by Paul Cutler | Aug 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
I like gardening. I recently purchased some rhaphiolepsis snow maiden and liriope as 10 cm tube stock for winter planting. Unfortunately my purchase did not go unnoticed by a “pesky wabbit” who decided to treat my new plants as its personal salad bar (some...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
This is the third post in 4 months with an “f-word” theme. In part it demonstrates that we have moved on from obscene language in Adelaide in 1979. It is also topical with the Banking Royal Commission in full swing. The use of the “f-word” was...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
The headnote of Hargraves v Eveston [2018] NSWSC 505 says it all. It was, according to Hamill J, “unpleasant litigation” where Mrs Hargraves sued her daughter for $1.7M. The warring parties were the only witnesses and “neither presented as a witness...
by Paul Cutler | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
In January 1972, Kim Dalton was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment for using indecent language. He had apparently used the three words “f**k”, “f**ked” and “c**t” in Elder Park (an inner city Adelaide park on the banks of the...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Apparently true story (relayed to me by a reliable source) of a recent mention which occurred in Court 5.2 at the Downing Centre Local Court: Solicitor: “May I mention the matter of Fu?” Magistrate: “How do I spell that” Solicitor: ...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
In April 2017, Justice Lucy McCallum had to deal with an urgent out of hours application for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner apparently stubbornly refused/ignored her Honour’s “hints” that a bail application would be better...
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