitoba LRC
P
re-contractual misstatements, 1994 (Report 82)

Freedom of Information

ALRC & ARC
F
reedom of information, 1995 (ALRC DP 59) - Freedom of information, 1994 (ALRC IP 12)

QLRC
The Freedom of Information Act 1992: Review of Secrecy Provision Exemption, 1994 (QLRC Report 46)

Hong Kong Government
C
ode on access to information, 1995

G

Guardianship

NSLRC
A
dult guardianship in Nova Scotia: suggestions for reform of the Incompetent Persons Act: a discussion paper, 1993 (DP)

H

Homicide

Law Com
L
egislating the criminal code: the year and a day rule in homicide, 1995 (Law Com 230)

Homosexuality

Sen
Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Bill 1994, 1994

Human Rights

SALC
Final report on group and human rights, 1994 (Project 58)

I

Imperial Legislation

WALRC
R
eport on United Kingdom statutes in force in Western Australia, 1994 (Project 75)

Illegitimacy

see Family Law

Insolvency

HKLRC
Report on bankruptcy, 1995

SALC
Review of the law of insolvency: protection of the financial markets in the even of insolvency - interim report, 1994 (Project 63)

Intellectual Property

see also Designs

ARC
A
dministrative review and patents decisions: issues paper, 1994

Copyright LRC
Computer software protection, 1995

International Law

see Treaties

Investor Protection

California LRC
Uniform Prudent Investor Act, 1994

J

Joint Tenancy

NSWLRC
Unilateral severance of a joint tenancy, 1994 (Report 73)

WALRC
Joint tenancy and tenancy in common, 1994 (Project 78)

Joint Tortfeasors

Attorney-General's Department
I
nquiry into the law of joint and several liability: report of stage one, 1994

Judicial Review of Administrative Action

Law Com
A
dministrative law: judicial review and statutory appeals, 1994 (Law Com 226)

Juries

VLRC
Jury service in Victoria, 1994 (IP 1)

NSLRC
J
uries in Nova Scotia, 1994

L

Landlord and Tenant

see also Real Property

ACTCLRC
Private residential tenancy law, 1994 (Report 8)

Manitoba LRC
D
istress for rent in commercial tenancies, 1994 (Report 81)

Law Com
L
andlord and tenant law: Termination of Tenancies Bill, 1994 (Law Com 221)

LRACNI
B
usiness tenancies, 1994 (Report 1)

Law Reform

ALRAC
Minutes and record of proceedings: Sixteenth Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 24-25 April 1993, 1995

ACTAG
Reform News, 1994 (Nos 7 & 8)

Canada. Department of Justice
T
oward a new national law reform body, 1994 (Final report)
Law Reform Consultation: Summary of results, 1994
Creating a new Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1994 (CP)

ULCC
Seventy-fifth annual meeting, 1993

NBAG
L
aw reform notes, 1994 (No 2, March 1994 & No 3, November 1994)

Law Com
Law Commission Sixth Programme of Law Reform, 1995 (Law Com 234)

NCCUSL
H
andbook of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and proceedings of the annual Conference meeting in its ninety-seventh year, Washington, DC, July 28-August 5, 1988, 1993
Handbook of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and proceedings of the annual Conference meeting in its ninety-eighth year, Kanuai, Hawaii, July 28-August 4 1989, 1994

Legal Aid

QCJC
Report on the sufficiency of funding of the Legal Aid Commission of Queensland and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Queensland, 1995

Legislation

NZLC
T
he format of legislation, 1993 (Report 27)

New Zealand. Legislation Advisory Committee
R
eport of the Legislation Advisory Committee 1 July 1992 to 31 December 1993: issues of principle, 1994 (Report 8)

Law Com & Scot Law Com
Statute law revision: fifteenth report: draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill, 1995 (Law Com 233; Scot Law Com 150)

Liability

Attorney-General's Department
I
nquiry into the law of joint and several liability: report of stage one, 1994

BCLRC
R
eport on recreational injuries: liability and waivers in commercial leisure activities, 1994 (LRC 140)

SALC
L
imitation of professional liability, 1993 (WP 51; Project 70)

Law Com
L
iability for psychiatric illness: a consultation paper, 1995 (CP 137)

