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...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorised
The parties in Zelino and Ors v. Budai [2001] NSWSC 501 knew they were in trouble, when Justice Palmer (a very fair and patient judge, at least in my view) started his judgment with this anecdote: In 1725 Mr Everet commenced proceedings in the Court of Exchequer...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
Up until yesterday, I thought the most interesting part of Australian visa application forms were the character questions which include things like have you ever been: “charged with, or indicted for: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture,...
by Paul Cutler | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
Deck the halls with boughs of holly’Tis the reason to be jolly It’s not that difficult to imagine how an office Christmas party might get out of hand and many of you will remember last year’s post about Mr Keenan. However, short of truly...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
Many people don’t realise that section 262 of the Migration Act creates a “liability to the Commonwealth for the cost of keeping, maintaining and removing certain persons”. What this basically means, is that if you are unfortunate enough to be taken...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
I recently read Sir Frank Kitto’s article “Why Write Judgments” which appeared in (1992) 66 ALJ 787. Many of my posts over the years have been about amusing things that Judges have written. However, the anecdote about an after dinner speech urging...
RSS - Posts