by Paul Cutler | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorised
Many of you would have seen (as I have) some of the video clips of deserted streets and highways in what would otherwise be bustling Chinese cities that are now in shut down. More worryingly, you may also have seen videos of people being forcibly removed from their...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 31, 2020 | Uncategorised
Last month’s post about heading towards a cashless society made me think about two things. Firstly, had the guys from the coffee shop in Spice Alley at Chippendale read it and that’s why they refused to accept my cash a couple of weeks ago? Secondly, what...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
Apologies for ending the year with a post on the serious side, but I have recently been involved in several “proceeds of crime” matters. In that context, I came to know about a fresh round of legislative initiatives designed to curb the cash economy. Up...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Christmas party season is on us again and it’s time to trawl the industrial law cases for examples of model behaviour (or not) which occurs at these functions (see also my 2017 and 2018 posts). The 2004 Christmas party for Aristocrat Technologies was held...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The 2019 senior counsel appointments were recently announced. The tradition in England was that on the appointment of silk, the appointee would process in turn to each of the courts that are sitting, announces his or her appointment and make their bow. In NSW there...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
It all started with the following innocuous facts…. It was Mardi Gras night (2 March) 2013 at around 11:30pm. The parade had finished, the floats had long passed. Apart from a street sweeper and a garbage truck there were no other vehicles on Oxford Street....
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