THE AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 86 January 2012 — December 2012 GENERAL EDITOR MR JUSTICE P W YOUNG AO THOMSON REUTERS EDITOR CHERYLE KING ASSISTANT GENERAL EDITOR ANGELINA GOMEZ INDEX ALAN WALKER BA (Hons), DipLib THOMSON REUTERS 2012 Customer Service and Sales Inquiries Tel: 1300 304 195 Fax: 1300 304 196 Web: www.thomsonreuters.com.au/legal/ Email: [email protected] Editorial Inquiries Tel: 61 2 8587 7000 HEAD OFFICE 100 Harris Street Pyrmont NSW 2009 Tel: 61 2 8587 7000 Fax: 61 2 8587 7100 ISSN 0004-9611 Typeset by Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd, Pyrmont, NSW Printed by Ligare Pty Ltd, Riverwood, NSW The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 iii The mode of citation of this volume of the AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL will be: (2012) 86 ALJ TABLE OF CONTENTS AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL TABLE OF AUTHORS ........................................................................ v TABLE OF CASES .............................................................................. ix AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, VOL 86, No 1, January 2012 to No 12, December 2012 .................. 1-856 INDEX .................................................................................................. 857 AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL REPORTS CASE REPORTERS ............................................................................ iv TABLE OF CASES REPORTED ........................................................ v CORRIGENDA .................................................................................... viii AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL REPORTS, VOL 86 ...................... 1-1480 INDEX .................................................................................................. 1481 ARRANGEMENT OF INDEXES AND TABLES OF CASES • There are separate Indexes and Tables of Cases to ALJ and ALJR. • The ALJ Index covers all the material in the Journal. In addition there is an Index of Authors covering the feature articles. The Table of Cases is a table for this volume of all English, Australian, and other decisions, which have formed the subject matter of explanation and comment in articles and in notes and paragraphs in the various departments of the Journal. • The ALJR Index and Table of Cases relate solely to the cases reported in the Reports, that is, to cases decided by the High Court of Australia. Comprehensive Tables of Contents for each monthly Part are available at http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/support/ps_index.asp iv The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 v TABLE OF AUTHORS AITKEN, LEE — “Asset Lending” and the Improvident Borrower ............................................................................... 134 Two “Simple” Problems with the “Uncommercial Transaction” ...................................................... 47 ALEKSOV, ANGEL — Intervention in Constitutional Cases .................................................................................................. 555 BENNETT, HAYLEY AND G A (TONY) BROE — The Civil Standard of Proof and the “Test” in Briginshaw: Is there a Neurobiological Basis to being “Comfortably Satisfied”? ........................................................................................... 258 BIRCH, DAVID AND ALICE ZHENG — Cutting the Gordian Knot or Entangling it Further? .......................................................................... 748 BROE, G A (TONY) AND HAYLEY BENNETT — The Civil Standard of Proof and the “Test” in Briginshaw: Is there a Neurological Basis to being “Comfortably Satisfied”? ........................................................................................... 258 BRYSON, JOHN P — Common Law Pleadings in New South Wales and How They Got Here .......................................... 452 CRADDOCK, GERARD, SC — Causation in Securities Litigation ...................................................................................................... 813 DESIATNIK, DR R J — Legal Professional Privilege: A Parochial Doctrine? ......................................................................... 536 DOUGLAS, HON JUSTICE JAMES — England as a Source of Australian Law: For How Long? .................................................................. 333 DOYLE, HON JOHN, AC — Imagining the Past, Remembering the Future: The Demise of Civil Litigation ................................ 240 EAGLE, KERRI AND CHRISTOPHER RYAN — Mind the Gap: The Potentially Incapable Patient who Objects to Assessment .................................. 685 EASTWOOD, ANDREW — Do You Waive Privilege by Pleading Reliance? ............................................................................... 545 vi The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 FREE, LAURA — Nominee Board Members: A Duty of Confidentiality? ..................................................................... 768 GAFFNEY, THOMAS F — Borrowed Manners: Court Etiquette and the Modern Lawyer ........................................................... 842 HANDFORD, PETER — Intention, Negligence and the Civil Liability Acts ............................................................................ 100 HARVEY, MATTHEW N C — Arresting a “Ship”: Boats, Bunkers and Barometers ......................................................................... 189 HATZISTERGOS, JOHN — The Evolving Office of the New South Wales Attorney General ...................................................... 