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Associate Professor Lee Aitken

Profile

Degrees

BA LLB ANU BCL Oxf


Areas of Interest

  • Personal and real property
  • Litigation and evidence
  • Equity and trusts
  • Insolvency
  • Jurisdiction of the federal courts

Publications

Journal Articles | Conference Presentations


Journal Articles

  • Aitken, L, '"Without prejudice" revisited' (2011) 34(3) Australian Bar Review 296-305
  • Aitken, L, ‘“Recognising an elephant”: Equitable set-off, “impeaching title” and the modern position on “sufficient connection”’ (2011) 85(1) Australian Law Journal 51-59
  • Aitken, L, ‘Trespass, trover and domestic correspondence’ (2010) 126 (April) The Law Quarterly Review 179-183
  • Aitken, L, ‘Current issues with caveats: a pan-Australian conspectus’ (2010) 84(1) The Australian Law Journal 22-31
  • Aitken, L, ‘Set-off, the "anti-deprivation" principle and ipso facto clauses in the "financial crisis"’ (2010) 21(1) Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 70-78
  • Aitken, L, ‘”Control”, “ownership” and the beneficiary of the discretionary trust’ (2008) 31(1) Australian Bar Review 128-131
  • Aitken, L, ‘Recovery of chattels in the common and civil law: Possession, bailment, and spoliation suits’ (2008) 82(6) Australian Law Journal 379-391
  • Aitken, L, ‘"Trade Secrets”, “Know How” and Employment Restraint: Preserving Commercial Confidences when Employment Ends’ (2008) 21(4) Commercial Law Quarterly 32-36
  • Aitken, L, ‘Conflicts of interest and the “information barrier”: Case law confronts commerciality?’ (2007) 21(2) Commercial Law Quarterly 3-12
  • Aitken, L, ‘"Squeezing the Lemon Dry” - The Receiver, The Administrator, and the Specific Performance of the Company's Contract’ (2007) 4 Macquarie Journal of Business Law 1-14
  • Aitken, L, ‘"Another Matisse”: Adam Smith, lawyer’s remuneration and the “billable hour”’ (2007) 29(2) Australian Bar Review 210-217
  • Aitken, L, ‘The equitable charge: A remedy in search of an explanation’ (2007) 18(3) Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 157-166
  • Aitken, L, ‘Equitable and other ‘defences’ to the mortgagee’s sale’ (2007) 2(1) Journal of Equity 26-39
  • Aitken, L, ‘Jurisdiction, substantive relief and the asset preservation order’ “(2007) 81(7) Australian Law Journal 453-455
  • Aitken, L, “The high price of not policing an established wall’ (2007) 45(6) Law Society Journal 62-64
  • Aitken, L, ‘Bullfry’ (2007) Winter issue Bar News 88-89
  • Aitken, L, ‘A Duty to Lend Reasonably - New Terror for Lenders in a Consumer's World?’ (2007) 18(1) Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 18-26
  • Aitken, L, 'Re-Calibrating Interests: Co-ownership in Equity' (2007) 81(4) Australian Law Journal 266-275
  • Aitken, L, ‘Unforgiven: Some thoughts on Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd’ (2007) 29(2) Australian Bar Review 195-209
  • Aitken, L, ‘”Analysing a judgment” or, how to develop a practice’ (2007) 30(1) Australian Bar Review 114-124
  • Aitken, L, ‘The Fragile Position of the Unregistered Mortgagee’ (2006) 44(4) Law Society Journal 49-50
  • Aitken, L, ‘Valuing the Shares of the minority Shareholder’ (2006) 8 Australian Corporate News 93-95
  • Aitken, L, ‘“Litigation Lending” after Fostif: An Advance in Consumer Protection, or a Licence to “Bottomfeeders”?’ (2006) 28(1) Sydney Law Review 171-180
