by Paul Cutler | Nov 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
Since Gough Whitlam’s passing, there has been a lot of public reflection on the achievements of his government. One of those achievements was the reform of family law and the introduction of no fault divorce under the Family Law Act. Previously under the...
by Paul Cutler | Oct 23, 2014 | Uncategorised
If you have ever wondered why you can’t take your badminton racquet on a plane its because it (along with other blunt things that could be used to bludgeon) are prohibited items under regulation 1.07 of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005. Other...
by Paul Cutler | Sep 26, 2014 | Uncategorised
The very first post to this blog was about Justice Owen’s closing remarks in the mega-case Bell Group Ltd (in liq) v Westpac (No 9) (2008) 39 WAR 1 Following on from last month’s expansion of vocabulary, Owen J appears to like the word...
by Paul Cutler | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorised
The son in financial difficulty who uses his mother’s property as security for a loan is a well known recipe for a dispute with the bank about unfair or unconscionable conduct. That was the case in Permanent Mortgages v Vandenbergh [2010] WASC 10. The trial...
by Paul Cutler | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorised
Lord Denning is well known for his storytelling style of judgment writing. The opening words of Lloyds Bank v Bundy [1975] QB 326 always make me smile: “Broadchalke is one of the most pleasing villages in England. Old Herbert Bundy, the defendant, was a farmer...
by Paul Cutler | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
Henrik Jan van Es was added to the roll of legal practitioners in NSW on 17 February 2012. Henrik Jan van Es was removed from the roll of legal practitioners in NSW on 5 June 2014. So why did the Court of Appeal find that he was not a person of good fame and...
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