Fair Work Act will soon provide a ‘right to disconnect’
The right to disconnect has received media attention as the trend of work extending into personal life is seen as an increasingly important issue.
By Paul Moorhouse - 2 min read
Tweets, texts, forged emails and changing web pages: the admissibility of electronic evidence (part one)
There is rarely a civil case in which an email, text, Facebook entry or webpage snapshot doesn’t feature, yet electronic evidence is often tendered without…
By Julie Soars and Carmel Lee - 3 min read
Family law: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of recent family law decisions. By ROBERT GLADE-WRIGHT.
By Robert Glade-Wright and Zoë Durand - 1 min read
Wills and estates: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of the latest judgments and news in wills & estates and elder law. By DARRYL BROWNE.
By Darryl Browne - 1 min read
Criminal law: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
By Thomas Spohr - 2 min read
The latest from the High Court: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By THOMAS HURLEY.
By Thomas Hurley - 1 min read
It’s easy being green when you have model green lease clauses
The new, publically available Model Green Lease clauses aim to inspire parties to consider how to increase sustainable operations in their tenancies or buildings. By…
By Wayne Kaplan and Claire Hashman - 1 min read
The most frequent error in professional negligence cases
Though it is often (wrongly) thought to be self-evident, factual causation in pure economic loss cases is often complex. It requires at least as much…
By Greg Curtin - 2 min read
Personal property securities and a receiver’s lien: rare coins and bank notes in Re Arcabi
The case confirms what many legal advisors have expected – that businesses like those offering storage services, including businesses storing furniture for travellers, old and…
By Leigh Adams - 2 min read
The scope of a solicitor’s fiduciary duty
A fiduciary relationship does not arise merely by reason of the status of the relationship. It comes about due to what the solicitor agrees to…
By Peter Moran and Tim Seton - 2 min read
The elderly and their medical treatment: enduring guardianship and advance care directives
Many people are concerned that they should not be forced to linger on in old age or in states of advanced physical or mental decrepitude,…
By The Hon. Malcolm McLelland - 2 min read