by Paul Cutler | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorised
Although the “risotto mishearing” could be the title of a masterchef themed spy thriller, it was actually the first ground of appeal in Gill v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 51. The issue was whether the applicant had...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
Justice Leeming from the NSW Court of Appeal is a well known and highly regarded equity lawyer and one of the current authors of Meagher, Gummow and Lehane’s equity textbook. His honour also has a PhD in pure maths. When he brings his intellect to bear on matters in...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
What use would a 30 June post be if it wasn’t about tax? Many of us probably remember the deals that were done between the Commonwealth and the States when the GST was introduced (20 years ago tomorrow). A number of state imposts (remember FID on deposits?) were...
by Paul Cutler | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
Breath testing laws have been with us in all states in territories for a long time. In the ACT it is an offence if someone who has been the driver of a motor vehicle on a road or a road related area refuses to provide a sample of breath for analysis (s22 Road...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorised
There have been a few things happen during the current Covid19 outbreak which have made me ponder the underlying legal issues. As a result, I was very interested when I read Professor Natalie Klein’s (UNSW academic) article in the Conversation about...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
My dark sense of humour found the facts of Ex parte Musgrove; Re Howard (1961) 78 W.N Feb 15 at 88 amusing…. At 9:15pm on 26 January 1960, Sergeant Howard from Kandos police came across Mr Musgrove standing beside his upside down car off the road on the eastern...
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