Date: 08 Nov 2017, Filed under: Corporations Law, Administrative Law, Consumer Law
Ms Powlett owned a property in Daylesford, Victoria, where she rented a timber cottage as holiday accommodation.
She decided to expand her business...
Date: 06 Nov 2017, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Administrative Law
It’s the race that stops a nation! And if your office is anything like ours, the excitement will be palpable and every single person in your workplace...
Date: 25 Oct 2017, Filed under: Administrative Law
There are a number of ways that an Australian citizen may lose their citizenship voluntarily. However, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection...
Date: 29 Sep 2017, Filed under: Estate Planning, Administrative Law
It’s often remarked that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. We’ll ignore the taxes component and instead, we’ll take a closer look at...
Date: 13 Sep 2017, Filed under: Corporations Law, Administrative Law, Competition and Consumer Law, Contracts and Agreements, Consumer Law
Some contracts for the sale of land require payment of an additional ‘deposit’ amount, if the contract is terminated.
Date: 09 May 2017, Filed under: Administrative Law
Some Federal and State government bodies have mechanisms where a person may make an inquiry as to how that body came to the decision affecting the individual....
Date: 17 Feb 2017, Filed under: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
Most Australians would be aware that our head of state isn’t the Prime Minister, but rather, it is the Governor-General, while the Queen is Australia’s...
Date: 08 Nov 2016, Filed under: Administrative Law
In Clark v Macourt [2013] HCA 56 the High Court has clarified the application of the principle that contract damages are to be awarded, so far as money...
Date: 07 Nov 2016, Filed under: Administrative Law
In Zani v Lawfirst Pty Ltd trading as Bennett & Co [2014] WASC 75 the Supreme Court of Western Australia examined the effectiveness of an information barrier...
Date: 26 Oct 2016, Filed under: Administrative Law
In this case the Court helpfully distils the principles of contempt of Court, in particular governing communications with the Court, other parties and...
