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• Independent Commission Against Corruption v Cunneen [2015] HCA 14

  By Editor-in-Chief on 15 April 2015 • ( 0 )

  Independent Commission Against Corruption v Cunneen ICAC v Cunneen [2015] HCA 14 (15 April 2015) (FRENCH CJ, HAYNE, KIEFEL, GAGELER AND NETTLE JJ). Available in friendly JADE reading PDF format: JADE reading format for [2015] HCA 14.

• Re-inventing the authority and integrity of primary legal sources for the online world

  By Editor-in-Chief on 7 March 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  It’s a lofty title, and that’s only part of it. In late 2012 we read with interest that AustLII had been awarded a four year ‘linkage’ project at a total ARC funded value of $150,000 commencing in 2013, with the… Read More ›

• Today in the High Court — Korda v Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited [2015] HCA 6

  By Editor-in-Chief on 4 March 2015 • ( 0 )

  Korda v Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited [2015] HCA 6 (04 March 2015) (FRENCH CJ, HAYNE, KIEFEL, GAGELER AND KEANE JJ) 3 March 2015. Available in the excellent JADE reading format: BarNet-JADE-2015-HCA-06

• Today in the High Court — Australian Communications and Media Authority v Today FM (Sydney) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 7

  By Editor-in-Chief on 4 March 2015 • ( 0 )

  Australian Communications and Media Authority v Today FM (Sydney) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 7 Statutes – Statutory construction. Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power. Words and phrases – “adjudging and punishing criminal guilt”, “administrative enforcement action”, “judicial power”, “used in… Read More ›

• Meet the JADE Research Vault … it’s an advance

  By Editor-in-Chief on 23 February 2015 • ( 0 )

  You may remember the days of paper. We do. We still have a lot of it and we use it every day. This is one of our research vaults. It’s where the JADE editorial team extracts meaning, sometimes with a… Read More ›

• Our Legal Research Desktop

  By Editor-in-Chief on 23 February 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    JADE Advance … we’re already there … transforming research It’s been a big week of advance here at the JADE Legal Research HQ. As always, the team has been experimenting with all kinds of new ideas to bring you… Read More ›

• Lawcite and citation updates performance history

  By Editor-in-Chief on 14 February 2015 • ( 0 )

  There are strengths and weaknesses of legal citators. One strength is that a citator can provide a researcher with pin-point updates when a later decision has made reference to a particular passage within an earlier legal decision. JADE’s CaseTrace provides that… Read More ›

• Litigation History as part of your Legal Research Routine

  By Editor-in-Chief on 9 February 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Litigation history is now part of JADE In the past two months, our editorial team has been matching decisions in JADE from first instance to special leave and beyond. Litigation history in JADE lets you locate the every decision in the… Read More ›

• Tracking litigation history requires modern research systems

  By Editor-in-Chief on 8 February 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Litigation history now featured in JADE The JADE editorial team is delighted to report the addition of two new pieces of equipment to help modernise our litigation history analysis. Litigation History now appears in JADE and allows you to discover (in… Read More ›

• JADE’s Research Department

  By Editor-in-Chief on 16 July 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s very busy in JADE‘s legal research department. This is where we try out new ideas for the legal research platform. Our favourite saying is “near enough is not near enough, BE EXACT!” Photo source: 17420_a014_a014001283