by Paul Cutler | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorised
From 1 July 2010, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) will be using the ANZSCO (rather than the ASCO) dictionary as the reference when assessing whether a visa applicant has a particular occupation for migration purposes. ANZSCO is available on the...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 21, 2010 | Uncategorised
Ex parte Emmerson (1898) XV WN (NSW) 101 was an application to set aside a summary conviction for “having stolen certain oysters the property of the trustees of the National Park”. The issue before the Court was whether or not oysters were wild animals....
by Paul Cutler | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorised
Justice James Wood retired as a NSW Supreme Court judge on 31 August 2005. During the retirement ceremony, Ian Harrison, who was then President of the Bar Association recounted some of his Honour’s achievements and referred to his Honour as “an...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorised
The contribution that (now declared vexatious, self represented serial litigant) Alan George Skyring has made to the annals of legal history has only recently come to my attention. There will inevitably be more posts about him and his activities. One of Mr...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorised
On 9 October 2007, the (Victorian) Summary Offences Amendment (Upskirting) Bill received royal assent. The purpose of the legislation is to make it an offence “in certain circumstances to observe, or capture or distribute visual images of, the genital or anal...
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