A/Prof. Neil Foster
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 7430 |
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| Fax | (02) 4921 6931 |
| Neil.Foster@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Office | MC177, McMullin Building |
Highlighted Publications
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'The merits of the civil action for breach of statutory duty', The Sydney Law Review, 33 67-93 (2011) [C1] | |
| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'General risks or specific measures? The High Court decision in Kirk', Australian Journal of Labour Law, 23 230-239 (2010) [C1] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal civil liability of company officers for company workplace torts', Torts Law Journal, 16 20-68 (2008) [C1] |
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| 2005 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal Liability of Company Officers for Corporate Occupational Health and Safety Breaches: Section 26 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW)', Australian Journal of Labour Law, 18 107-135 (2005) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Breach of statutory duty and risk management in occupational health and safety law: New wine in old wineskins?', The Tort Law Review, 14 79 - 104 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Manslaughter by Managers: The Personal Liability of Company Officers for Death Flowing from Company Workplace Safety Breach', The Flinders Journal of Law Reform, 9 79 - 111 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Mining, maps and mindfulness: The Gretley appeal to the Full Bench of the Industrial Court of NSW', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Australia and New Zealand, 24 113-129 (2008) [C1] |
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, Workplace Health and Safety Law in Australia, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, 646 (2012) [A1] |
Publications
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Books (4 outputs)
Authored - Research (A1) (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, Workplace Health and Safety Law in Australia, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, 646 (2012) [A1] |
Authored - Other (A2) (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2009 | Luntz Harold, Hambly David, Burns Kylie, Dietrich Joachim, Foster Neil James, Torts: Cases and Commentary, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, 898 (2009) [A2] |
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Edited (A3) (1 outputs)
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| 2007 | Gray Janice, Edgeworth Brendan, Foster Neil James, Grattan Scott, Property Law in New South Wales, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, 668 (2007) [A3] |
Revision/New Edition (A4) (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2012 | Gray Janice, Edgeworth Brendan, Foster Neil James, Dorsett Shaunnagh, Property Law in New South Wales, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood, NSW, 736 (2012) [A4] |
Chapters In A Book (5 outputs)
Chapter in A1 Book (B1) (2 outputs)
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, 'Defamation and vilification: Rights to reputation, free speech and freedom of religion at common law and under human rights laws', Freedom of Religion under Bills of Rights, University of Adelaide Press, Adelaide, SA, 63-85 (2012) [B1] | |
| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'Individual liability of company officers', European Developments in Corporate Criminal Liability, Routledge, Abingdon, 114-138 (2011) [B1] |
Chapter in A2 Book (B2) (3 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'The tort of breach of statutory duty', Fleming's The Law of Torts, Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia, Pyrmont, NSW, 423-436 (2011) [B2] | |
| 2002 | Foster Neil James, 'BOUNDARIES, FENCES AND ENCROACHMENTS', Halsbury's Laws of Australia, LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS, SYDNEY, 37 (2002) [B2] | |
| 2002 | Foster Neil James, 'COVENANTS AFFECTING LAND', Halsbury's Laws of Australia, LEXISNEXIS BUTTERWORTHS, SYDNEY, 35 (2002) [B2] |
Journal Articles (24 outputs)
Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal (C1) (15 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Link |
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, 'You can't do that! Directors insuring against criminal WHS penalties', Insurance Law Journal, 23 109-125 (2012) [C1] | |
| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'The merits of the civil action for breach of statutory duty', The Sydney Law Review, 33 67-93 (2011) [C1] | |
| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'Case note: Civil liability arising from the Bunsfield explosion', Environmental Law Review, 12 57-70 (2010) [C1] |
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| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'General risks or specific measures? The High Court decision in Kirk', Australian Journal of Labour Law, 23 230-239 (2010) [C1] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Lawyers predicting the future: Disclosure in insurance contracts - CGU Insurance Ltd v Porthouse', Journal of Professional Negligence, 24 247-249 (2008) [C1] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Mining, maps and mindfulness: The Gretley appeal to the Full Bench of the Industrial Court of NSW', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Australia and New Zealand, 24 113-129 (2008) [C1] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal civil liability of company officers for company workplace torts', Torts Law Journal, 16 20-68 (2008) [C1] |
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| 2007 | Foster Neil James, 'Psychiatric workplace injury and breach of duty: New South Wales v Fahy', Torts Law Journal, 15 227-232 (2007) [C1] |
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| 2007 | Foster Neil James, 'The CAMAC Report on Personal Liability for Corporate Fault - A Critique from the OHS Perspective', Australian Journal of Labour Law, 20 112-118 (2007) [C1] |