197 JARVIS, D G — The Practice of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in relation to Medical Evidence ..................... 34 JONES, OLIVER — When is the Federal Magistrates Court Bound by the Federal Court? ............................................... 478 KALDOR, THOMAS — Competing Approaches to Beneficiary Access to Trust Information: Perhaps Not so much of “a Fork in the Road” ................................................................................................................ 775 KELSEY-SUGG, DAVID — Formation of Opinions by Insurers .................................................................................................... 379 KYROU, JUSTICE EMILIOS — Judicial Review of Decisions of Non-Governmental Bodies Exercising Governmental Powers: Is Datafin Part of Australian Law? ...................................................................................... 20 LIM, BRENDAN — The Case for Hypothetical Jurisdiction: Postulating Jurisdiction in Unmeritorious Civil Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 616 LINDSAY, GEOFF, SC — Understanding Contract Law through Australian Legal History: Whatever Happened to Assumpsit in New South Wales? ......................................................................................... 589 MAIDEN, STEWART — Guarding against Foreign Insolvency Proceedings: The Importance of the Centre of Main Interests in Transaction Planning ......................................................................................... 697 The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 vii MANSTED, RACHEL — Jurisdiction over Foreign Intellectual Property Law: The Force is Strong ........................................ 489 MASON, KEITH — The Distinctiveness and Independence of Intermediate Courts of Appeal ........................................ 308 MICHAEL, BRENT AND DEREK WONG — Western Export Services v Jireh International: Ambiguity as the Gateway to Surrounding Circumstances? .................................................................................................................... 57 MILLER, PAUL — Shareholder Class Actions: Are They Good for Shareholders? ......................................................... 633 MONICHINO, ALBERT, SC — International Arbitration in Australia: The Need to Centralise Judicial Power ................................. 118 PRESTON, HON JUSTICE BRIAN J — The Enduring Importance of the Rule of Law in Times of Change ................................................... 175 RAINE, MICHAEL — Closing the Door on F-Cubed Litigation: But For How Long? ......................................................... 398 RYAN, CHRISTOPHER AND KERRI EAGLE — Mind the Gap: The Potentially Incapable Patient who Objects to Assessment .................................. 685 SACKVILLE, RONALD, AO — Appellate Judging: Onwards and Outwards Towards Mid-century ................................................... 249 TROMBITAS, EUGEN — GST: How Broad is “Supply” — A Perspective on Qantas ............................................................... 675 WONG, DEREK AND BRENT MICHAEL — Western Export Services v Jireh International: Ambiguity as the Gateway to Surrounding Circumstances? .................................................................................................................... 57 WYBURN, MARY — Protecting the Works of Indigenous Artists under Copyright Law and at its Borders ....................... 829 ZHENG, ALICE AND DAVID BIRCH — Cutting the Gordian Knot or Entangling it Further? .......................................................................... 748 viii The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 ix * TABLE OF CASES 3143 Victoria Street Doncaster Pty Ltd v Retirement Alcatel Australia Ltd v Scarcella, 347 Services Australia (RSA) Pty Ltd, 224 Alchemy Estates Ltd v Astor, 805 400 George Street (Qld) Pty Ltd v BG International Ltd, Aldridge v Keaton, 164 66 The “Alexander” (1812), 194 Alexander v Ajax Insurance Co Ltd, 592 Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd v Customs & A Excise Commissioners [No 2], 537 Algama v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural A, In re [2012], 306 Affairs, 64, 331, 484, 487 A v Hoare, 104 Ali v Lane, 14 AB v The Queen (1999), 314 All Covers & Accessories Pty Ltd v Sidowi, 447 Abalos v Australian Postal Commission, 254 Allen v Allen (1894), 263 ABB Service Pty Ltd v Pyrmont Light Rail Co Ltd, 127 Allen v Roughley, 86 Abbott v Philbin, 683 Allesch v Maunz, 253, 313, 627 Abebe v Commonwealth, 618 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v GSF Australia Pty Ltd, Abignano Ltd v Electricity Commission (NSW), 751 820 Abigroup Ltd v Akins, 537 Aloe Vera of America, Inc v Asianic Food (S) Pte Ltd, Abimola v Ashcroft, 625 123 Abringer v Ashton (1873), 43 Alonso v SRS Investments (WA) Pty Ltd, 584 Ackers v Saad Investments Co Ltd, 703 Alstom SA Securities Litigation, In re, 414, 416 ACN 078 272 867 Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Altain Khuder LLC v IMC Mining Inc [2011], 123, 125, Taxation, 479 127 Active Leisure (Sports) Pty Ltd v Sportsman’s Australia Altain Khuder LLC v IMC Mining Inc [No 2] [2011], 127 Ltd, 713 Amaca Pty Ltd v Ellis, 45 Adams v Adams [1971], 560 America Online, Inc v Superior Court, 666 Adams v Vance, 623 Ampolex Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Ltd, 548 Adamson v New South Wales Rugby League Ltd, 23, 26 Anaconda Operations Pty Ltd v Fluor Australia Pty