Case notes Administrative law – jurisdictional error Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Dr Michelle Sharpe
Case notes Constitutional law – implied freedom of communication… Unions NSW & Ors v State of New South Wales [2023] HCA 4 Dr Michelle Sharpe
Compensation law Public liability – fall on stairs – slip or overstep Russell v Carpenter [2022] NSWCA 252 Jemma Barnard
Case notes Failure to reach ‘reasonable standard of competence’ ends in professional misconduct A practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct in the recent case of Legal Profession Board of Tasmania v W. Sarah Millar
Case notes Consumer law – penalties and costs – penalty appeal for manifest inadequacy… Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Employsure Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 5 Shanta Martin
Case notes ‘Obstinate’ solicitor hit with 80% of costs "The Court expects legal practitioners to have the ability to recognise the issues relevant to a particular proceeding." Judy Hayward, Sarah Millar
Case notes Migration – mandatory character cancellation… Pearson v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] FCAFC 203 Shanta Martin
Compensation law Manual handling training – whether employer took reasonable steps… Norsgaard v Aldi Stores (A Limited Partnership) [2022] QDC 260 Beth Rolton
Case notes Interlocutory application – oral discovery before judicial registrar – confidentiality obligations… BXD18 (by her litigation representative Marie Theresa Arthur) v Minister for Home Affairs [2023] FCA 123 Shanta Martin
Compensation law Psychiatric injury – teacher alleges unreasonable and excessive workloads… Bersee v State of Victoria (Department of Education And Training) [2022] VSCA 231 Beth Rolton
Case notes Unqualified ‘advisor’ subject to injunction Legal Services Commissioner v Raghoobar [2023] QSC 41 Shane Budden
Case notes Property – consent orders – no denial of procedural fairness or error… Faldyn & Badenoch (No 2) [2022] FedCFamC1A 204 Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson
Case notes Indefinite severance of children’s relationship with mother… Bielen & Kozma [2022] FedCFamC1A 221 Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson
Compensation law Torts – negligence – duty of care – reasonable foreseeability of damage… Hodges v Townsville City Council [2022] QDC 272 Starsha Bohane
Case notes Property – $4.5 million asset pool where father provided $1.25 million and interest free loans… Bokin & Wild [2022] FedCFamC1A 209 Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson
Case notes Parents’ joint opposition to grandmother spending interim time with children… Chandler & Bonner [2022] FedCFamC1A 210 Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson
Compensation law Negligence – duty of licensee and security guards in licensed premises to patrons… Chadwick v Bondi Beach Food Pty Ltd; Bondi Beach Food Pty Ltd v Crossguard Group Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 197 Shelby Bennett
Case notes Insolvency – unfair preferences Metal Manufacturers Pty Limited v Morton [2023] HCA 1; Bryant v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 2 Dr Michelle Sharpe
Case notes Civil penalties – breach of Australian Consumer Law – proposed agreed penalties… Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Uber B.V. [2022] FCA 1466 Dan Star KC
