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Patricia Lane

Profile

Degrees

BA USyd ; LLB (Hons II) USyd; LLM USyd


Professional Appointments

  • Editorial Panel Australian Indigenous Law Reporter (1998 to present)
  • Law Council of Australia Resources Energy and Environment Law Subcommittee Member
  • Fellow, Australian Property Institute
  • Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne (Native Title Law and Practice)
  • Member of the Arbitration Panel appointed under s.139 Mining Act 1992 (NSW)
  • Sometime Resource person, Sudanese peace negotiations, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Former Member (Part-Time) National Native Title Tribunal (1998-2000)
  • Member ALRC working group – reference on the Adversarial system (1998)

Professional Memberships

  • Member, NSW Bar Association
  • Member, Law Council of Australia

Courses Taught

  • Conveyancing
  • Real Property
  • Equity
  • Advanced Real Property

Areas of Interest

  • Property Law
  • Native Title
  • Environmental law
  • Equity
  • Property regimes and Peace-making

Brief Biographical Detail

Ms Lane has worked in a variety of legal and administrative roles, including as a practitioner at the NSW Bar, and as a former Registrar and Member of the National Native Title Tribunal. She has also participated in various peace negotiations concerning the Sudan as a resource person to mediators and parties in respect of land, environment, and natural resources.

Publications

Books and Monographs | Chapters in Books | Articles in Refereed Journals |Non-Refererred Articles including Book Reviews, Notes and Editorials | Conference Papers and Presentations | Others


Books and Monographs

  • Lane, P & Phillips, S, Hot Topics – Native Title, Legal Information Access centre, State Library of NSW (2001)
  • Butt, P, Eagleson, R & Lane, P, Mabo, Wik and Native Title, Federation Press: Sydney (3rd ed, 2001)
  • Lane, P, Court Management Information– Research monograph produced for the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) 1992. (A Discussion Paper published in (1993) 67 ALJ 527)
  • Lane, P, 'Carriage of Goods by Rail in Australia' – contribution to Palmer 'Bailment' (2nd ed, 1993) (subsequently substantially reproduced in Laws of Australia)
  • Carter, J, Lane, P, Tolhurst, G & Peden, E, Helmore's Commercial Law and Personal Property (NSW), Law Book Co Ltd: Sydney (10th ed, 1992)

Chapters in Books

  • Butt, P, major research and writing contribution to Chapter 25 of Land Law, Thompson, LBC: Sydney (5th ed, 2005)
  • Lane, P, ‘Mediating Native Title – Have we got a Deal for you?’ in Lisa Strelein and Kado Muir (eds) in Native Title in Perspective (2000) 35-64

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • French, R S & Lane, P, ‘The Common Law of Native Title in Australia’ (2002) 2 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 15-45
  • Lane, P, ‘Native Title – the End of Property As We Know It?’ (2000) 8 Australian Property Law Journal 1
  • Lane, P, ‘Native Title and Inland Waters’ (2000) 4(29) Indigenous Law Bulletin 11-14
  • Lane, P, ‘Native Title Litigation’ (1999) 18(2) Aust Bar Review 142
  • Lane, P, ‘Mediation under the Native Title Act’ (1998) 17(3) AMPLA Journal 322
  • Lane, P, “Fraud and Personal Equities Under the Torrens System” (1988) 62 ALJ 1036 (The Conveyancer)

Non-Refererred Articles including Book Reviews, Notes and Editorials

  • Lane, P, case notes for “The Conveying and Property” section of the (2007) 81 (7) Australian Law Journal (on drafting contracts for the sale of land, and deposits) 439-447
  • Lane, P, ‘A quick guide to ILUAs for Governments’ NNTT (2001)
  • Lane, P & McRae, T, ‘Sustainable Partnerships’ in ‘In the Wake of Wik’ NNTT (1999, Perth)
  • Lane, P, ‘When Is a Bank Cheque Not a Bank Cheque’ (1984) Law Soc J 88
  • Lane, P, case notes on Bahr v Nicolay (1988) 164(2) CLR 604
  • Lane, P, case notes and headnotes for the Indigenous Law Bulletin and the Australian Indigenous Law Reporter
  • French, J R & Lane, P, ‘Response to Commonwealth Government discussion paper outlining proposed amendments to the Native Title Act 1993’. Reprinted in 'Implementing the Native Title Act' NNTT (1997, Perth)

Conference Papers and Presentations

  • Lane, P, ‘Indigenous Land Use Agreements – some practical considerations’ conference paper, UNSW CLE “Native title law and Practice” (June 2001)
  • Lane, P, ‘A Quick Guide to Indigenous Land Use Agreements’ presented at Mirimbiak Nations Aboriginal Corporation Legal Conference (April 2000) (published in Keon-Cohen (ed) Native Title in the New Millenium AIATSIS 2001)
  • Lane, P & McRae, T, ‘Native Title and Regional Development: Reinventing Old Relationships’ Northern Australia Regional Outlook Conference (September 1997)
  • Lane, P & Farley, R, ‘Outlook for Regional Development: Opportunities for Regional Agreements.’ Northern Australia Regional Outlook Conference Proceedings, Darwin (1997)

Others

  • Lane, P, 'Strangers in the Night – Native Title, Heritage and Planning Law' Seminar, Sydney University Environmental Law Centre (September 2003)
  • Lane, P, 'Mining and Human Rights' Seminar, University of NSW CLE (August 2003)
  • Lane, P, 'Informal Interests in Land' LAAMS Seminar ‘Property Law Update’ (21 March 2001)
  • Lane, P, ‘Termination of Contract’ LAAMS Seminar ‘What’s New In Property and Conveyancing’ (17 February 2000)
  • Lane, P, ‘The Nature of Mortgages’ LAAMS Seminar ‘Nuts & Bolts of Securities Law’ (8 June 1999)