Liens

BCLRC
R
eport on the Tugboat Worker Lien Act, 1994 (LRC 138)
Report on the Woodworker Lien Act, 1994 (LRC 137)

Limitation of Actions

WALRC
Limitation and notice of actions [WIH on report]

M

Maintenance

see Family Law

Matrimonial Property

ALRI
The matrimonial home, 1995 (Report for Discussion 14)

Ontario LRC
R
eport on family property law, 1993

Media

Qld Parl EARC
R
eport on review of government media and information services, 1994 (Report 22)

Mediation

see Alternative Dispute Resolution

Medical Law

see also Sterilisation

QLRC
Consent to medical treatment of young people, 1995 (WP 44)

Mental Health

NZLC
C
ommunity safety: mental health and criminal justice issues, 1994 (Report 30)

SALC
T
he declaration and detention of persons as State patients under the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977, and the discharge of such persons under the Mental Health Act, Act 18 of 1973, including the burden of proof with regard to the mental state of an accused or convicted person, 1994 (WP 55; Project 89)

Law Com
L
iability for psychiatric illness: a consultation paper, 1995 (CP 137)

Mortgages

ALRI
M
ortgage remedies in Alberta, 1994 (Report 70)

N

Nationality

HofR
T
he use of the Coat of Arms: armed with national pride, 1994

Sen
A
system of national citizenship indicators, 1995 (DP)

Negligence

Law Com
C
ontributory negligence as a defence in contract, 1993 (Law Com 219)

Neighbour Relations

NSWLRC
Right of access to neighbouring land, 1994 (LRC 71) [WIH on Trees and Noise report]

O

Occupiers' Liability

ILRC
O
ccupiers' liability, 1994 (LRC 46 - 1994)

P

Perpetuities

Report on the rules against perpetuities and accumulations, 1993 (Report 15)

Law Com
T
he law of trusts: the rules against perpetuities and excessive accumulations: a consultation paper, 1993 (CP 133)

Personal Injuries

BCLRC
Report on recreational injuries: liability and waivers in commercial leisure activities, 1994 (LRC 140)

Law Com
Personal injury compensation: how much is enough? A study of compensation experiences of victims of personal injury, 1994 (Law Com 225)
Consent and offences against the person, 1994 (CP 134)

Personal Property Securities

NSWLRC
P
ersonal property securities - WIH on report due late 1995

BCLRC
Report on land-related interests and the Personal Property Security Act, 1995 (LRC 143)

Persons with Disabilities

ALRC
Commonwealth disability services: questions for people who use disability services and people who would like to use them, 1995 (ALRC IP 15) [WIH on DP for release in August. Public consultations will take place in October/November 1995]

NSWLRC
P
eople with an intellectual disability and the criminal justice system: courts and sentencing issues, 1994 (DP 35) [WIH on report]

QLRC
Assisted and substituted decisions: decision making by and for the people with a decision-making disability: draft report, 1995 (QLRC WP 43 (Draft Report); QLRC WP 43A (Summary of Recommendations))

WALRC
R
eport on consent to sterilisation of minors, 1994 (Project 77 Part II)

NSLRC
A
dult guardianship in Nova Scotia: suggestions for reform of the Incompetent Persons Act: a discussion paper, 1993 (DP)

Police

ALRC
Complaints against police [WIH on DP for release in October 1995. A final report expected in June 1996]

NSWLRC
Criminal procedure: police powers of detention and investigation after arrest: vulnerable persons - Work deferred pending decision by Government on implementation of LRC 66

QCJC
Report on a review of police powers in Queensland: Volume V: Electronic surveillance and other investigative procedures, 1994
Implementation of reform within the Queensland Police Service: the response of the Queensland Police Service to the Fitzgerald Inquiry recommendations, 1994
Report on a review of police powers in Queensland: volume III: arrest without warrant, demand name and address and move on powers, 1993
Report on a review of police powers in Queensland: volume IV: Suspects' rights, police questioning and pre-charge detention, 1994

Qld Parl CJC
Report on the review of the Criminal Justice Commission's report on a review of police powers in Queensland: Volume IV: Suspects rights, police questioning and pre-charge detention, 1995 (Report 27)
Report on the review of the Criminal Justice Commission's report on a review of police powers in Queensland: Volume V: electronic surveillance and other investigative procedures, 1995 (Report 28)