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| 2007 | Foster Neil James, 'Trees and nuisance in NSW', Australian Law Journal, 81 291-295 (2007) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Breach of statutory duty and risk management in occupational health and safety law: New wine in old wineskins?', The Tort Law Review, 14 79 - 104 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Case Notes - Another tale of two divers', Torts Law Journal, 14 115 - 123 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Manslaughter by Managers: The Personal Liability of Company Officers for Death Flowing from Company Workplace Safety Breach', The Flinders Journal of Law Reform, 9 79 - 111 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2006 | Foster Neil James, 'Vicarious Liability for Independent Contractors Revisited: Sweeny v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd', Torts Law Journal, 14 219 - 223 (2006) [C1] |
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| 2005 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal Liability of Company Officers for Corporate Occupational Health and Safety Breaches: Section 26 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW)', Australian Journal of Labour Law, 18 107-135 (2005) [C1] |
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Non Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal (C2) (3 outputs)
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, 'Liability for wrongful interferences with chattels [Book Review]', Canadian Business Law Journal, 53 290-296 (2012) [C2] | |
| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'NSW Court of Appeal: Is public liability created under OH&S legislation', Australian Civil Liability, 6 186-189 (2009) [C2] |
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| 2007 | Foster Neil James, Horvath Anne, 'Duty of Care owed in attesting Signature of Documents', Law Society Journal, 45 43-47 (2007) [C2] |
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Non Refereed Article in a Professional Journal (C3) (6 outputs)
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, 'Update on the national work health and safety harmonisation process', Employment Law Bulletin, 17 138-141 (2012) [C3] | |
| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Digital copyright and the consumer revolution: Hands off my iPod', Media and Arts Law Review, 14 112 (2009) [C3] |
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| 2008 | Foster Neil James, 'Deemed to be 'workers' for common law actions', Law Society Journal, 46 68-69 (2008) [C3] |
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| 2004 | Foster Neil James, 'Psychiatric Injury Following Workplace Trauma or Death: Actions by Fellow-Workers and Relatives in New South Wales', Tort Law Review, 12 59-63 (2004) [C3] | |
| 2000 | Foster Neil James, ''Vigilant Protection' of the Olympic brand - too fast, too high, too strong?', Australian & New Zealand Trade Practices Law Bulletin, Vol 15 No. 10 117-122 (2000) [C3] | |
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Conference Publication (15 outputs)
Full Written Paper - Non Refereed (E2) (9 outputs)
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| 2012 | Foster Neil James, 'Statutes and civil liability in the Commonwealth and the United States: A comparative critique', Sixth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations: Challenging Orthodoxy, Ontario, Canada (2012) [E2] | |
| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'Directors insuring against criminal OHS wrongdoing - The Common Law position', AHRC Network Meeting: Holding Companies Accountable, Berlin, Germany (2010) [E2] |
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| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'Jesus: Dead or alive? A Lawyer's view of the evidence for the Resurrection', Second Annual Australian Conference for the Academy and the Church, Brisbane, QLD (2010) [E2] |
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| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal corporate officer liability under the model Work Health and Safety Bill', Eighth National OHS Regulatory Research Colloquium, Canberra, ACT (2010) [E2] |
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| 2010 | Foster Neil James, 'Towards a National OHS Law', 18th Annual Labour Law Conference, Sydney, NSW (2010) [E2] |
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| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Defamation and vilification: Rights to reputation, free speech and freedom of religion at common law and under human rights laws', Papers of the 2009 Australia Conference: Cultural and Religious Freedom Under a Bill of Rights Conference, Canberra, ACT (2009) [E2] |
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| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Recent developments in personal liability of company officers for workplace safety breaches: Australian and UK decisions', Seventh National OHS Regulatory Research Colloquium, Canberra, ACT (2009) [E2] |
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| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'The national review into model OHS laws: A paper examining the duties of officers and due diligence', Symposium on the National Review into Model OHS Laws, Canberra, ACT (2009) [E2] |
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Extract of Paper (E3) (6 outputs)
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| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'Freedom of religion in practice: Exemptions under anti-discrimination laws on the basis of religion', 3rd Annual Australiasian Conference for the Academy and the Church, Brisbane (2011) [E3] | |
| 2011 | Foster Neil James, 'Private rights and public regulation: The action for breach of statutory duty and workplace safety in modern Australia', Private and Public Law: Intersections in Law and Method Abstracts, Brisbane (2011) [E3] | |
| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Individual liability', European Developments in Corporate Criminal Liability: Programme, London, UK (2009) [E3] | |
| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Personal OHS liability of company officers under the Harmonised Scheme', The Safety Conference 2009: Program, Sydney, NSW (2009) [E3] | |
| 2009 | Foster Neil James, 'Statutory construction and biblical hermeneutics: Law in the service of the gospel?', First Annual Australasian Conference for the Academy and the Church, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3] | |
| 2004 | Foster Neil James, 'Breach of Statutory Duty and Risk Management in Occupational Health and Safety Law: New Wine in Old Wineskins', Crossing Boundaries, Darwin (2004) [E3] | |
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