by Paul Cutler | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorised
Master Sanderson was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1996. I have only just become aware (where have I been?) of his judicial sense of humour. For example in Christie v Christie [2016] WASC 45 (a family provision matter) he made this comment...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
Is it a motor accident (even a blameless one) if you are injured when you are thrown off your horse on a country road when a car passes by? The answer is important if you want to claim on the statutory insurance scheme. Unfortunately, the Court of Appeal found that...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
Here’s an issue that doesn’t have to be grappled with very often: to what extent can a solicitor lawfully obstruct a police investigation? This issue arose in the context that a solicitor who acted for various members of the Rebels Motorcycle club, became...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
I rarely blog about material from overseas, but I couldn’t resist when I came across the decision of the Supreme Court of California in Almond Alliance of California v. Fish & Game Commission, No. S275412, (Cal. Sep. 21, 2022). This decision was the refusal...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
R v Tran (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1391 is a fairly gruesome murder case where the elements of murder were conceded but there was a partial defence of substantial impairment. Let me extract some facts for you: There is no dispute that the accused used an axe to effect the...
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