by Paul Cutler | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The 2019 senior counsel appointments were recently announced. The tradition in England was that on the appointment of silk, the appointee would process in turn to each of the courts that are sitting, announces his or her appointment and make their bow. In NSW there...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
It all started with the following innocuous facts…. It was Mardi Gras night (2 March) 2013 at around 11:30pm. The parade had finished, the floats had long passed. Apart from a street sweeper and a garbage truck there were no other vehicles on Oxford Street....
by Paul Cutler | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
…. For I have known them all already, known them all:Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fallBeneath the music from a farther room. So how should I...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
I recently had cause to look at the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (not a common occurrence for me). I noticed that the consolidation (pre 1 July 2019) didn’t include amendments caused by the Modern Slavery Act and the Paintball Act. Now, the Modern Slavery Act I had...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
Earlier this year, I presented a paper about settlement documentation. One of the other speakers that afternoon, raised an issue about the use and meaning of the word “plurality”. My initial thought was: “Is it just me, or am I hearing this word a...
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