Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 5 Comments on Son of Kristina Keneally charged with fabricating evidence
Kristina Keneally is a former Premier of NSW and Labor federal Senator.
Earlier this year, she failed to win the federal seat of Fowler from her residence situated at Scotland Island, a water-borne community situated in an estuary called Pittwater, part of Broken Bay in northern Sydney, New South Wales, and lost to local Vietnamese immigrant Dai Le.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Personal Injury 2 Comments on The question of reasonable foreseeability of injury
It is a well-established principle in the law of negligence that a defendant should only have to take precautions against reasonably foreseeable risks to others. Reasonable foreseeability can be contrasted with risks that are “far fetched or fanciful”.
The 2013 Queensland Court of Appeal cases of Heywood v Commercial Electrical Pty Ltd [2013] QCA 270 and Suncorp Staff Pty Ltd v Larkin [2013] QCA 281 are useful reminders of the centrality of the concept of reasonable foreseeability of risk in negligence cases against employers.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 2 Comments on Chris Dawson guilty of murdering his first wife Lynette Dawson
Former high school teacher and rugby league player Chris Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette Dawson after a long Judge-only trial.
Lynette Dawson, 33, disappeared from their Bayview home on Sydney’s northern beaches on 9 January 1982, more than forty years ago. She left behind their two young daughters Shanelle and Sherryn, then aged four and two, and has never been found.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Legal profession, litigation, Professional fees 2 Comments on The case law of lawyers bills in England, India, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong
For a very long time in Commonwealth legal systems, the legal profession has been regulated for the benefit of clients of lawyers and the public at large. Among other things, there has been a recognised public interest in protecting those liable to pay legal fees from overcharging by lawyers. One of those protections is and has been the legal requirement for a bill to be provided so that the client can seek advice on the fees and charges.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Human rights 2 Comments on Further revelations of Public Trustee of Queensland’s gouging of estates
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”
The Public Trustee of Queensland is a public body charged with managing the finances of some of the most vulnerable members of the community, including those lacking capacity and prisoners.
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Author adminPosted on Categories civil litigation, Defamation 1 Comment on Christian Porter loses appeal from restraint on Sue Chrysanthou SC
Former Attorney General Christian Porter has lost his appeal of a restraint against Defamation specialist Sue Chrysanthou SC representing him in his claim against the ABC.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 1 Comment on Ghislaine Maxwell gets 20 years in prison for sex trafficking crimes
Jeffrey Epstein’s long time girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in December by a 12-person New York jury of five of the six counts she was facing, including sex trafficking.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Bill of Rights, Criminal law 2 Comments on US Supreme Court gives back power to the people
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 6 Comments on Lisa Wilkinson lawyers up after Logies speech
On Sunday, 19 June 2022, Lisa Wilkinson gave a speech about former Parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins at The Logie Awards.
At that speech, Wilkinson suggested Higgins was a political problem for the government at the time, and praised and thanked Higgins effusively.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Defamation Leave a comment on Depp-Heard verdict’s implications on #metoo
Johnny Depp was largely successful in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard after a six-week trial.
What are the implications of this result on the #metoo movement which insisted that we should believe female accusers? The jury in the Depp-Heard case plainly rejected her evidence.
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