CLQ Library

Welcome to the Commercial Law Quarterly Library. The library contains all published editions of the Quarterly and most editions of The Bulletin. We suggest that financial members of the CLA log into their account before searching the library as all articles are free for financial members. You can search the library by year or volume number. A keyword search will search the article titles and authors not the body of the copy. Articles can not be accessed separately. Download is by complete issue only.

Commercial Law Quarterly

The Commercial Law Quarterly (CLQ) is the official publication of the Commercial Law Association of Australia. The journal has been published continuously for over 35 years and is a highly respected reference material for those involved with the practice of law. CLQ contains both refereed articles and seminar papers.
If you have a paper you are interested in having published please send it to either gregory.tolhurst@sydney.edu.au or memberservices@cla.org.au

The Bulletin

The Bulletin was the predecessor to the Commercial Law Quarterly. It was published from 1968 to 1985. Unfortunately, not every issue of The Bulletin is available in the library.

    • Recent developments in financial services law
    • The constructive trust over copyright: a raw deal for activists?
    • The measurement and assessment of damages for contraventions of the ACL that induce contract (or contractual) variations
    • Seasonal uncertainty: the Court reins in creative construction:
    • Failure of contractual performance: remedial issues in light of recent appellate authority 
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  • Systemic unconscionability and corporate intention
    By The Hon Justice Kristina Stern and Scott Murray-Walker
    page 4
  • The ‘gravitational pull’ of the unfair contract terms regime: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Auto & General Insurance Limited
    By Clare Veal
    page 18
  • Bribery at common law and in equity: the necessity of a fiduciary relationship post-Hopcraft — Hopcraft and another v Close Brothers Limited; Johnson v FirstRand Bank Limited (London branch) t/a MotoNovo Finance; Wrench v FirstRand Bank Limited (London branch) t/a MotoNovo Finance [2025] UKSC 33
    By Edwaad Goodman
    page 25
  • Bill shock: security, misdelivery and the scope of rights of suit: Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd v United Overseas Bank Ltd (‘The Maersk Katalin (CA)’)
    By Hamish Sutton
    page 30
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  • The unconscionable corporation: reading the corporate mind
    By The Hon Justice Peter Brereton
    page 4
  • Recurring problems with novation
    By G J Tolhurst
    page 13
  • The rule in Shevill's case
    By J W Carter
    page 25
  • Elimination of conditions precedent by repudiation
    By The Hon Fabian Gleeson SC
    page 28
  • The varieties of equitable estoppel
    By The Hon Justice Elisabeth Peden and Jerry Leung
    page 35
  • May v Costaras [2025] NSWCA 178: assessing contributions in failed joint endeavour constructive trusts and the perils of Gen AI use
    By Amy O'Reilly
    page 44
  • The scope of statutory unconscionability refined: AHG WA (2015) Pty Ltd v Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd
    By Oscar Clark
    page 49
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    • Recent developments in commercial damages
    • Fiduciary duties in a commercial context: from Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation to Jaken Properties Australia Pty Ltd v Naaman
    • A tale of two tenements: the construction and validity of registered easements
    • Taking free & proceeds under the PPSA: Metal Manufacturers Pty Ltd v Westrac Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCA 97
    • Contract law master class 2025. Part 2 of 2
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