by Paul Cutler | Nov 26, 2015 | Uncategorised
This month, I will let the judgment of Smithers J in Grant v Headland (1977) 17 ACTR 29, speak for itself, other than to say I doubt that Mr Grant (who served 1 month in prison with a 2 year good behaviour bond) would be dealt with so leniently in 2015: In May 1977...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 23, 2015 | Uncategorised
Bogus is not generally a word I associate with legislation. I am in fact much more inclined to think of the 1991 movie “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey” which co-starred a very young Keanu Reeves. However, “bogus document” is defined in the...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 24, 2015 | Uncategorised
A large number of the solicitors who have briefed me over the years have heard me preach about my one man crusade against service by post. Service sounds like a simple concept. It is. So why are there a disproportionate number of cases about service in the...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
State obligations under international human rights treaties can be “derogated” if there are “exceptional circumstances of war or other public emergency”. This is often used as the justification for the introduction (including in Australia) of...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorised
Some of you may have read this story in the press recently. Victoria Police launched a Facebook campaign for information from the public in respect of an arrest warrant that was issued for Bendigo man, Daniel Damon after he failed to answer bail for drug and traffic...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorised
I was recently reading an article in the Australian Feminist Law Journal (who would have thought?) entitled “Telling a History of Australian Women Judges Through Courts’ Ceremonial Archives”. At a judicial swearing in, speeches are given to welcome...
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