by Paul Cutler | Feb 14, 2010 | Uncategorised
I have a theory that much can be learned about a society from what activities are classed as crimes and that much social history can be traced by looking at the way those laws evolve with time. This is the first post in a series that will test this theory by looking...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 31, 2010 | Uncategorised
It may come as a shock to some foreign lawyers (particularly to US attorneys) to learn that it is illegal for Australian lawyers to charge their fees on the basis of a % of the verdict obtained for the client. This has always been the case, but when maintenance and...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 2, 2010 | Uncategorised
I don’t think that reading a court list has ever made me laugh before, but the entry below from the Supreme Court of NSW last year did. I don’t remember the date that this appeared but it is genuine. I have also done a case search to see how Tosha went in...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorised
Although I usually try and limit this blog to Australian cases, I couldn’t resist writing something about the UK Court of Appeal case The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Proctor & Gamble UK. This was another tax case where...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 6, 2009 | Uncategorised
Reading tax cases is generally something that should be avoided at all costs, however, it appears that they are a rich source of (amusing) definitional issues. The issue which occupied the High Court in the 1932 case of Herbert Adams v Federal Commissioner of Taxation...
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