by Paul Cutler | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
I recently read a Thomson Reuters newsletter about the legal risks of the office Xmas party, including virtual ones: “Think team members with Santa hats and reindeer ears eating and drinking together, making small talk (albeit with the occasional two-second...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
My comments in last month’s post were directed at avoiding unnecessary issues relating to first/last day time calculations. After that post I was reminded (another shout out to David Wang of Hyde Park Legal), that the principles of Murphy’s Law (if...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
You might think the phrase “interesting surcharge purchaser duty case” is oxymoronic. However, that’s only because I haven’t told you the story about Mr Gao, who claimed he was entitled to a refund of that duty on the basis that he was no...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorised
Although the “risotto mishearing” could be the title of a masterchef themed spy thriller, it was actually the first ground of appeal in Gill v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 51. The issue was whether the applicant had...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
Justice Leeming from the NSW Court of Appeal is a well known and highly regarded equity lawyer and one of the current authors of Meagher, Gummow and Lehane’s equity textbook. His honour also has a PhD in pure maths. When he brings his intellect to bear on matters in...
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