Turtled

My dark sense of humour found the facts of Ex parte Musgrove; Re Howard (1961) 78 W.N Feb 15 at 88 amusing…. At 9:15pm on 26 January 1960, Sergeant Howard from Kandos police came across Mr Musgrove standing beside his upside down car off the road on the eastern...

The Virus

Many of you would have seen (as I have) some of the video clips of deserted streets and highways in what would otherwise be bustling Chinese cities that are now in shut down. More worryingly, you may also have seen videos of people being forcibly removed from their...

Cashless?

Last month’s post about heading towards a cashless society made me think about two things. Firstly, had the guys from the coffee shop in Spice Alley at Chippendale read it and that’s why they refused to accept my cash a couple of weeks ago? Secondly, what...

Black Economy

Apologies for ending the year with a post on the serious side, but I have recently been involved in several “proceeds of crime” matters. In that context, I came to know about a fresh round of legislative initiatives designed to curb the cash economy. Up...

The Xmas Party No. 2

The Christmas party season is on us again and it’s time to trawl the industrial law cases for examples of model behaviour (or not) which occurs at these functions (see also my 2017 and 2018  posts). The 2004 Christmas party for Aristocrat Technologies was held...