by Paul Cutler | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorised
On 11 December 2015, Robert Skeen attended a function at Blacktown Workers’ Club for which he had pre-ordered a gluten free meal and a gluten free dessert. He wasn’t provided with gluten free gravy for his meal. This set in train a series of unfortunate...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorised
Family Law disputes often bring out the worst in people and solicitors should be wary about acting for family member combatants. So, when Brett Smith decided to act for his daughter in law against her first husband, he should have anticipated that emotions might run...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorised
I don’t usually blog about overseas judgments, but as I’ve just come back from North America, I thought I would share the humour of the Court of Appeal of Alberta in R v Pelech, 2012 ABCA 134 at [2]: At about 2:00 a.m. on December 6, 2009, an Edmonton...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorised
As the 2015 court term draws to a close I was looking for a Christmas theme to blog about. With the able assistance (again) of Luke Fermanis of my chambers I was directed to paragraph 4 of Adamson J’s judgment in Murphy v Zeitouneh [2015] NSWSC 876 : The...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 26, 2015 | Uncategorised
This month, I will let the judgment of Smithers J in Grant v Headland (1977) 17 ACTR 29, speak for itself, other than to say I doubt that Mr Grant (who served 1 month in prison with a 2 year good behaviour bond) would be dealt with so leniently in 2015: In May 1977...
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