by Paul Cutler | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorised
On my way back from court last week, I saw John Wilson protesting in Queen’s Square (again). Mr Wilson is a campaigner for the right to trial by jury and like may other crusaders he has made himself a “serial pest” in the courts. As it has been some...
by Paul Cutler | Apr 28, 2013 | Uncategorised
This month I (along with many other lawyers) received a letter from a gentleman in WA seeking pro-bono assistance to take his case to the High Court. This particular gentleman’s “beef” is that the voting compartments used at federal elections provide...
by Paul Cutler | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorised
The dictation test was a long standing device to exclude unwanted immigrants from Australia. If you failed the test (which could be given in any European language) then you became a “prohibited immigrant” and were subject to deportation. In 1934, the...
by Paul Cutler | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorised
We all know that immigration is a highly political topic. However, did you know that it always has been? Legislation dealing with immigration was amongst one of the first acts passed by the new federal parliament in 1901. Section 3 of the Immigration Restriction...
by Paul Cutler | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorised
In 1838 Edgar Allan Poe’s only full length novel, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”1 was published. The novel was not a commercial, or literary success. Poe’s novel is a seafaring tale about Arthur Gordon Pym who was a stowaway on a whaling...
by Paul Cutler | Dec 21, 2012 | Uncategorised
I have recently endured (survived?) 120 hours of “L plate” driving with my teenage daughter who (remarkably) passed her driving test at first attempt. In NSW the driving test is booked online and you receive an automated email response from the Road and...
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