by Paul Cutler | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorised
I recently came across Sir Gerard Brennan’s conference paper titled “Lessons from a life in the law” in which he tells the following anecdote (which he also told at his swearing in as CJ in 1995): “It is nearly 70 years since I first entered a...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
Since Gough Whitlam’s passing, there has been a lot of public reflection on the achievements of his government. One of those achievements was the reform of family law and the introduction of no fault divorce under the Family Law Act. Previously under the...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 23, 2014 | Uncategorised
If you have ever wondered why you can’t take your badminton racquet on a plane its because it (along with other blunt things that could be used to bludgeon) are prohibited items under regulation 1.07 of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005. Other...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 26, 2014 | Uncategorised
The very first post to this blog was about Justice Owen’s closing remarks in the mega-case Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac (No 9) (2008) 39 WAR 1 Following on from last month’s expansion of vocabulary, Owen J appears to like the word...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorised
The son in financial difficulty who uses his mother’s property as security for a loan is a well known recipe for a dispute with the bank about unfair or unconscionable conduct. That was the case in Permanent Mortgages v Vandenbergh [2010] WASC 10. The trial...
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