by Paul Cutler | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorised
We know from last month’s post that prior work experience as a male prostitute and pleading guilty to sex charges doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t a fit and proper person to practise as a lawyer. However, making misrepresentations to the Bar...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorised
The requirement for lawyers to be a fit and proper person has received same media coverage in recent weeks. This means that aspiring lawyers (or those who are already Attorney General) have to have the personal qualities necessary to discharge the duties associated...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 28, 2021 | Uncategorised
You know it’s not easy being a judge when you conclude your judgment (in State of South Australia v Ken & Ors [2021] SASC 10) with the following: I acknowledge that this decision will be a source of great pain to the second and fifth respondents. I can only...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorised
Some of you will already know the story about why there was a possum in my washing machine (at 1am). Apart from the “ceiling rugby”, I am generally tolerant of living with native animals. However, the relationship became frayed when I started to discover...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
Cricket season is upon us and I was recently listening to a discussion on the radio about changing attitudes (and regulation) of alcohol at sporting events. It has been an offence(since the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium Amendment By-law...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
I recently read a Thomson Reuters newsletter about the legal risks of the office Xmas party, including virtual ones: “Think team members with Santa hats and reindeer ears eating and drinking together, making small talk (albeit with the occasional two-second...
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