Ltd, Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd, 743 761 Addison v Denholm Ship Management (UK) Ltd, 194 The “Andalusian” (1878), 191 Adelaide City Council v Corneloup, 17−18 Anderton v Burrows, 691 Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v Spalvins, 325, 536, 545−547 Adrian Beard — see Beard Andrews v Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Advance (NSW) Insurance Agencies Pty Ltd v Matthews, Ltd, 668−669 384 Andrews v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, 274 AED Oil Ltd v Puffin FPSO Ltd, 122, 127, 132−133 Andy’s Earth Works Pty Ltd v Verey, 304 Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v United States, 401, Anikin v Sierra, 46 406−407, 411−412 Ansett Australia Ground Staff Superannuation Pty Ltd v AG — see Attorney-General Ansett Australia Ltd, 330 Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Brakatselos, Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v 587−588 Commonwealth, 557 Agripay Pty Ltd v Byrne, 377 Antaios Cia Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB (The Agusta Pty Ltd v Provident Capital Ltd, 517−518 “Antaios”), 765 Airedale NHS Trust v Bland, 686 Antonio Gramsci Shipping Corp v Stepanovs, 586, 673 Ajlani v Chertoff, 625 Antonovic v Volker, 136 Akai Pty Ltd v Peoples Insurance Co Ltd, 384 Antunovic v Dawson, 686, 691 Akins v Abigroup Ltd, 325 ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp, 613 * This Table includes only cases referred to in articles, notes etc, of the Journal. There is a separate Table of Cases Reported in the ALJR. x The Australian Law Journal — Vol 86 AP Group Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, 680 Australian Broadcasting Corp v O’Neill, 713 Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier, 548 Australian Capital Territory v JT, 693 Apriaden Pty Ltd v Seacrest Pty Ltd, 741 Australian Communications Authority v Viper Aquagenics Pty Ltd v Break O’Day Council, 129 Communications Pty Ltd, 393 Armitage v Nurse, 784 Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth Arndt v McIntyre, 445 (Communist Party Case) 183 Arnotts Ltd v Trade Practices Commission, 45 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Arnwell Pty Ltd v Teilaboot Pty Ltd, 127 Australian Dreamtime Creations Pty Ltd, 832 Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Merck & Co Inc, 536, 542 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren, 318, 476, 481 Artistic Builders Pty Ltd v Nash, 547 Australian Crime Commission v Stewart, 542 ASC — see Australian Securities Commission Australian Crime Commission v Stoddart, 251 Ashton v Pratt [No 2] [2012], 448 Australian Gas Light Co v Australian Competition & ASIC — see Australian Securities & Investments Consumer Commission [No 2], 628 Commission Australian Granites v Eisenwerk Hensel Bayreuth GmbH, Aspden v Sneddon, 563 121-122 Associated Alloys Pty Ltd v ACN 001 452 106 Pty Ltd, Australian Railways Union v Victorian Railways 366−367 Commissioners, 555 Aston Cantlow Parochial Church Council v Wallbank, Australian Receivables Ltd v Tekitu Pty Ltd, 674 31−32 Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna, 330 AT&T Mobility LLC v Concepcion, 666−669 Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Attorney-General v Brown (1847), 614 Edensor, 617 Attorney General (Cth) v Breckler, 26, 396 Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Attorney General (Cth) v Finch [No 2], 64 Healey, 644, 818 Attorney-General (Jersey) v Holley, 483 Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Attorney-General (NSW) v Brewery Employees’ Union Lanepoint Enterprises Pty Ltd, 315 (NSW) (1908), 207 Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Online Attorney-General (NSW) v Commonwealth Savings Bank, Investors Advantage Inc, 644 561 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Attorney-General (NSW) v Curran, 204 Mines Ltd, 317, 321−323, 325−326, 328 Attorney-General (NSW) v Now.com.au Pty Ltd, 208 Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v Commonwealth, 597, Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin, 183 599 Attorney-General (NT) v Kearney, 537, 542 Avanes v Marshall, 775, 777−778, 781−782, 785, Attorney-General (NT) v Maurice, 546 787−788 Attorney-General (St Christopher, Nevis & Anguilla) v AWB Ltd v Cole [No 2], 625 Reynolds, 322 Attorney General (UK) v Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd (“Spycatcher”), 66, 492, 499−500 Attorney-General (Vic); Ex rel Black v Commonwealth, B 559 Attorney-General (Vic) v Commonwealth (Marriage Act case) (1962), 444-445 B, Re [2002], 686−687, 693, 695 Aubergine Enterprises Ltd v Lakewood International Ltd, B & B Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Brian A Cheeseman 804−805 & Associates Pty Ltd, 68 Aurukun Shire Council v CEO Office of Liquor Gaming B & J [1996], 164 & Racing in the Department of Treasury, 326 Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Co Ltd v Joseph Austin v Newnham [1906], 516 Nathan & Co Ltd, 329 Austral Dutch Kaolin Pty Ltd v Hanjin P&C Co Ltd, 549, Bacon v Purcell, 58 552−553 Bahr v Nicolay [No 2], 229. 366 Australian Agricultural Co Ltd v AMP Life Ltd, 549 Bailey v Director-General, Department of Land & Water Australian Breeders Co-operative Society Ltd v Jones, 815 Conservation, 546, 550, 552 Australian Broadcasting Commission v Australasian Baker v Campbell, 536−537, 539 Performing Right Association Ltd, 67, 223 Baker v The Queen [1975], 487 * This Table includes only cases referred to in articles, notes etc, of the Journal. There is a separate Table of Cases Reported in the ALJR.