Can gossip be news? Explore how Australia’s new privacy tort challenges media freedoms and redefines journalism in the age of celebrity and digital storytelling.
By Matthew Richardson SC - 1 min read
With ASIC sharpening its focus, this article unpacks the evolving legal landscape of directors’ duties and the rising personal risks for Australian company directors.
By Pamela Hanrahan - 2 min read
Pets, power and property: how Australia’s family law overhaul redefines fairness in separation and the consequences of family violence.
By Jacky Campbell - 1 min read
Precedent-setting cases on the in-house lawyer rule, injunctions by unlawful non-citizens and NSCOs for the not guilty by mental impairment.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
The Federal Court considers liability for misconduct by an AFSL holder’s representative and apprehended bias when a judge has previously ruled against a witness.
By Vincci Chan and Talitha Fishburn - 12 min read
Decisions addressing expert report use, exclusion of convictions evidence, receiving advice from your own practice and declining to make orders by consent.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min read
Useful precedent on the use of evidence by audio-visual link and appropriateness of the guideline judgment for sentencing break, enter and steal matters.
By Thomas Spohr - 2 min read
Important elder law cases on essential validity of wills, issues with enduring powers of attorney and recognition of informal wills.
By Darryl Browne - 2 min read
In the first of a two-part series, Matthew Richardson SC unpacks key UK cases likely to influence how the new tort is characterised in Australia.
By Matthew Richardson SC - 2 min read
An expert analysis of the High Court decision which is relevant to the wider conversation about the appropriate accountability of federal court judges.
By Professor Gabrielle Appleby - 2 min read
A divided High Court has handed down a controversial decision that touches on fundamental principles in trust law and creates practical issues.
By Matthew Whittle, Matthew McCarthy and Harrison Main - 2 min read
The question of whether law firms can recover costs for employed solicitors representing them has been settled, but several new questions abound.
By Matthew Lo and Sora Beebar - 2 min read
Commonwealth v Yunupingu has exploded native title doctrine. Understand the context and reasoning behind the watershed decision.
By Tony Denholder and William Simons - 2 min read