Submission Guidelines
Submissions to the Journal of Equity are accepted on a rolling basis. They must be a Microsoft Word document. PDF files or links to external sites are not accepted.
Submissions must be in their final form, not a draft. Submissions must follow the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities.
Please email submissions to Catherine.Zemann@lexisnexis.com.au.
Style Guidelines
The Journal of Equity follows the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA).
Authors must align their submissions with the OSCOLA style as closely as possible before submission.
Authors are given the opportunity to review edited proofs before their paper is published.
No fees are charged for manuscript processing.
Word Limit
The Journal of Equity does not impose strict word limits and welcomes submissions of varying lengths; standard length for an article would be in the range of 8-10,000 words.
An abstract of 100-150 words must be included.
Submissions should contain footnotes not end notes.
Graphics
Limit the use of graphics, tables, graphs, images and diagrams to essential instances. All graphics will be adjusted to meet LexisNexis printing standards and may not appear exactly as originally submitted.
Licence and Warranty
By submitting you warrant that the Work will be an original work, has not been published before, including in any online publications, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and that the Work is not defamatory and will not infringe the intellectual property or moral rights of any other person.
By submitting the Work, you warrant that you are the owner of the copyright in the Work and you hereby grant LexisNexis an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to publish and reproduce the Work or any part of it.
All authors will be required to sign a Contributor Agreement agreeing to the above Terms and Conditions in order for their submission to be considered for publication.
Peer Review and Publication Ethics
The Journal of Equity employs a blind peer review model. This ensures the identity of both the author and the reviewers remain anonymous, promoting impartiality and objectivity in the review process. Not every submission progresses to peer review and may be declined upon consultation with the Editors and Editorial and/or Advisory Board; authors will not receive detailed feedback if their submission does not progress to peer review.
LexisNexis is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behaviour in the act of publishing. LexisNexis journals adhere to guidelines, based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines.
Open Access
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Authors may reproduce abstracts of the approved version or published version, provided that an acknowledgement that work is published by LexisNexis and the full legal citation is included in the acknowledgement.
For a comprehensive overview refer to LexisNexis’ Content Sharing Policy.
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Editors
Simone Degeling, Professor, UNSW Law School.
Elise Bant, Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation, UWA Law School.
Ying Khai Liew, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne.
Editorial Board
Prof Robert Chambers, Professor and Department Chair, Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law
Prof Matthew Conaglen, Professor of Equity and Trusts, University of Sydney Law School
The Hon Justice James Edelman, Justice, High Court of Australia
Prof Brendan Edgeworth, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales
Dr Steven Elliott KC, Barrister, One Essex Court
John Emmerig, Partner, Jones Day
Prof Joshua Getzler, Professor of Law and Legal History, University of Oxford Faculty of Law
The Hon W M C Gummow AC, Overseas Non-Permanent Judge, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School
Prof Lusina Ho, Professor University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
The Hon Justice Francois Kunc, Justice, Supreme Court of New South Wales Equity Division
The Hon Justice Mark Leeming, Challis Lecturer in Equity at University of Sydney Law School; Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Hon Kevin Lindgren AM KC, Adjunct Professor at University of Sydney Law School; Independent mediator, arbitrator and referee, Eleven Wentworth
Prof Keith Mason AC KC, Chairman of the New South Wales Electoral Commission; visiting professorial fellow at the University of New South Wales ; former President of the Court of Appeal of New South Wales
John McGhee KC, Wilberforce Chambers
The Hon Justice Andrew Phang, Vice-President, Singapore Court of Appeal
Prof Lionel Smith, Professorial Fellow in Law, Brasenose College and Professor in Comparative Law, University of Oxford.
Prof Michael Tilbury, Kerry Holdings Professor of Law, Chair in Private Law, University of Hong Kong, and Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
Prof Peter Watts, Barrister and Arbitrator, Bankside Chambers; Emeritus Professor, Faculty of law, University of Auckland; Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, and Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College
Prof Dame Sarah Worthington DBE KC (Hon), Downing Professor of the Laws of England and Director of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; Deputy High Court Judge, Chancery Division
The Hon Peter Young AO, Former Chief Judge in Equity, Supreme Court of New South Wales