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 A Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd v Customs & Excise Commissioners [No 2], 537