  • Aitken, L, ‘”Many shabby manoeuvres' - the use and abuse of caveats in theory and practice’ (2005) 26(2) Australian Bar Review 205-218
  • Aitken, L, ‘Controlling the “Controller”: the receiver's obligations under sextion 420A and in equity’ (2005) 19 Commercial Law Quarterly 16-21
  • Aitken, L, ‘Return of the Deposit: The Discretion Narrows?’ (2005) 43(7) Law Society Journal 68-70
  • Aitken, L, ‘Resolving business disputes: litigate or mediate?’ (2004) 42(7) Law Society Journal 66-68
  • Aitken, L, ‘When are Damages an Adequate Remedy?’ (2004) 78(8) Australian Law Journal 544-547
  • Aitken, L, ‘Diluting section 129 of the Conveyancing Act: leases may be repudiated without notice’ (2003) 41(4) Law Society Journal 50-51
  • Aitken, L, 'Many shabby manoeuvres': caveats in the real world’ (2003) 41(7) Law Society Journal 52-54
  • Aitken, L, ‘Restraining former employees’ (2002) 40(2) Law Society Journal 56-58
  • Aitken, L, ‘The paying bank and the preference’ (2001) 12(1) Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 51-55
  • Aitken, L, ‘Applications in Equity: relief against forfeiture’ (2001) 15(4) Commercial Law Quarterly 28-31
  • Aitken, L, ‘Self-incrimination in Equity: Reid v Howard revisited in the light of Vasil v NAB’ (2000) 38(3) Law Society Journal 68-71
  • Aitken, L, ‘Applications in Equity: the statutory easement under s88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919, and licences coupled with an interest’ (2000) 20(1) Australian Bar Review 60-69
  • Aitken, L, ‘The Toils of Laocoon: Aspects of federal jurisdiction after Wakim’ (2000) 19(3) Australian Bar Review 223-236
    Aitken, L, ‘Mortgagors' rights’ (2000) 74(4) Australian Law Journal 226-228
  • Aitken, L, ‘”Chinese Walls”', Fiduciary Duties and Intra-Firm Conflicts: A pan-Australian conspectus’ (2000) 19(2) Australian Bar Review 116-134
  • Aitken, L, ‘Planes, Cranes and Thwarted Claims: statutory easement under section 88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919’ (2000) 38(2) Law Society Journal 54-58
  • Aitken, L, ‘Preferences, pre-payments and professional fees’ (1999) 37(3) Law Society Journal 37-38
  • Aitken, L, ‘A breach in the great walls of China: the 'heavy burden' of confidentiality’ (1999) 37(4) Law Society Journal 40-43
  • Aitken, L, ‘Equity and the defaulting mortgagor: a case for statutory relief?’ (1999) 37(7) Law Society Journal 67-68
  • Aitken, L, ‘Applications in Equity: removal of tenant's fixtures?’ (1999) 73(11) Australian Law Journal 834-839
  • Aitken, L, ‘Unravelling the prior mortgage: Restitution and Maguire and Tansey’ (1998) 36(3) Law Society Journal 36-37
  • Aitken, L, Riley, J & Kingsford-Smith, D, ‘Unveiling the waterfront - Limited liability, directors' duties and voluntary administration’ (1998) 10 Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin
  • Aitken, L, ‘Set-off, unconscionability, and the secured lender's entitlement to sue’ (1997) 35(6) Law Society Journal 60-61


Conference Presentations

  • Aitken, L, 'Conflicts of Interest and Chinese Walls' presented at Facing the Financial Law Vortex: Froth, Bubbles, Toil and Trouble (2006)
  • Aitken, L, 'Conflicts of Interest in the Banking and Commercial Contracts' presented at Australian Banking Law Association Annual Conference (2006)
  • Aitken, L, 'Recent Developments in Mortgage Relief' presented at CLE Seminar (1998)
  • Aitken, L, 'Recent Developments in Unconscionability' presented at LAAMS (1997)