TasLRC
Police offences [WIH to review Parts I, II, III, IVA, V and VI of the Police Offences Act 1935, and in particular to consider the desirability of retaining the offence provisions contained within the specified Parts in their present statutory form, updating those offences or repealing them]

NZLC
Police questioning, 1994 (Report 31)

Power of Attorney

QLRC
Assisted and substituted decisions: decision making by and for the people with a decision-making disability: draft report, 1995 (QLRC WP 43 (Draft Report); QLRC WP 43A (Summary of Recommendations))

Manitoba LRC
Enduring and springing powers of attorney, 1994 (Report 83)

NSLRC
Living wills in Nova Scotia: a discussion paper, 1994 (DP)

California LRC
Recommendations on comprehensive power of attorney law, 1994
1995 comprehensive power of attorney law, 1994

Privacy

HofR
In confidence, 1995

Sen
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 1994, 1995

QCJC
Selling your secrets, 1994 (IP Series)

HKLRC
Report on reform of the law relating to the protection of personal data, 1994 (Topic 27)

Proceeds of Crime

Scot Law Com
Report on Confiscation and Forfeiture, 1994 (Scot Law Com 147)

Professions

Manitoba LRC
Regulating professions and occupations, 1994 (Report 84)

Prosecutions

QCJC
Report on the sufficiency of funding of the Legal Aid Commission of Queensland and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Queensland, 1995

Public Administration

Sen
Scrutiny of annual reports, 1994 (No 2 of 1994)
Scrutiny of annual reports, 1995 (No 1 of 1995)

Public Order

ACTCLRC
Public assemblies and street offences, 1994 (IP 10)

R

Racial Vilification

Sen
Racial Hatred Bill 1994, 1995

Real Property

NSWLRC
Torrens title: compensation for loss [WIH on report]
Rights to support by adjoining land [WIH on report]

NTLRC
Property law review [WIH on report]

TasLRC
Adverse possession [WIH to review the law relating to the adverse possession of land in Tasmania, and in particular whether the present Tasmanian law relating to adverse possession accords with current conditions and needs, and whether there is a need to repeal or amend the present law or introduce new legislation]

ALRI
Proposals for a land recording and registration Act, 1993 (Report 69)

NZLC
A new Property Law Act, 1994 (Report 29)

Remedies

ALRI
Mortgage remedies in Alberta, 1994 (Report 70)

Manitoba LRC
Pre-contractual misstatements, 1994 (Report 82)

Restitution

Law Com
Restitution: mistakes of law and ultra vires public authority receipts and payments, 1994 (Law Com 227)

S

Sale of Goods

WALRC
Sale of Goods Act [WIH on 2 DPs: (1) Implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act - Reform of the Sale of Goods Act; (2) other issues]

Securities

NSWLRC
Personal property securities [WIH on report due late 1995]

ALRI
Transfers of investment securities, 1993 (Report 67)

BCLRC
Land-related interests and the Personal Property Security Act, 1994 (CP 72)

Sex Discrimination

see Discrimination

Standing

ALRC
Standing - WIH on a DP due late September. The final report is due in February 1996

Sterilisation

WALRC
R
eport on consent to sterilisation of minors, 1994 (Project 77 Part II)

Succession

QLRC
Uniform succession laws for Australian States and Territories: Issues paper No 1: the law of wills, 1994 (QLRC WP 46)
Uniform succession laws for Australian States and Territories: Issues paper No 2: family provision, 1995 (QLRC WP 47) [WIH on the report]

Surrogacy

ACTAG
Surrogacy agreements in the ACT, 1993 (DP)

T

Theft

SCAG Model Criminal Code Officers Committee
Model Criminal Code: Chapter 3 - Theft, fraud and related offences: discussion paper - Part One, 1993

Torts

NSWLRC
Contribution among joint tortfeasors [WIH on DP]

Trade Marks

HofR
The use of the Coat of Arms: armed with national pride, 1994

Sen
Cashing in on the Sydney Olympics: protecting the Sydney Olympic Games from ambush marketing, 1995

