by Paul Cutler | Sep 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
On 18 December 2008, three Sri Lankans escaped from the Christmas Island detention facility to avoid being put on a plane that was booked for the following day to take them back to Sri Lanka. While, it’s not a crime to arrive in Australia without a visa and...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 28, 2013 | Uncategorised
Thankfully, barristers are prohibited from conducting correspondence in their own name on behalf of anyone else (see NSW Barrister’s Rule 17(b)). As a result I can’t poke fun at judicial comments about aggro correspondence by counsel. However, it would...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorised
Back in July 2009 (when this blog was 3 posts old) I wrote about some inappropriate correspondence between solicitors. I have just come across Ezzo v Grille [2003] NSWSC 776, which, somewhat ironically, is a defamation case. The correspondence and Justice...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
“Disentitling conduct” is a concept that practitioners who act in family provision matters occasionally have to deal with. What it boils down to is that if someone has treated the testator badly to the point that they get left out of the will, then they...
by Paul Cutler | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
On my way back from court last week, I saw John Wilson protesting in Queen’s Square (again). Mr Wilson is a campaigner for the right to trial by jury and like may other crusaders he has made himself a “serial pest” in the courts. As it has been some...
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