Burial of Pets

Many ancient civilisations had no issues with the burial of pets with their owners. This was (arguably) not the case in NSW up until 1 September 2025. I probably shouldn’t have been surprised to discover that there are some complicated laws and regulations which...

Dear Sir/Madam

Just as I was sitting down the other night thinking about a blog topic for this month I received an email from Jamieson Louttit of JLA Insolvency…. JLA had written a letter to the lawyers acting for a company in liquidation which was currently pursuing...

Several Remarkable Things

When a judgment starts with “several remarkable things happened in the Dubbo Local Court that day” it’s a fair indication that it’s blog worthy.  The case involved a Mr Peckham who was arrested for a breach of an ADVO at around 10:50am. He was...

AI Case

AI has been a frequent topic on this blog recently. Consistent with my twisted sense of humour poking fun at lawyers who don’t check citations and refer to non-existent cases can be amusing. However, what happens when a self represented person uses AI to prepare...

Trading Stock

For only the first time in the history of this blog, I have been on holidays and busy and missed two months in a row. Let me remedy that now. What would the start of the new financial year be, without a little tax story about trading stock. I discovered this when I...