Australian Women's Private Law Network

Welcome to the AWPLN blog. Our intention is to celebrate and disseminate research undertaken by Australian women in the area of private law. If you’re wondering what ‘private law’ encompasses, please see here.

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Work published by Australian women in private law from September 2018 to December 2018:

We are aware of the following publications (in alphabetical order according to author surname):

• Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson, ‘Misleading Conduct before the Federal Court of Australia: Achievements and Challenges’ in Pauline Ridge and James Stellios (eds) The Federal Court’s Contribution to Australian Law: Past, Present and Future (Federation Press, Leichhardt 2018) 165;
• Elise Bant, ‘Fees for no service: how ASIC is trying to make corporate misconduct hurt’ The Conversation 19 September 2018;
• Elise Bant, ‘Misleading Conduct. So What!: Indifference and disregard for the rule of law in Australia requires a firmer hand and tougher penalties’ Pursuit 25 September 2018;
• Elise Bant, ‘Three Simple Steps to Fix our Banks’ The Conversation 1 October 2018;
• Elise Bant, Submission to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, 4 October 2018;
• Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson, Submission to Treasury on its proposed reforms to strengthen penalties for corporate and financial sector misconduct, 12 October 2018;
• Katy Barnett, ‘Gain-Based relief for Breach of Privacy’ in Nicole Moreham and Jason NE Varuhas (eds), Remedies for Breach of Privacy, (Hart Publishing, 2018);
• Katy Barnett, ‘Review Article: A Critical Consideration of Substitutive Awards in Contract Law’ (2018) 81(6) Modern Law Review 1064 ($);
• Katy Barnett, ‘A reconsideration of section 1324(10) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth): damages in lieu of an injunction’ (2018) 36 Company and Securities Law Journal 370 ($);
• Robyn Carroll, ‘Apologies and Corrections as Remedies for Breach of Privacy’ in Nicole Moreham and Jason Varuhas (eds), Remedies for Breach of Privacy, (Hart Publishing 2018);
• Simone Degeling, ‘Allocating Benefits and Burdens: Certainty in Calculating Monetary Remedies for Breach of Fiduciary Duty’ in Kit Barker and Ross Grantham (eds), Apportionment in Private Law (Hart Publishing, 2018) 22;
• Rebecca Giblin, ‘A New Copyright Bargain?: Reclaiming Lost Culture and Getting Authors Paid’ (2018) 41 Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 369;
• Anja Kantic and Jane Knowler, ‘Third Parties and Breaching Fiduciaries in Corporate Law’ (2018) 33 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 1;
• Felicity Maher, ‘Clarity or Confusion?  Duress, undue influence and unconscionable conduct in the High Court’ (2018) 12(1) Journal of Equity 91;
• Felicity Maher, ‘Contractual severance:  A unified approach?’ (2018) 45(3) Australian Bar Review 260;
• Kayleen Manwaring, ‘Will Emerging Technologies Outpace Consumer Protection Law? The Case of Digital Consumer Manipulation (2018) 26(2) Competition and Consumer Law Journal 141;
• Yvette Maker, Jeannie Marie Paterson, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Bernadette McSherry and Lisa Brophy, ‘From Safety Nets to Support Networks: Beyond ‘Vulnerability’ in Protection for Consumers with Cognitive Disabilities‘ (2018) 41(3) University of New South Wales Law Journal 818;
• Yvette Maker, Jeannie Marie Paterson, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Bernadette McSherry and Lisa Brophy, ‘Ensuring Equality for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities in Consumer Contracting: An International Human Rights Law Perspective‘ (2018) 19(1) Melbourne Journal of International Law 178 (forthcoming);
• Barbara McDonald and David Rolph, ‘Remedial Consequences of Classification of a Privacy Action: Dog or Wolf, Tort or Equity?’ in Nicole Moreham and Jason Varuhas (eds), Remedies for Breach of Privacy, (Hart Publishing 2018);
• Megan Richardson, Marcia Neave and Michael Rivette, ‘Invasion of Privacy and Recovery for Distress’ in Nicole Moreham and Jason Varuhas (eds), Remedies for Breach of Privacy, (Hart Publishing 2018);
• Philippa Ryan, Trust and Distrust in Digital Economies (Routledge, forthcoming);
• Teresa Somes and Eileen Webb ‘Financial Abuse’ in Sue Field, Karen Williams and Carolyn Sappideen (eds), Elder Law (Federation Press, 2018).
• Mark van Rijmenam and Philippa Ryan, Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World (Routledge, 2019) (but already available)
• Prue Vines and Robyn Carroll, ‘The Apology Ordinance: Bold Steps into Some Uncharted Areas of Apology-Protecting Legislation’ (2018) 48 Hong Kong Law Journal (forthcoming); and
• Eileen Webb, ‘Housing in an Ageing Australia: The Ideal of Security of Tenure and the Undermining Effect of Elder Abuse’ (2018) 18 Macquarie Law Journal 57.

Promotions of women in private law in 2018:

We are aware of the following promotions of women in private law:

• Dr Philippa Ryan (UTS) was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
• Dr Kylie Burns (Griffith) and Dr Rosemary Langford (MLS) were promoted to Associate Professor.
• Dr Katy Barnett (MLS), Dr Lyria Bennett Moses (Syd), Dr Jeannie Paterson (MLS) and Dr Natale Skead (UWA) were promoted to Professor.