by Paul Cutler | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Apparently true story (relayed to me by a reliable source) of a recent mention which occurred in Court 5.2 at the Downing Centre Local Court: Solicitor: “May I mention the matter of Fu?” Magistrate: “How do I spell that” Solicitor: ...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
In April 2017, Justice Lucy McCallum had to deal with an urgent out of hours application for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner apparently stubbornly refused/ignored her Honour’s “hints” that a bail application would be better...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 23, 2018 | Uncategorised
On Australia Day, Radio National’s Law Report replayed an episode about the birth and development of our legal system. How did our democracy and strong independent legal system evolve from a bunch of desperate convicts and their jailers? This post was inspired...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
You’ve probably noticed over the holidays that NSW has introduced a refund scheme on various drink containers and there have been a few media stories about the Reverse Vending Machines. The details of how it all works are set out in Schedule 1 of the Waste Avoidance...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorised
If you work in HR, this post will give you nightmares. If you are an employee and you want to know how to behave at a Xmas party to ensure you don’t have a job to return to next year, you could follow the example of Mr Keenan (a former team leader at...
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