LAW UNSW : University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law - Sydney Australia


 


 
Staff Directory
Cathleen Sherry

Publications


Looseleaf services

Co-author, Conveyancing Service New South Wales (Butterworths) 2003-




Journals

Termination of strata schemes in New South Wales - proposals for reform" (2006) 13(3) Australian Property Law Journal 227-239

“Unregistered Access: Wheeldon v Burrows Easements and Easements by Prescription over Torrens Land (2007) 81(7) Australian Law Journal 491 (with Lyria Moses Bennett)

“The in personam exception to indefeasibility: Unregistered legal interests and ‘personal equities’ in the Torrens System”, (2007) 2 Journal of Equity 71-75

“Unilateral Severance of a Joint Tenancy: Law Reform Commission Report 73, (1994)” in (1995) 3 Australian Property Law Journal 1-8

“Meat Pies and Apple Tarts: Spunwill Pty Ltd v BAB Pty Ltd (1994) 36 NSWLR 290” in (1996) 4 Australian Property Law Journal 78-83

“Torrens Title Compensation for Loss: recommendations for reform” in (1996) 4 Australian Property Law Journal 251-8




Conference Papers

“Birth Mothers in the 1960s”, Public Interest Law Conference, University of Sydney, September 1994

“Mabo and Racial Discrimination”, Law and Society Conference, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1996

“Women and work: The vibe vs the statistics”, Women’s Action Alliance Conference, Caius College, Pymble, Sydney, 2 November 2002.

“Termination of Strata Schemes in New South Wales”, Australasian Property Law Teachers’ Conference, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, 2005




Law Reform Reports

Co-author, Community Law Reform Program: Unilateral Severance of a Joint Tenancy, Discussion Paper 23, 1991

Co-author, Review of the Adoption Information Act 1990 + Summary Report, LRC Report 69, 1992

Co-author, Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW), Discussion Paper, 34, 1994




Continuing Legal Education Seminars

“Alternative Legal Structures to Strata and Community Title”, presented at UNSW Continuing Legal Education, Property Law: Strata & Community Titles, 29 March 2007.

“Land Transactions and the New Powers of Attorney Legislation” presented at Major Changes in Property Law 2004: Stamp duties, powers of attorney, leases, UNSW CLE, 16 June 2004

“Practitioner’s Fruit Salad – Mortgagee’s power of sale, powers of attorney and Crown licences” presented at Far North Coast Law Society Annual Seminar 25-26, Surfers Paradise, February 2005

“Mortgagee’s Power of Sale” presented at Loans, Mortgages and Guarantees, UNSW CLE, 1 March 2005

“Powers of Attorney – Legislation and applicable common law” presented at Property Law Update, UNSW CLE, 19 October, 2005




Book Chapters

"Care and Education of Preschool Children" in Children and the Law, Geoff Monahan and Lisa Young (eds), Butterworths, 2008 (forthcoming)

“Long-term management contracts as developer abuse” in Blandy, S., Dixon, J. and Dupuis, A., Multi-Owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice, Ashgate Publishing, Ashgate (forthcoming)

Book Reviews

“The Big Picture”, Review of Motherhood: How Should We Care for Our Children? by Anne Manne, Australian Book Review, September 2005




Selected media

Senator finds toughest division", The Courier Mail, 24 October 2006,

"Government schools secular with good reason", The Age, 28 August 2006

"The truth about housework and motherhood", The Age, 27 June 2006

"Take note of London, to avoid a load of old cobbles for Sydney", Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2007,

"Wrong moves - and words - for young girls", Sydney Morning Herald, December 11, 2007

“Children: the justifiable imperative”, The Sunday Age 11 March 2001

“We can't dictate mothers' choices”, The Age, 12 June 2001

“Baby, or not baby, that is the question”, The Sunday Age, 7 April 2002

“Working for change for mothers and children”, The Sunday Age, 2 June 2002

“Homework the only way to get sums right on maternity allowance”, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2002

“DINKs choosing a childless life are not those who need help”, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 July 2002

“Misleading the daughters of the revolution” The Sunday Age, 25 August 2002

“Doing it tough? Perhaps it's time for a reality check”, The Sunday Age, 22 September 2002

“A media vibe based on motherhood myth”, The Sunday Age, 17 November 2002

“Open the window before it's too late, baby” The Sunday Age, 9 March 2003

“A woman's right, and sometimes she's not,” (regulation of embryo importation), The Sunday Age, 6 April 2003

“Wanted, part-time work for wasted women's skills”, The Age, 4 May 2003

”Full-time job no liberation for mums”, Sydney Morning Herald, June 7, 2004

Guest commentator, ABC Radio, Life Matters, “Rear View: Working Hours”, 7 September 2001

Guest commentator, ABC TV Business Breakfast, “Australian Catholic University evaluates the impact of paid maternity leave”, 19 July 2002

Articles

 “The legal fundamentals of high rise buildings and master planned estates: Ownership, governance and living in multi-owned housing with a case study on children’s play” (2008) 16(1) Australian Property Law Journal, 1-23.

“The New South Wales strata and Community Titles Acts: A case study of legislatively created high rise and master planned communities” (2009) 1(2) International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 130-142

“How indefeasible is your strata title? Unresolved Torrens problems is strata and community title” (2009) Bond Law Review (forthcoming)