Trade Practices

ALRC
Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974, 1994 (ALRC 68)
Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974, 1993 (ALRC DP 56)

HofR
The use of the Coat of Arms: armed with national pride, 1994

Sen
Cashing in on the Sydney Olympics: protecting the Sydney Olympic Games from ambush marketing, 1995

Transsexuality

SALC
Examination of the legal consequences of sexual realignment and related matters, 1994 (WP 24 (Project 52))

Treaties

Sen
Signing and implementation of treaties [WIH on reference]

Tribunals

ARC
Review of Commonwealth merits review tribunals: discussion paper, 1994 (DP)

Trusts and Trustees

ALRI
Beneficiary designations: RRSPs, RRIFs and Section 47 of the Trustee Act, 1993 (Report 68)

Law Com
The law of trusts: delegation by individual trustees, 1994 (Law Com 220)
The law of trusts: the rules against perpetuities and excessive accumulations: a consultation paper, 1993 (CP 133)

U

Uniform Laws

ULCC
Seventy-fifth annual meeting, 1993

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Handbook of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and proceedings of the annual Conference meeting in its ninety-eighth year, Kanuai, Hawaii, July 28-August 4 1989, 1994
Handbook of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and proceedings of the annual Conference meeting in its ninety-seventh year, Washington, DC, July 28-August 5, 1988, 1993

V

Victims of Crime

VLRC
Restitution for victims of crime: final report (Final Report)
Restitution for victims of crime: interim report, 1993

W

Whistleblowers

QCJC
Whistleblowers - concerned citizens or disloyal mates?: papers presented at a conference held in Brisbane on 23 November 1993, 1994

Wills

VLRC
Reforming the law of wills: report upon an inquiry into the 1991 Draft Wills Bill, 1994 (Final Report)

ALRI
Beneficiary designations: RRSPs, RRIFs and Section 47 of the Trustee Act, 1993 (Report 68)
Effect of divorce on wills, 1994 (Report 72)

NSLRC
Living wills in Nova Scotia: a discussion paper, 1994 (DP)

Women and the Law

ALRC
Equality before the law: women's access to the legal system, 1994 (ALRC 67)
Equality before the law: justice for women, 1994 (ALRC 69 Part 1)
Equality before the law: women's equality, 1994 (ALRC 69 Part 2)

abbreviations and acronyms

ACTAG ACT Attorney-General
ACTCLRC ACT Community Law Reform Committee
ALRC Australian Law Reform Commission
ALRI Alberta Law Reform Institute
ARC Administrative Review Council
BCLRC Law Reform Commission of British Columbia
California LRC California Law Revision Commission
CASAC Company and Securities Advisory Committee (Australia)
Copyright LRC Copyright Law Review Committee (Australia)
CP Consultation paper
DP Discussion paper
FLC Family Law Council (Australia)
HofR House of Representatives Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs
HKLRC Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong
ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption (NSW)
ILRC Irish Law Reform Commission
IP Issues paper
Law Com Law Commission (UK)
LRACNI Law Reform Advisory Committee of Northern Ireland
Manitoba LRC Manitoba Law Reform Commission
Namibia LRDC Namibia Law Reform Development Commission
NBAG New Brunswick Attorney-General's Department
NSLRC Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
NSWLRC New South Wales Law Reform Commission
NTLRC Northern Territory Law Reform Committee
NZLC New Zealand Law Commission
Ontario LRC Ontario Law Reform Commission
QCJC Queensland Criminal Justice Commission
QLRC Queensland Law Reform Commission
Qld Parl CJC Queensland Parliamentary Criminal Justice Commission
Qld Parl EARC Queensland Parliamentary Electoral and Administrative Review Commission
PP Preliminary paper
RP Research paper
SALC South African Law Commission
SCAG Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (Australia)
Scot Law Com Scottish Law Commission
Sen Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs
TasLRC Law Reform Commissioner of Tasmania
ULCC Uniform Law Commissioners Conference (Canada)
VicAGLRAC Victorian Attorney-General's Law Reform Advisory Council
VicLRC Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee
Vic Scrutiny Victorian Parliamentary Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
WALRC Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
WIH Work in hand
WACC Western Australian Constitutional Committee



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