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...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
My comments in last month’s post were directed at avoiding unnecessary issues relating to first/last day time calculations. After that post I was reminded (another shout out to David Wang of Hyde Park Legal), that the principles of Murphy’s Law (if...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
You might think the phrase “interesting surcharge purchaser duty case” is oxymoronic. However, that’s only because I haven’t told you the story about Mr Gao, who claimed he was entitled to a refund of that duty on the basis that he was no...
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