by Paul Cutler | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
…. For I have known them all already, known them all:Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fallBeneath the music from a farther room. So how should I...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
I recently had cause to look at the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (not a common occurrence for me). I noticed that the consolidation (pre 1 July 2019) didn’t include amendments caused by the Modern Slavery Act and the Paintball Act. Now, the Modern Slavery Act I had...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
Earlier this year, I presented a paper about settlement documentation. One of the other speakers that afternoon, raised an issue about the use and meaning of the word “plurality”. My initial thought was: “Is it just me, or am I hearing this word a...
by Paul Cutler | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Let me think, why did the police prosecutor get sacked? Was it because: he had a mate who was accused of using a government lab (at ANSTO) to make ice (Breaking Bad style)?; or he helped his mate out by reviewing a folder of documents that the mate obtained under...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
Hot on the heels of last month’s post about the gumtree lawyer, I came across the story of (former) Gold Coast “law firm”, Stenton and Moore. Up until around the middle of March 2019, their website (www.mygclawyer.com.au) proclaimed: “Stenton...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
In 2015 a WA man ran the following advertisement in Gumtree: No Lawyer No Problem Represent yourself in court Do you really need a lawyer? Can you afford a lawyer? Representing yourself maybe ideal for you. If you can talk and think you are half way there. Yes, you...
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